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Canada’s Victoria Mboko was eliminated from the Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open on Thursday following a 7-6 (0), 6-4 quarterfinal loss to world No. 1 Aryna Sabalanka in California. Source link

Team N.W.T.’s Chris Stipdonk set a new Arctic Winter Games record in the knuckle hop Wednesday, hopping 217 feet and breaking his own world record in the process. Source link

The WNBA and its players’ union met for a third consecutive day Thursday hoping to strike a deal on a new collective bargaining agreement. Source link

The Chicago Stars have acquired Canadian international Jordyn Huitema from Seattle Reign FC in exchange for $200,000 US in allocation money and a $300,000 transfer fee. Source link

Canada’s wheelchair curling team improved to 8-0 and clinched the top playoff seed at the Milano-Cortina Paralympics with a 6-3 win over Korea on Thursday. Source link

The St. John’s Junior Hockey League has dropped the hammer on the Southern Shore Breakers following a fight-filled playoff game on Saturday night that saw referees issue nearly 600 minutes in penalties. Source link

The winningest men’s ski cross racer of all time added to his total on Thursday. Canada’s Reece Howden won a record-extending 24th World Cup ski cross gold medal of his career on Thursday in Montafon, Austria. Source link

Canada’s Victoria Mboko and doubles partner Mirra Andreeva of Russia lost their Indian Wells BNP Paribas Open quarterfinal in straight sets to Kazakhstan’s Anna Danilina and Serbia’s Aleksandra Krunic on Wednesday. Source link

Bridget Carleton scored a game-high 24 points as Canada erased a 19-point deficit, but ultimately fell 71-69 to Turkey in the FIBA women’s World Cup qualifying opener Wednesday in Istanbul. Source link

Canada has advanced to the World Baseball Classic’s playoff round for the first time in the international tournament’s 20-year history. Source link