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Diving into a playoff race immediately post-Olympics is something new for Emma Maltais and her PWHL teammates, but she said it has been positive despite being tough on her body. Source link

Two players were banned for life Monday by Major League Soccer for gambling on soccer, including bets involving their own matches. Source link

CBC Sports’ daily newsletter recaps the opening weekend of the Milan-Cortina Paralympic Winter Games and looks at the Canadians to watch on Tuesday. Source link

Panama pounced on three Team Canada errors in the sixth inning, scoring three times en route to a 4-3 victory at the World Baseball Classic on Sunday at Hiram Bithorn Stadium in San Juan, Puerto Rico. Source link

Athletes might be the stars of the show, but the Arctic Winter Games can’t escape politics. The games kicked off on Sunday with the flyover of a CF-18 fighter jet at the opening ceremony in Whitehorse. Military aircraft flying over sporting events is nothing new in much of the world, of course, but in the […]

U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Australia was “making a terrible humanitarian mistake” by allowing Iran’s national ‌women’s soccer team to be sent back home and called on Australia’s prime minister to give asylum to team members. Source link

Russia’s national anthem rang out at the Paralympics for the first time in more than a decade after Para alpine skier Varvara Voronchikhina won gold on Monday. The 23-year-old Voronchikhina, who claimed bronze in the downhill two days earlier, finished first in the women’s super-G standing competition. Source link

Canadian Para alpine skier Kalle Eriksson and guide Sierra Smith continued their impressive Paralympic debut on Monday by racing to bronze in the men’s visually impaired super-G for their second medal. Source link

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Matt Dunstone and his Manitoba curling team won the Canadian men’s championship on Sunday evening, defeating Alberta’s Kevin Koe 6-3 in St. John’s. Source link