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Jennifer Jones and Brad Jacobs hope to become the first Canadian teams to defend their Olympic gold medals in Pyeongchang. But both rinks will be in tough at the Roar of the Rings, which features a playing field stacked with champions. CBC | Sports News

TYSON FURY is quickly shedding the pounds as he targets a return to the ring. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Canada’s Marie-Michele Gagnon suffered a shoulder injury Thursday and had to be removed from the course on a rescue sled after crashing during training for the season-opening women’s World Cup downhill in Lake Louise. CBC | Sports News

Canada’s Olympic men’s hockey team will give 10 new players a look at the Channel One Cup in Moscow in two weeks from the team that competed in the Karjala Cup in Helsinki earlier this month. CBC | Sports News

Brock Boeser had two goals and an assist, Daniel Sedin surpassed 1,000 career points and the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 on Thursday night. CBC | Sports News

ENGLAND trail Australia 1-0 in the Ashes series and head to Adelaide with plenty of open questions about their team. Express Sport columnist and former England cricketer Nick Compton tries to answer some of them. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Gregg Zaun has been fired from Sportsnet due to “inappropriate behaviour and comments” toward female employees. CBC | Sports News

GARETH SOUTHGATE has challenged Harry Kane to fulfil his ambition of being the world’s greatest striker by proving it on the planet’s biggest stage. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

EVERTON have announced Sam Allardyce as their new manager on an 18-month contract. Daily Express :: Sport Feed

Sarah Nurse has been compared to more famous cousins her entire life. But while she’s proud of her family and all their accomplishments, Nurse hopes to create her own identity with the Canadian women’s hockey team, and making the Olympic squad is the first step towards that. CBC | Sports News