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IIHF reschedules world junior hockey championship for mid-August in Edmonton

ZURICH - The International Ice Hockey Federation has rescheduled the 2022 world junior championship for mid-August in Edmonton. The under-20 men's tournament was originally scheduled to be played over...

Mar 19, 2022

Leclerc takes pole for Bahrain GP ahead of champ Verstappen

SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc stunned Formula One champion Max Verstappen by taking a brilliant pole position Saturday for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen was .015...

Mar 19, 2022

Italy ends 7-year wait for Six Nations rugby win by beating Wales 22-21

CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Paolo Garbisi booted the match-clinching conversion before throwing himself to the ground and bursting into tears. After seven humiliating years, Italy finally won a Six Nations ...

Mar 19, 2022

Second Brett Gallant to leave Team Gushue at end of curling season

Just days after winning the national men's curling championship, Team Brad Gushue says that second Brett Gallant will be leaving the rink at the end of the season. The St. John's, N.L.-based team conf...

Mar 19, 2022

Scots reshuffle lineup in women's world curling because of COVID-19

PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Scotland called in another player ahead of its Saturday opener at the women's world curling championship because the skip and alternate have tested positive for COVID-19. Beth Fa...

Mar 19, 2022

Slokar a surprise winner in World Cup slalom; Canada's Nullmeyer sixth

MERIBEL, France (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin already got the overall World Cup title. Petra Vlhov had the Olympic and World Cup titles in slalom. Maybe that left space for a surprise Saturday. Andreja Slok...

Mar 19, 2022

World Cup champion Marco Odermatt wins again in giant slalom

MERIBEL, France (AP) - Marco Odermatt finished his standout World Cup ski season on top yet again Saturday. The new World Cup overall champion retained his first-run lead in a giant slalom to win in h...

Mar 19, 2022

Thompson scores in OT as Sabres beat Flames 1-0

CALGARY - Tage Thompson scored the overtime winner and Dustin Tokarski made 24 saves as the Buffalo Sabres won 1-0 Friday night over the Calgary Flames. Buffalo (21-33-8) has split the first two games...

Mar 18, 2022

Hall scores in third to lift Bruins to a 4-2 victory over Winnipeg Jets

WINNIPEG - Taylor Hall scored a power-play goal with 4:47 left in the third period to help lift the Boston Bruins to a 4-2 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Friday. Hall took advantage of a bouncing p...

Mar 18, 2022

Norris scores the winner, Senators beat Flyers 3-1

OTTAWA - Josh Norris scored the winning goal midway through the third period Friday as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 3-1 and snapped a three-game losing streak. A slapshot from ...

Mar 18, 2022