Canada’s Brad Jacobs defeated Norway’s Magnus Ramsfjell 8-3 in the early draw at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship. Jacobs, vice Marc Kennedy, second Brett Gallant and lead Ben Hebert scored three points in the fourth end. The teams shook hands after Norway gave up a steal of two in the eighth. The Canadians, who…
Alex Ovechkin moved four goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky’s NHL record after scoring the 891st of his career in the Washington Capitals game against the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Ovechkin gave Washington a 2-0 lead on a power play with about four minutes left in the first period. John Carlson passed the puck…
Canada’s Brad Jacobs has his first loss of the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Canada sits at 3-1 after 7 sessions Gregory Strong · The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 31, 2025 7:40 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Canada’s skip Brad Jacobs watches his stone during World Men’s…
Canada’s Brad Jacobs beat South Korea’s Hyojun Kim 9-3 to remain unbeaten at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship. Calgary-based team improves to 3-0 in round-robin play The Canadian Press · Posted: Mar 30, 2025 7:29 PM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago Canada skip Brad Jacobs throws a stone during a 9-3 win…
After a triumphant run to a Montana’s Brier title earlier this month, Brad Jacobs and his Canadian teammates picked up where they left off Saturday in their opening game at the BKT World Men’s Curling Championship in Moose Jaw, Sask. Jacobs and his Calgary-based team defeated Japan’s Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi 7-3 in the first round-robin draw…
Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier sit second at the figure skating world championships after scoring 86.44 points in the rhythm dance on Friday in Boston. Madison Chock and Evan Bates of the United States earned a season-best score of 90.18 to take the lead as they chase a third consecutive world title. In what has fast become the…
The war of words over Alphonso Davies’ knee injury cooled somewhat Thursday with a conciliatory communique from the Canada captain’s agent. In the wake of Bayern Munich’s announcement Wednesday that Davies had torn his anterior cruciate ligament in Canada’s 2-1 weekend win over the U.S. in the CONCACAF Nations League third-place game in Inglewood, Calif.,…
American figure skater Alysa Liu assumed the lead after the short program on the opening night of the world championships on Wednesday, proving that the Olympian is much farther along in her comeback from retirement than almost anyone thought. The 19-year-old from Clovis, Calif., had to fight back some tears — and stop some lips…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The World Figure Skating Championships are always a big deal. And this year’s edition, starting Wednesday in Boston, carries more weight than usual. In addition to deciding this season’s world…
In the weeks following Canada’s loss to France at the Paris Olympics men’s basketball tournament, Shai Gilgeous-Alexander gathered teammates in a gym at Humber College near Toronto. Players included Olympians, those who missed the cut and a few Oklahoma City Thunder players, too. A couple months later, Canada’s women’s team — fresh off an 0-3…
