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Nick Kyrgios won the latest version of the “Battle of the Sexes” in tennis, beating top-ranked women’s player Aryna Sabalenka 6-3, 6-3 in an exhibition match that represented light entertainment rather than another landmark moment for gender equality. Source link

The Blue Jays completed a worst-to-first turnaround and rode the momentum into a memorable post-season that saw them go all the way to Game 7 of the World Series. Source link

Garrett Hawkins is on the cusp of making it to the big leagues.  The 25-year-old pitcher from Biggar, Sask., has been added to the San Diego Padres 40-man roster. Source link

Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday in Minneapolis. Source link

Taylor Heise scored her first goal of the season 3:57 into overtime Saturday afternoon to give the Minnesota Frost a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Goldeneyes as the Professional Women’s Hockey League Takeover Tour hit Edmonton’s Rogers Place. Source link

Brianne Jenner scored the winner in the eighth round of the shootout as the Ottawa Charge defeated the visiting Boston Fleet 3-2 on Saturday afternoon in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. Source link

Watch live coverage of the PWHL matchup between the Toronto Sceptres and Montreal Victoire beginning on Saturday at 2 p.m. ET from the Bell Centre in Montreal. Source link

There’s no debating it: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander had one of the best years an athlete could have. Gilgeous-Alexander was named The Canadian Press’ Male Athlete of the Year on Saturday, easily winning the award for the second time in his career. Source link

Skiing in front of her home crowd. Winning the race. And going top of the discipline standings. Julia Scheib could have hardly wished for a better scenario to wrap up her calendar year 2025, just weeks before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Source link

Marco Schwarz has truly arrived back in Alpine skiing’s winners’ circle, less than six weeks before the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics. Source link