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Alberta's Laura Walker stays unbeaten in Tournament of Hearts

CALGARY - Alberta's Laura Walker led Pool A at the Canadian women's curling championship at 3-0 on Sunday.Alberta thumped Northern Ontario's Krysta Burns 12-2 in the morning draw.Defending champion Ke...

Feb 21, 2021

Canadian Michael Woods finishes second in debut outing for Israel Start-Up Nation

BLAUSASC, France - Canadian rider Michael Woods finished runner-up at the three-day Tour des Alpes-Maritimes et du Var on Sunday, Gianluca Brambilla's 13-second stage win moved the Italian atop the po...

Feb 21, 2021

Cloud 9: Djokovic wins 9th Australian Open, 18th Slam title

MELBOURNE, Australia - Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open. After all, he wrenched his midsecti...

Feb 21, 2021

Connor McDavid scores hat-trick, adds two assists as Oilers batter Flames 7-1

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid scored a natural hat-trick and added two assists in a 7-1 Edmonton Oilers win over the Calgary Flames at Rogers Place in Edmonton. McDavid assisted on his team's first two go...

Feb 20, 2021

Matthews scores two more as part of another four-point night, Leafs down Habs

MONTREAL - Auston Matthews scored twice to increase his NHL-leading goal total to 18 and added two assists as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Montreal Canadiens 5-3 on Saturday.Mitch Marner, with...

Feb 20, 2021

Sam Burns holds his own on a tough, windy day at Riviera

LOS ANGELES - The wind stopped Sam Burns right when he was about to get started with a five-shot lead Saturday at the Genesis Invitational. Darkness stopped him right after two straight bogeys narrowe...

Feb 20, 2021

Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi ends losing streak with big UFC knockout

LAS VEGAS - Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi knocked out Drako (The Great Drakolini) Rodriguez in the first round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show. Rodriguez had been pushing the early p...

Feb 20, 2021

Injured Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan leaves SheBelieves Cup to return to club

ORLANDO, Fla. - Injury has ruled Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan out of the rest of the SheBelieves Cup. The 25-year-old from Whitby, Ont., had to be helped off the field Thursday after suffering ...

Feb 20, 2021

Bright sun, poor ice delay outdoor NHL game at Lake Tahoe

STATELINE, Nev. - The setting was spectacular but the ice conditions were far from it, leading to an extended delay between the first and second period of the outdoor game between the Vegas Golden Kni...

Feb 20, 2021

Canadian tennis star BIanca Andreescu pulls out of Adelaide event with leg injury

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu has pulled out of the upcoming Adelaide International outdoor hard court tournament with a leg injury. News of Andreescu's decision came two days after she was de...

Feb 20, 2021