Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe upset defending champion Brad Gushue 7-5 at the Canadian men’s curling championship. Koe, who has skipped a territories team to the playoffs once in 16 previous Brier appearances, improved to 3-1 and dropped Gushue to 2-2 in Pool B. CBC | Sports News
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Homan beats defending champ Einarson to set up clash with Jones for spot in Scotties final
The road to another Canadian women’s curling championship for both Ontario’s Rachel Homan and Manitoba’s Jennifer Jones shortened with their playoff victories Friday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »2-time defending champ Schizas leads after short program at Canadian figure skating championships
Two-time defending women’s champion Madeline Schizas led after Friday’s short program at the Canadian figure skating championships, scoring 63.63 ahead of Kaiya Ruiter’s 58.25 and Sara-Maude Dupuis in third at 57.87. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Czechs sweep defending champ Switzerland to open Billie Jean King Cup finals
The Czech Republic beat defending champion Switzerland 3-0 on the first day of the group stage at the Billie Jean King Cup Finals on Tuesday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champ Auger-Aliassime advances to Swiss Indoors quarterfinals
Defending champion Felix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal advanced to the quarterfinals of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 6-4, 6-2 win over Dutch qualifier Botic van de Zandschulp on Thursday in Basel. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Tyson Fury completes his redemption with brutal stoppage win over WBC champ Deontay Wilder
Tyson Fury is the new WBC world heavyweight champion, completing the job from 14 months ago when he controversially drew with Deontay Wilder. The American’s corner threw in the towel after a blistering display from Fury. Daily Express :: Sport Feed
Read More »Strictly 2019: Kelvin Fletcher’s win guaranteed as former champ exposes huge advantage?
STRICTLY COME DANCING returns on Saturday night with the grand finale and one celebrity contestant will be crowned the 2019 champion. According to past winner and BBC presenter Chris Hollins, he told It Takes Two host Rylan Clarke Neal why former Emmerdale actor Kelvin Fletcher is more likely to win than Karim Zeroual or Emma Barton. Daily Express :: TV ...
Read More »Bianca Andreescu drops WTA Finals debut to Wimbledon champ Halep
Dominant much of the season against tennis’ elite, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu dropped her second straight match against such an opponent in her opening match at the WTA Finals on Monday as fifth-ranked Simona Halep won 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in Shenzhen, China. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Danny Grant, Stanley Cup champ with 1968 Canadiens, dead at 73
Former National Hockey League star and Stanley Cup champion Danny Grant has died. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Coco Gauff, 15, wins first WTA title, beating former French Open champ
American teenage sensation Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win a WTA title in 15 years as she beat former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the Linz Open final on Sunday in Austria. CBC | Sports News
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