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Slumping Vancouver Canucks missing three key players at practice

VANCOUVER - The slumping Vancouver Canucks could be without several key players as they look to end a three-game losing streak while battling for a playoff spot. Defencemen Quinn Hughes and Tyler Myer...

Mar 05, 2020

Stephen Curry set to return for Warriors against Raptors

SAN FRANCISCO - Stephen Curry is confident he has put his left hand through every possible test aside from actually getting into an NBA game. He will get that chance Thursday night, when the two-time ...

Mar 05, 2020

Ruiter is enjoying breakout season; future of Canadian women's skating is bright

The future of Canadian women's figure skating wasn't in the senior field at the Canadian championships in January. Kaiya Ruiter was already on a flight home to Calgary with a junior gold medal in her ...

Mar 05, 2020

Atletico Ottawa makes teenage midfielder Antoine Coupland its second signing

Teenage midfielder Antoine Coupland will be juggling Grade 10 and pro soccer when Atletico Ottawa opens play in the Canadian Premier League this season. Coupland, who turned 16 in December, is th...

Mar 05, 2020

Cdn university basketball championships forging new ground with joint event

OTTAWA - Canada's best university basketball players won't just be playing for pride and glory in their championship tournament in Ottawa this weekend. Organizers say they are playing a part in histor...

Mar 05, 2020

Newfoundland and Labrador's Gushue beats Nunavut's Higgs at Tim Hortons Brier

KINGSTON, Ont. - For years, Brad Gushue was saddled with the tag of being the best skip without a national men's curling title. That all changed in 2017 when he finally won the Tim Hortons Brier. His ...

Mar 05, 2020

Canadian Coles-Lyster part of UCI's investigation on sexual assault allegations

In the weeks and months after Maggie Coles-Lyster alleges she was sexually assaulted, the Canadian cyclist buried herself in her sport. The 21-year-old from Maple Ridge, B.C., was just 18 when she joi...

Mar 05, 2020

Canada's Sharp enjoying surprise break from LPGA after Asian events cancelled

Alena Sharp wasn't expecting an extra month of time off - but she's glad to have it. Sharp flew home from the ISPS Handa Women's Australian Open on Feb. 16 after the LPGA Tour announced the cance...

Mar 05, 2020

Ottawa Gee-Gees hope to take advantage of home court at nationals

OTTAWA - Even though the Ottawa Gee-Gees had a guaranteed spot in the national university men's basketball championship this season, coach James Derouin didn't change his approach. For the f...

Mar 05, 2020

Elite eight: Examining the four U Sports men's basketball quarterfinals

OTTAWA - Here's a look at the four quarterfinal matchups at the U Sports men's basketball championship on Friday: No. 1 CARLETON RAVENS (24-1) vs. No. 8 CALGARY DINOS (19-3) Calgary got the at-...

Mar 05, 2020