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Teenage surfing star granted Canadian citizenship, now sets her signs on Olympics

Teenage surfing prodigy Erin Brooks has won her fight for Canadian citizenship, opening the door for her to compete for Canada at the Paris Olympics. The 16-year-old Brooks was born in Texas and grew ...

Jan 13, 2024

Hughes, Maschmeyer lead Ottawa past Toronto 5-1 for first-ever PWHL win

TORONTO - Gabbie Hughes scored two goals in leading Ottawa to its first-ever win, 5-1 over Toronto in Professional Women's Hockey League action on Saturday. Katerina Mrzov, Gabbie Hughes, Daryl Watts,...

Jan 13, 2024

Kaiya Ruiter claims Canadian women's figure skating crown

CALGARY - Kaiya Ruiter has won the Canadian women's figure skating championship in her hometown. The 17-year-old Calgarian dethroned two-time champion Madeline Schizas by winning Saturday's free skate...

Jan 13, 2024

Canadian international Tajon Buchanan starts on the bench in first outing for Inter

MONZA, Italy - Canadian international Tajon Buchanan was on his bench Saturday for Inter Milan's Serie A clash with Monza. Buchanan wore his favoured No. 17 in his first game with the storied Italian ...

Jan 13, 2024

Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov look for injury relief as Australian Open set to open

MELBOURNE, Australia - Canadian men's tennis was plagued by injuries in 2023. But as the 2024 season begins, Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov have both been pronounced - if not good as new - ...

Jan 13, 2024

Italian stars join other Toronto FC players for medicals to kick off training camp

Toronto FC players, including Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi, reported for medicals Saturday to kick off their pre-season. A club spokeswoman said all players were on hand, in...

Jan 13, 2024

Bills-Steelers playoff game moved to Monday amid forecast for dangerous winter weather

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Bills' wild-card playoff game against the Pittsburgh Steelers that was scheduled for Sunday was moved to Monday amid a forecast for dangerous winter weather, New York ...

Jan 13, 2024

Canadian women beaten 2-0 by Britain in Olympic field hockey qualifier

VALENCIA, Spain - Canadian goalkeeper Rowan Harris shone in a losing cause Saturday as the Canadian women's field hockey team fell 2-0 to Britain in its opening match at the FIH Olympic Qualifier tour...

Jan 13, 2024

Carl Yuan gets a gift from Jon Rahm going to LIV. He's already taking advantage of it at Sony Open

HONOLULU (AP) - Carl Yuan soaked up the views at the Sony Open, not just his name atop the leaderboard when he finished his second round Friday but just being in Hawaii to start his PGA Tour season. I...

Jan 12, 2024

Jazz beat Raptors 145-113 for 7th straight home win

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Lauri Markkanen scored 22 points and had nine rebounds to lead the Utah Jazz to a 145-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Friday night. Jordan Clarkson scored 21 points and C...

Jan 12, 2024