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Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Sonego at Monte Carlo Masters

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime falls to Sonego at Monte Carlo Masters

Apr 10, 2024 / 5:39 am

ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime was eliminated from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Wednesday after dropping a...

Jones beaten 9-2 by Wrana in wild opening draw of Players' Championship

Jones beaten 9-2 by Wrana in wild opening draw of Players' Championship

Apr 9, 2024 / 11:45 am

TORONTO — Jennifer Jones's final tournament as part of a four-player team got off to a rocky start with a six-end 9-2 loss to Sweden's Isabella Wrana on...

Group including John Morris buys Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet

Group including John Morris buys Grand Slam of Curling from Sportsnet

Apr 9, 2024 / 10:20 am

TORONTO — When Nic Sulsky first got involved with curling a few years ago, he saw tremendous potential for the athletes and the sport. On Tuesday, he was...

Alcaraz pulls out of Monte Carlo with forearm injury, was scheduled to face Auger-Aliassime

Alcaraz pulls out of Monte Carlo with forearm injury, was scheduled to face Auger-Aliassime

Apr 9, 2024 / 8:05 am

MONACO (AP) — Two-time Grand Slam champion Carlos Alcaraz withdrew from the clay-court Monte Carlo Masters tournament on Tuesday because of a muscle injury to...

Young Kelowna wrestlers bring home medals from national tournament

Young Kelowna wrestlers bring home medals from national tournament

Apr 8, 2024 / 1:24 pm

A group of wrestlers from Kelowna came home with medals over the weekend after competing in a tournament in Ontario. The group of teens represented the Spartan...

Novak Djokovic eclipses Roger Federer's record for oldest man ranked No. 1 in tennis

Novak Djokovic eclipses Roger Federer's record for oldest man ranked No. 1 in tennis

Apr 8, 2024 / 1:12 pm

LONDON (AP) — Novak Djokovic has surpassed another tennis record once held by Roger Federer, becoming the oldest man to be ranked No. 1 in the ATP Tour's...

Jones says goodbye, Homan looks to cap dominant season in style at Grand Slam finale

Jones says goodbye, Homan looks to cap dominant season in style at Grand Slam finale

Apr 8, 2024 / 7:49 am

TORONTO — Jennifer Jones will soon call time on one of the best careers in curling history. Rachel Homan is set to put a bow on one of the best seasons ever...

Auger-Aliassime beats Nardi at Monte Carlo Classic to set up showdown with Alcaraz

Auger-Aliassime beats Nardi at Monte Carlo Classic to set up showdown with Alcaraz

Apr 8, 2024 / 7:45 am

ROQUEBRUNE-CAP-MARTIN, France — Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime beat Luca Nardi of Italy 6-2, 6-3 in the first round of the Monte Carlo Masters on Monday,...

Peru's Davis Cup captain Luis Horna fined for breaching rules on betting sponsorship

Peru's Davis Cup captain Luis Horna fined for breaching rules on betting sponsorship

Apr 8, 2024 / 7:18 am

LONDON (AP) — Former tennis player Luis Horna, who is now Peru's Davis Cup captain, has been fined $10,000 for promoting a betting operator, the sport’s...

Danielle Collins follows Miami title with championship at Charleston Open

Danielle Collins follows Miami title with championship at Charleston Open

Apr 7, 2024 / 1:35 pm

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Danielle Collins is loaded with confidence and belief in what she can accomplish in her final season after following her Miami Open...

Gushue finishes just short in bid to end Canada's men's curling title drought

Gushue finishes just short in bid to end Canada's men's curling title drought

Apr 7, 2024 / 9:07 am

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — It's a story that has played out many times for Canada's men's curling team since its last world title. A trip to the final, and a...

New Zealand dominates Hong Kong rugby 7s with Canadian women sixth and men 12th

New Zealand dominates Hong Kong rugby 7s with Canadian women sixth and men 12th

Apr 7, 2024 / 8:42 am

HONG KONG — New Zealand's women and men both repeated as champions Sunday at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens, one of the most celebrated stops on the rugby...

New Zealand teams win men's and women's titles at the Hong Kong Sevens

New Zealand teams win men's and women's titles at the Hong Kong Sevens

Apr 7, 2024 / 5:13 am

HONG KONG (AP) — New Zealand won the men’s and women’s titles at the Hong Kong Sevens on Sunday to cap off a tournament that sets a scene for rugby at the...

Canada dispatches Scotland to advance to world men's curling final

Canada dispatches Scotland to advance to world men's curling final

Apr 6, 2024 / 11:06 am

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Canada's Brad Gushue will again play for gold at the world men's curling championship. Gushue and his St. John's, N.L., team of...

Canadian women lose Hong Kong 7s quarterfinal while Canada men's losing streak grows

Canadian women lose Hong Kong 7s quarterfinal while Canada men's losing streak grows

Apr 6, 2024 / 8:22 am

HONG KONG — After winning their pool with three straight wins, the Canadian women ran into a New Zealand buzz saw Saturday in the Cup quarterfinal at the...

Top-seeded Pegula saves four match points in 3rd-set tiebreaker to reach Charleston Open semifinals

Top-seeded Pegula saves four match points in 3rd-set tiebreaker to reach Charleston Open semifinals

Apr 5, 2024 / 2:30 pm

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Top-seeded Jessica Pegula saved four match points in a third-set tiebreaker and beat Victoria Azarenka 6-4, 3-6, 7-6 (7) Friday to...

Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announce their engagement

Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde announce their engagement

Apr 5, 2024 / 10:37 am

INNSBRUCK, Austria (AP) — Skiing power couple Mikaela Shiffrin and Aleksander Aamodt Kilde have announced they're engaged to be married. Shiffrin, a two-time...

One-handed Calgary fighter wins by decision in One Championship Muay Thai debut

One-handed Calgary fighter wins by decision in One Championship Muay Thai debut

Apr 5, 2024 / 9:28 am

BANGKOK — Calgary's Jake (The One) Peacock won his Muay Thai debut in One Championship on Friday, earning a unanimous decision over Japanese bantamweight...

Canada routs Japan, Switzerland to lock down semifinal spot at men's curling worlds

Canada routs Japan, Switzerland to lock down semifinal spot at men's curling worlds

Apr 5, 2024 / 7:12 am

SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland — Brad Gushue's Canadian team bounced back from a tough loss at the world men's curling championship by surging into the semifinals...

Miami Open champion Danielle Collins wins twice to reach Charleston quarterfinals

Miami Open champion Danielle Collins wins twice to reach Charleston quarterfinals

Apr 4, 2024 / 5:18 pm

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — Miami Open champion Danielle Collins continued an amazing run by winning two matches on Thursday, beating Ons Jabeur and Sloane...

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