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Fast-rising Mboko meets her match in Australian Open 4th round, losing to world No. 1 Sabalenka
Fast-rising Canadian teenager Victoria Mboko, who has seemed unstoppable during her meteoric rise to the top of women’s tennis, found the task against world No. 1 Aryna Sabalenka a little too daunting on Sunday at the Australian Open. Source link
Shiffrin clinches record 9th slalom Crystal Globe with dominant win in last race before Olympics
Mikaela Shiffrin locked up the World Cup slalom title with two races to spare on Sunday, becoming the first skier with nine season titles in one discipline. Source link
Northern Ontario's Scharf joined by daughter at Scotties Tournament of Hearts
Proudly sporting the green Northern Ontario colours, 16-year-old Bella McCarville took it all in Saturday afternoon as her mother Krista Scharf, Kendra Lilly, Ashley Sippala and Sarah Potts opened their Scotties Tournament of Heart campaign with a 7-4 win over Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik. Source link
American Uhlaender seeks Olympic wildcard after Canadian skeleton withdrawals
U.S. skeleton racer Katie Uhlaender has asked the International Olympic Committee for a wildcard into the 2026 Winter Olympics after Canada’s skeleton team withdrew four athletes from a competition earlier this month, ending her bid for a sixth Games despite winning the race. Source link
Runner Josh Hoey breaks 800m indoor world record in Boston
American Josh Hoey shattered the men’s 800-metre short-track world record at the Indoor Grand Prix in Boston on Saturday, clocking 1:42.50 to break a mark that stood for more than 28 years. Source link
Track runner Foster Malleck eclipses Cam Levins's Canadian indoor 2,000m best
Canadian runner Foster Malleck covered the men’s 2,000-metre race in four minutes 54.08 seconds for fifth at the New Balance Indoor Grand Prix on Saturday in Boston. His time surpassed Cam Levins’s 4:55.35 national best from 2014. Source link
Personal leave puts hockey into perspective for Oilers star Leon Draisaitl
Leon Draisaitl stepped away from the Edmonton Oilers last week and returned to Germany to attend to a family illness. The time away from the team has clarified what’s truly important for star forward. Source link
Norway's Eitrem smashes 5000m speed skating world record in Germany
Norwegian Sander Eitrem shattered the men’s 5000m world record Saturday at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Inzell, Germany, winning the event with a time of 5:58.52. Source link
Canada's Laurin, Éthier 5th in pairs figure skating at Four Continents championship
Canada’s Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Éthier finished fifth in pairs figure skating on Saturday at the Four Continents Championship, earning a personal best score of 122.59 in the free program and 188.27 points overall. Source link
Canadian speed skater Maltais wins World Cup bronze in Germany
Canadian long-track speed skater Valérie Maltais claimed her third individual medal of the season on Saturday, grabbing bronze in the women’s 3000m event at the ISU Speed Skating World Cup in Inzell, Germany. Source link