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Fast start propels defending champion Canadian women to U18 world hockey final
Canada scored three times in the first 5:12 of the game and then coasted to an 8-1 win over the Czech Republic in the under-18 women'[s world hockey championship semifinals on Saturday in Sydney, N.S. Source link
Canada edges Guatemala in men's soccer B international in L.A.
Jacen Russell-Rowe’s second-half goal lifted Canada to a 1-0 victory over Guatemala in a men’s soccer B international Saturday in Los Angeles. Source link
London, Ont., hockey stars thrilled to be on Team Canada for Winter Olympics
Professional Women’s Hockey League stars Ella Shelton and Julia Gosling, both former London Devilettes, are among 26 players part of Team Canada’s roster for the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games starting Feb. 6. Source link
Watts nets OT winner to help Sceptres snap skid, top Goldeneyes 2-1
Daryl Watts scored the winner at 2:16 in overtime as the Toronto Sceptres defeated the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-1 on Saturday at Scotiabank Arena in Professional Women’s Hockey League action. Source link
Canadian freestyle skier McEachran wins bronze medal at World Cup slopestyle event
Evan McEachran scored a bronze medal at the World Cup freestyle skiing slopestyle competition in Laax, Switzerland, on Saturday. Source link
Canada's Oatway, Jepsen wins Para alpine gold medals in Austria
Canadian Para skiers Kurt Oatway and Mollie Jepsen won gold medals at a World Cup stop Saturday in Saalbach, Austria. Source link
Marco Odermatt sets up record 4th downhill victory in Wengen to assert status as Olympic favourite
Marco Odermatt led a shortened race Saturday to set up his fourth career downhill victory in Wengen — breaking a tie for the most downhill victories on the famed Lauberhorn course with Franz Klammer and Beat Feuz. Source link
Nicol Delago earns Italy's ski team another win as home Olympics near
Nicol Delago claimed her first World Cup victory in a downhill on home snow Saturday in Tarvisio, Italy, with American Lindsey Vonn in third place for her fifth podium in five downhills this season. Source link
Canadian snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet earns World Cup silver in parallel giant slalom
Snowboarder Arnaud Gaudet of Montcalm, Que., won a silver medal at a World Cup snowboard parallel giant slalom event on Saturday in Bansko, Bulgaria. Source link
‘I think I’m addicted to adrenaline': Snowboarder Cam Spalding ready for Olympic slopes
The 20-year-old thrill-seeker tells Ariel Helwani about his risk-taking mentality that makes it hard for him to do “normal things,” what it’s like to compete against his close friend Liam Brearley in professional snowboarding, and his second love of wakeboarding which resulted in multiple injuries. Source link