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Canada routed 3-0 by Italy in women's Volleyball Nations League action

FUKUOKA - The Canadian women's volleyball team's push for Olympic qualification hit a snag Tuesday with a lopsided 3-0 loss to Italy in Volleyball Nations League action. The Italians, ranked fourth in...

Jun 11, 2024

Canada's Andreescu opens grass-court season with win over Vedder at Libema Open

Canada's Bianca Andreescu started off her grass-court season with a 4-6, 6-3, 6-2 win over Dutch qualifier Eva Vedder on Tuesday in first-round action at the Libema Open. Andreescu won on her second m...

Jun 11, 2024

Hockey players' sex assault case back in court in August

LONDON, Ont. - The sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team is set to return to court in August. The case of Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote ...

Jun 11, 2024

Oilers mental coach team's 'secret weapon' in roller-coaster season

SUNRISE - George Mumford saw the notification pop up on his screen. The message via social media platform LinkedIn was from Edmonton Oilers CEO Jeff Jackson. Hired by the club last August, the executi...

Jun 11, 2024

Injured Poland striker Robert Lewandowski will miss Euro 2024 opener

WARSAW, Poland (AP) - Poland will be without injured star striker Robert Lewandowski for its opening game at the European Championship against the Netherlands on Sunday. Poland's team doctor Jacek Jar...

Jun 11, 2024

Matthew Tkachuk poised to re-enter Edmonton fray with Panthers up 2-0 in Cup final

SUNRISE - Matthew Tkachuk was once public enemy No. 1 in Edmonton. After a geography-related cooling of tensions, he's a good bet to reclaim that title beginning Thursday. The Stanley Cup final switch...

Jun 11, 2024

Fledgling Northern Super League strikes broadcast deal with Bell Media, CBC Sports

TORONTO - The Northern Super League, Canada's new women's pro soccer circuit, has struck a broadcast deal. NSL games will be shown on TSN, CBC-Sports and Radio-Canada. In addition, RDS will provide Fr...

Jun 11, 2024

Survey: 58% of Canadians not following Stanley Cup final between Oilers and Panthers

Albertans may be watching every second of the Stanley Cup final but most Canadians are not, according to a recent survey. The poll released by market research company Leger on Tuesday found that 58 pe...

Jun 11, 2024

New Ontario law named for teen killed by a soccer net requires them to be secured

TORONTO - The father of a 15-year-old Ontario boy who was killed by a 200-pound soccer net says he is honoured that a new provincial law is named for his son, though he would trade everything to be ob...

Jun 11, 2024

Rodrigues scores twice, Panthers down Oilers to take 2-0 lead in Stanley Cup final

SUNRISE - The Oilers are heading home in a deep hole. Evan Rodrigues scored twice in the third period as the Florida Panthers downed Edmonton 4-1 on Monday to take a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final....

Jun 10, 2024