Paris-bound Canadian shot putter Sarah Mitton fell short of her third straight win on Saturday, losing by just 0.18 metres at the Harry Jerome Classic in Burnaby, B.C. The Olympic medal contender was bested by Jamaica’s Danniel Thomas-Dodd, who launched it 19 metres on her second of six attempts at Swangard Stadium. Thomas-Dodd was narrowly beaten by Mitton on…
The Edmonton Oilers have a second chance to win on home ice Saturday as they face off against the Florida Panthers in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup final. The Panthers can win the NHL championship in Edmonton if Connor McDavid’s Oilers don’t make a comeback from a three-game deficit in the series Saturday. “We’ve…
Kayla Alexander drove back to the gym, reeling from losing to Japan, 86-82, in the FIBA Olympic qualifying tournament in Hungary in February. She was sure her Canadian women’s basketball team was bounced from Olympic contention. The veteran forward from Milton, Ont., was down for the count before Spain took on 19th-ranked tournament host Hungary…
Rafael Nadal is going to skip Wimbledon, as expected, and instead prepare for the Paris Olympics by entering a clay-court tournament in Bastad, Sweden, he hasn’t been to in 19 years. The 22-time Grand Slam champion, who turned 38 on June 3, said Thursday he wants to just remain on clay, rather than switching over…
The storied history of the Edmonton Oilers has made it impossible to separate the team from the city, which once dubbed itself City of Champions, that it calls home. Now, for the first time in 18 years, the Edmonton Oilers are back in the Stanley Cup final, giving the city and its legion of Oiler fans a chance to revel in the full…
Canadian soccer fans and CBC Sports viewers will have a chance to quickly familiarize themselves with players and teams of the Northern Super League during its inaugural season, starting next April. CBC/Radio-Canada has entered a multi-year partnership with the women’s professional soccer league, along with TSN/RDS. Matches will be shown to CBC viewers across the…
India was in a desperate situation, needing a moment or two of genius to defend a low total against cricket archrival Pakistan at the Twenty20 World Cup. Skipper Rohit Sharma gave the ball to Jasprit Bumrah, relying on his go-to pace bowler to take the wicket Sunday that would swing the match into India’s favour….
Sergei Bobrovsky made 32 saves to register the third playoff shutout of his career as the Florida Panthers defeated the visiting Edmonton Oilers 3-0 on Saturday to take a 1-0 lead in the Stanley Cup final. Carter Verhaeghe, Evan Rodrigues and Eetu Luostarinen, into an empty net, scored for Florida. Aleksander Barkov had two assists….
Christopher Morales Williams continued his winning ways at the NCAA track and field championships. The 19-year-old sprinter from Vaughan, Ont., won the men’s 400-metre race on Friday night in 44.47 seconds at Hayward Field in Eugene, Ore. Source link
Aaron Jones hit the ball out of the park again and the United States edged cricket heavyweight Pakistan in a Super Over tiebreaker for one of the biggest upsets ever at a Twenty20 World Cup. After a match-winning batting performance in the tournament opener against Canada, Jones was instrumental again Thursday in the dramatic win…
