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Canada's Marina Stakusic ousted in second round of National Bank Open

TORONTO - Marina Stakusic's first foray into the National Bank Open main draw has come to a screeching halt. The 19-year-old wild-card entry from Mississauga, Ont., was thumped 6-0, 6-2 by Taylor Town...

Aug 08, 2024

A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died during a swimming event at a Texas lake

FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A competitor in the CrossFit Games has died while competing in a swimming event Thursday morning on a Texas lake. CrossFit CEO Don Faul said during a news conference that they...

Aug 08, 2024

Medvedev, Tsitsipas upset in second round of National Bank Open

MONTREAL - Tennis stars Daniil Medvedev and Stefanos Tsitsipas are out of the National Bank Open. Medvedev, the tournament's third seed, lost 6-4, 1-6, 6-2 to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina of Spain in t...

Aug 08, 2024

CF Montreal acquires midfielder Caden Clark from Minnesota United FC

MONTREAL - CF Montreal acquired midfielder Caden Clark from Minnesota United FC on Thursday. In return, the Major League Soccer club will send US$50,000 in general allocation money and a second-round ...

Aug 08, 2024

Canada will play for gold medal in beach volleyball at Paris Olympics

PARIS - The Canadian women's beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium. After dropping th...

Aug 08, 2024

Charron earns silver in weightlifting, Canadian relay teams are finals-bound at track

PARIS - Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her co...

Aug 08, 2024

Canada's Maude Charron wins silver in weightlifting at Paris Games

PARIS - Canada's Maude Charron won a silver medal in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Summer Olympics on Thursday. She lifted 106kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for ...

Aug 08, 2024

Top court nixes Jordan Peterson's appeal of professional college's remedial orders

OTTAWA - Canada's top court has closed the door on Jordan Peterson's legal fight against an order that he enter a remedial coaching program. The author and University of Toronto professor has not had ...

Aug 08, 2024

Toronto's new WNBA franchise turns to fans for help in creating team's name, identity

TORONTO - Toronto's new WNBA team wants your help. The expansion franchise has issued a "call for inspiration," asking fans from across Canada to "share ideas, hopes and suggestions" for everything fr...

Aug 08, 2024

Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says

OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...

Aug 08, 2024