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Aaliyah Edwards scored a game-high 22 points and added 15 rebounds as Canada dropped a 66-62 decision to Japan on Sunday at the FIBA women’s basketball World Cup qualifying tournament in Istanbul. Source link

Three weeks after the United States beat Canada in the Olympic hockey finals, the Americans overcame their neighbours again to win Paralympic gold and complete the three-peat at Milan Cortina. Jack Wallace scored a hat trick to help the U.S. beat Canada 6-2 in Sunday’s Para ice hockey final and become the first nation to […]

UEFA said Sunday that the game between Argentina and Spain known as Finalissima that was supposed to be held in Qatar has been cancelled after the widening Middle East war. Source link

Olympic champion Mikaela Shiffrin won her record-equaling eighth World Cup slalom of the season Sunday but her main rival in the overall standings was second to keep the pressure on the American star. Source link

Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith capped their memorable Paralympic debut with bronze in the men’s visually impaired slalom on Sunday at the Milano-Cortina Games. Source link

Marco Odermatt secured the World Cup super-G title on Sunday for the fourth consecutive season. The Swiss star, though, didn’t have to race for it this weekend as both scheduled super-G events in the French Alps were canceled amid heavy snowfall. Source link

Venezuela reached its first WBC semis since 2009 and clinched a spot in the six-nation field for the 2028 Olympic baseball tournament, along with the United States and the Dominican Republic. Venezuela will face unbeaten Italy on Monday, a day after the U.S. plays the Dominicans. Source link

Canada beat Sweden 7-5 in the opening draw at the BKT Women’s World Curling Championship in Calgary. Source link

A southern Alberta town that lost the use of its aging hockey arena after an explosion has won thousands of dollars to use in its recovery efforts. Taber was revealed Saturday as one of the Kraft Hockeyville contest’s provincial winners after a two-week judging process. Source link

Canada’s Steven Dubois won gold in the 500 metres Saturday at the world short track speedskating championships. Dubois topped the podium in the same distance last month at the Milano-Cortina Olympic Games and successfully defended his world title in the event. Source link