Defencemen Seth Jones and Ryan Lindgren and forward Gustav Nyquist were on the move on Saturday as three Central Division teams got a jump on the NHL’s looming trade deadline. The Colorado Avalanche got the ball rolling with another splash by acquiring Lindgren and forward Jimmy Vesey in a trade with the New York Rangers. … Read more
Records aren’t on Brad Gushue’s mind at the Montana’s Brier, in Kelowna, B.C. Another title for the reigning Canadian men’s curling champion would make him the first skip to win four straight Brier crowns. Gushue, vice Mark Nichols and lead Geoff Walker are also tied with Randy Ferbey for the most all-time Brier titles with six. Reaching the top of … Read more
Cornelia Huetter won the first women’s World Cup downhill since the alpine skiing world championships on Friday in Kvitfjell, Norway, to give new life to the battle for the discipline title. The Austrian got her second downhill win of the season after beating Emma Aicher of Germany by 0.15 seconds. The 21-year-old Aicher secured her … Read more
Christina Black’s curling team reached a new level this season after pushing Kerri Einarson’s veteran team to the brink in the Scotties Tournament of Hearts semifinal Sunday afternoon. Manitoba’s Einarson, who skipped teams to Canadian titles four straight years from 2020 to 2023, eked out a 9-8 win to advance to the final Sunday night … Read more
Kerri Einarson’s curling team from Manitoba claimed a top playoff seed at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts after scrambling hard to get there. Einarson, who skipped her teams to four straight Canadian women’s curling championships from 2020 to 2023, trailed at the fifth-end break in three of her four straight wins to cap pool play. … Read more
Defending champion Rachel Homan carried an unbeaten record into the Scotties Tournament of Hearts playoffs, while Alberta and B.C. locked in their playoff seedings Thursday. Homan capped Pool A play with an 8-0 record after an 8-4 win over Alberta’s Selena Sturmay. Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik and B.C.’s Corryn Brown both finished 6-2 with Skrlik ranked … Read more
Rachel Homan’s curling team secured a playoff spot at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts with a 7-5 win over B.C.’s Corryn Brown. Team Canada stays unbeaten, improving to 6-0 with 2 games left in preliminary round The Canadian Press · Posted: Feb 19, 2025 1:34 PM EST | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Team Canada … Read more
Canadian alpine ski racer, Laurence St-Germain details how she gets focused before hitting the slopes at the World Alpine Championships in Saalbach, Austria. Source link
Algeria boxer Imane Khelif, who found herself in the middle of a bitter divide about gender in sports during the Paris Olympics, has denounced “false and offensive” accusations from the International Boxing Association. “I have been knocked down more times than I can count. But I have never stayed down,” Khelif said late Tuesday on … Read more
