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Ron Turcotte guided Secretariat to an emphatic American Triple Crown sweep in 1973. So dominant was that performance that Secretariat still holds the records he set that year in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont. Turcotte’s family said through his longtime business partner Leonard Lusky that the jockey died of natural causes at his home in Drummond, N.B., on Friday. ...
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Canada’s Mitton finishes 2nd in women’s shot put at Diamond League event in Brussels
Canadian shot put star Sarah Mitton placed second at the Diamond League track and field stop in Brussels on Friday. Mitton’s best throw was 19.89 metres while American Chase Jackson won the event with a meet-record distance of 20.89m CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Leylah Fernandez ousted from Monterrey Open
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated from the Monterey Open after falling 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 to Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia on Wednesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic runner Moh Ahmed joins call to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel
Four-time Olympian Moh Ahmed is one of 413 Canadian signatories calling on Tennis Canada to cancel Canada’s Davis Cup tie with Israel in Halifax this September. CBC | World News
Read More »Canada’s Dabrowski, partner Routliffe win Cincinnati open women’s doubles championship
Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand won the Cincinnati Open women’s doubles championship with a straight-sets victory over Guo Hanyo of China and Alexandra Panova of Russia on Sunday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Wilkerson, Humana-Paredes golden again at Montreal beach volleyball event
Brandie Wilkerson and Melissa Humana-Paredes are golden again on home sand. The Paris Olympics silver medallists defeated Germany’s Svenja Muller and Cinja Tillmann on Sunday to capture the Montreal Elite16 title on the Volleyball World Beach Pro Tour. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Auger-Aliassime rides powerful serve, advancing to Cincinnati Open quarterfinals
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime is through to the Cincinnati Open quarterfinals after a fourth-round win over Benjamin Bonzi of France. Auger-Aliassime rode his powerful serve to a 6-4, 6-3 victory on Wednesday, firing nine aces across the one-hour, 14-minute match. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Auger-Aliassime advances to 4th round at Cincinnati Open
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the fourth round of the Cincinnati Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (4), 4-2 win over France’s Arthur Rinderknech on Monday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s Shapovalov falls to Italy’s Nardi in 2nd-round match at Cincinnati Open
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov dropped a 6-7 (5), 6-3, 6-4 decision to Italy’s Luca Nardi on Sunday in second-round play at the Cincinnati Open. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Canada’s rugby women stumble in 2nd half but beat Ireland in final tune-up before World Cup
Florence Symonds scored two first-half tries and Canada survived an uneven second half to dispatch Ireland 47-26 Saturday in its final warm-up match before the Rugby World Cup kicks off in England later this month. CBC | Sports News
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