Canada’s women’s 3×3 basketball team has picked up right where it left off. The two-time defending Women’s Series champions won the first stop of the 2024 campaign on Wednesday in Springfield, Mass., capping the title with a 20-18 victory over the U.S. CBC | Sports News
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Olympic curling champion Brad Jacobs splits with Team Carruthers, joins former Bottcher teammates
Veteran skip Brad Jacobs’s time as a free agent didn’t last long. Jacobs is joining third Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert for next season — former teammates of Brendan Bottcher who are based in Alberta. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Curling world champion Rachel Homan stays perfect at Players’ Championship
Rachel Homan remained perfect at the Grand Slam of Curling’s season-ending Players’ Championship with a 7-4 win over Sweden’s Isabella Wrana in Thursday’s early draw. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Clark leads Iowa back to Final 4, scoring 41 points in win over defending champion LSU
Caitlin Clark made nine 3-pointers and finished with 41 points and 12 assists in a sensational performance as Iowa knocked defending national champion LSU out of the women’s NCAA Tournament with a 94-87 victory on Monday night, in Albany, N.Y. advancing the Hawkeyes to their second straight Final Four. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champion UConn returns to Final 4 with rout of Illinois, will face Alabama
Defending national champion UConn powered its way back into the men’s Final Four behind a 30-0 run led by Donovan Clingan, who finished with 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Huskies crushed Illinois 77-52 on Saturday night in Boston. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Snowboard cross season champion Grondin completes weekend sweep on home snow in Quebec
Canada’s Éliot Grondin addressed some mistakes he made in Sunday’s snowboard cross semifinals and shook off a minor ankle injury on the way to his second World Cup win in as many days on home snow at Mont-Sainte-Anne resort. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Japan’s Sakamoto wins gold in Montreal to become 1st woman to 3-peat as world champion since 1968
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Read More »UNB men’s hockey team blanks UQTR to complete perfect season, repeat as University Cup champion
Austen Keating’s goal and two assists capped off a perfect season for the New Brunswick Reds as they successfully defended their University Cup championship on Sunday with a 4-0 win against the Université du Québec a Trois-Rivières Patriotes in Toronto. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canadian Olympic wrestling champion Erica Wiebe announces retirement
Wrestler Erica Wiebe, who won a gold medal for Canada at the 2016 Olympics, announced her retirement from competition on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »McEwen rides pair of big ends to Brier final against 2-time defending champion Gushue
Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen advanced to the final of the Canadian men’s curling championship with a 7-3 semifinal win over Alberta’s Brendan Bottcher on Sunday in Regina. He will face Brad Gushue of St. John’s at 8 p.m. ET. CBC | Sports News
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