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Defending champion Brad Gushue and Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe joined Saskatchewan’s Mike McEwen and Manitoba’s Reid Carruthers in the playoffs at the Canadian men’s curling championship Thursday in Regina. CBC | Sports News
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Northwest Territories’ Jamie Koe upends defending champ Gushue at Brier
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
Read More »Brain-damaged man ‘wrongly’ convicted of 1990 murder was ‘incapable of defending himself’
Court of Appeal told that Oliver Campbell, who is trying to get his guilty verdict quashed, could not properly rebut accusations made against him at his trial 33 years ago. Daily Express :: News Feed
Read More »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 »Defending champion Sabalenka beats Gauff to reach Australian Open final
Defending champion Aryna Sabalenka avenged a U.S. Open final loss to Coco Gauff and will meet first-time finalist Zheng Qinwen at the Australian Open on Saturday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champion Brooke Henderson remains in contention at Tournament of Champions
Defending champion Brooke Henderson of Smiths Falls, Ont., will begin the weekend three shots out of the lead at the Hilton Grand Vacations Tournament of Champions after shooting 70 on Friday in Orlando, Fla. 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 »Defending champion Canada ousted from world juniors on late Czech goal in quarterfinals
Jakub Stancl scored his second goal of the game with 11.7 seconds left in third period as the Czech Republic survived a blown 2-0 lead to defeat Canada 3-2 and advance to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday in Gothenburg, Sweden. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champion Jasmine Baird squeaks through big air qualifying in Edmonton
Canadian rider Jasmine Baird will have the chance to defend her FIS Big Air Snowboard title at Commonwealth Stadium. But she had to sweat out a nervous qualifying process first. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Auger-Aliassime to miss at least start of Davis Cup Finals for defending champion Canada
An injury to Canadian singles star Felix Auger-Aliassime forced captain Frank Dancevic to tinker with his lineup for Tuesday’s quarterfinal against Finland at the Davis Cup Final 8 in Malaga, Spain. The teams are tied 1-1 entering the decisive doubles match. CBC | Sports News
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