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Team Canada, Kerri Einarson make playoffs at World Curling Championship

Team Canada, Kerri Einarson make playoffs at World Curling Championship

Mar 24, 2023 / 5:25 pm

Curling's Kerri Einarson and Team Canada are once again headed to the World Championship playoffs. It wasn't until the 11th hour that Canada qualified...

Alcaraz, Fritz, Andreescu advance to Miami Open 3rd round

Alcaraz, Fritz, Andreescu advance to Miami Open 3rd round

Mar 24, 2023 / 3:57 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Carlos Alcaraz picked up a straight-set win at the Miami Open Friday to keep his world No. 1 ranking over idle Novak Djokovic....

Canadians Andreescu, Shapovalov advance to third round of Miami Open

Canadians Andreescu, Shapovalov advance to third round of Miami Open

Mar 24, 2023 / 11:21 am

MIAMI — Canadians Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov have advanced to the third round of the Miami Open, while Leylah Fernandez's singles tournament is...

Canadian women's rugby team returns to action against South Africa in Spain

Canadian women's rugby team returns to action against South Africa in Spain

Mar 24, 2023 / 8:11 am

Four months after finishing fourth at the Women's Rugby World Cup in New Zealand, Canada returns to action Saturday. The fourth-ranked Canadians face No. 13...

Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

Unwelcome spotlight falls on NHL team Pride night events

Mar 24, 2023 / 6:32 am

Pride nights, held annually for several years by National Hockey League teams to show support for the LGBTQ+ community, are in the spotlight following several...

Canada finishes with 7-5 round-robin record, makes playoff cut at women's worlds

Canada finishes with 7-5 round-robin record, makes playoff cut at women's worlds

Mar 24, 2023 / 5:29 am

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson closed her round-robin schedule with an 11-5 loss to Denmark's Madeleine Dupont on Friday but still managed to...

UBCO Heat add local volleyball star for next season

UBCO Heat add local volleyball star for next season

Mar 23, 2023 / 7:09 pm

A volleyball star with West Kelowna's Mount Boucherie Bears is making the leap to the University of British Columbia Okanagan Heat next year. Local...

Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula reach Miami Open 3rd round

Coco Gauff, Jessica Pegula reach Miami Open 3rd round

Mar 23, 2023 / 5:40 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Sixth-seeded Coco Gauff opened her 2023 Miami Open with a 6-4, 6-3 victory over Rebecca Marino on Thursday and advanced to the...

Canadians Marino, Sebov out at Miami Open after losing to seeded Americans

Canadians Marino, Sebov out at Miami Open after losing to seeded Americans

Mar 23, 2023 / 2:38 pm

MIAMI — Vancouver's Rebecca Marino and Toronto's Katherine Sebov were eliminated from the Miami Open tennis tournament on Thursday after each lost a...

Canadian men facing fight to avoid relegation from World Rugby Sevens Series

Canadian men facing fight to avoid relegation from World Rugby Sevens Series

Mar 23, 2023 / 10:27 am

Facing a fight to avoid relegation, the Canadian men need to deliver on the pitch in the next three events on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, starting next...

Canada's Einarson drops 6-5 decision to Japan at women's world curling championship

Canada's Einarson drops 6-5 decision to Japan at women's world curling championship

Mar 23, 2023 / 8:56 am

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson dropped a 6-5 decision to Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa at the women's world curling championship on Thursday.  The...

Kelowna sprinter Emma Cannan earns prestigious honour in debut season with SFU

Kelowna sprinter Emma Cannan earns prestigious honour in debut season with SFU

Mar 23, 2023 / 4:00 am

Kelowna sprinter and Simon Fraser University Red Leaf Emma Cannan has been named a co-winner of the Great Northwest Athletic Conference Indoor Track and Field...

Raducanu, Stephens, Murray lose in 1st round at Miami Open

Raducanu, Stephens, Murray lose in 1st round at Miami Open

Mar 22, 2023 / 7:32 pm

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Former U.S. Open champions Emma Raducanu and Sloane Stephens were knocked out of the Miami Open on Wednesday, hours after No....

Kelowna Vipers edge Westside Fury for U14 ringette provincial club title

Kelowna Vipers edge Westside Fury for U14 ringette provincial club title

Mar 22, 2023 / 5:23 pm

The Kelowna Vipers U14 ringette team wrapped up the season on a high. They won the Ringette BC 2023 Provincial Club Championships in Salmon Arm last weekend....

Andreescu defeats Raducanu, Fernandez tops Tsurenko in Miami

Andreescu defeats Raducanu, Fernandez tops Tsurenko in Miami

Mar 22, 2023 / 12:18 pm

MIAMI — Bianca Andreescu and Leylah Fernandez completed a first-round sweep for Canadians in the women's singles draw at the Miami Open with wins on...

2022 champ Iga Swiatek out of Miami Open with rib injury

2022 champ Iga Swiatek out of Miami Open with rib injury

Mar 22, 2023 / 8:40 am

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — Defending champion Iga Swiatek withdrew from the Miami Open on Wednesday because of a rib injury that she is hoping will heal...

Canada's Einarson beats South Korea after loss to Germany at women's curling worlds

Canada's Einarson beats South Korea after loss to Germany at women's curling worlds

Mar 22, 2023 / 8:29 am

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — Canada's Kerri Einarson beat South Korea's Seungyoun Ha 8-6 to salvage a split of her games Wednesday at the women's world curling...

Panel overturns red card that helped Ireland win 6 Nations

Panel overturns red card that helped Ireland win 6 Nations

Mar 22, 2023 / 3:55 am

LONDON (AP) — The red card given to England fullback Freddie Steward in the team's Six Nations rugby loss to Ireland has been overturned after a disciplinary...

Canada's Marino and Sebov advance to second round at Miami Open

Canada's Marino and Sebov advance to second round at Miami Open

Mar 21, 2023 / 3:40 pm

MIAMI — Vancouver's Rebecca Marino and Toronto's Katherine Sebov have advanced to the second round of the Miami Open. Marino moved on with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win...

Canada loses to undefeated Swiss, beats New Zealand at women's curling championship

Canada loses to undefeated Swiss, beats New Zealand at women's curling championship

Mar 21, 2023 / 10:53 am

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — It was mixed results for Canada on Tuesday at the world women's curling championship with a narrow loss to undefeated Switzerland and a...

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