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PSG ousts Liverpool from Champions League on penalties to join Barcelona, Bayern and Inter in QF
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain defeated Liverpool in a penalty shootout to join Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan in the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday. PSG beat Liverpool 1-0 on the night to level the aggregate score at 1-1. Ousmane Dembélé scored 12 minutes into the second-leg match after a blunder by ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barcelona, Bayern and Inter reach Champions League quarterfinals. PSG takes Liverpool to penalties
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
MADRID (AP) — Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan all reached the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday, while Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool went to a penalty shootout at Anfield. PSG beat Liverpool 1-0 on the night to level the aggregate score at 1-1. Ousmane Dembélé scored 12 minutes into the second-leg match after ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Oregon State women beat Portland 59-46 to win WCC Tournament and berth in NCAA Tournament
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Catarina Ferreira finished with 16 points and 12 rebounds and Oregon State wrapped up its first season in the West Coast Conference with a tournament championship, ending two-time defending champion Portland’s 13-game win streak with a 59-46 victory on Tuesday. The fourth-seeded Beavers (19-15) earned the automatic berth in the NCAA ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian para biathlete Mark Arendz captures season World Cup crown
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
TORSBY — Canada’s Mark Arendz captured the men’s overall World Cup crown in standing para biathlon with a victory in Tuesday’s final race of the season. The 35-year-old from Hartsville, P.E.I., beat runner-up Alexandr Gerlitz of Kazakhstan by six seconds in the standing men’s pursuit final. In pursuit, athletes ski penalty loops for shooting mistakes. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto’s Fast fined, Minnesota’s Curl-Salemme suspended by PWHL
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
The Professional Women’s Hockey League has fined Toronto Sceptres defender Renata Fast US$250, the league announced Tuesday. The PWHL also suspended Minnesota Frost forward Britta Curl-Salemme for one game, with both stemming from Toronto’s 2-1 overtime loss to Minnesota on Sunday. The player safety committee determined that Fast, at 3:23 of the first period, struck ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Barcelona, Bayern and Inter reach Champions League quarterfinals. PSG takes Liverpool to extra time
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Barcelona, Bayern Munich and Inter Milan all reached to the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday, while Paris Saint-Germain and Liverpool went to extra time at Anfield. PSG beat Liverpool 1-0 on the night to level the aggregate score at 1-1. Ousmane Dembélé scored 12 minutes into the second-leg match ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Scottie Scheffler looking at a blank canvas as he goes for a 3rd straight Players Championship
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) — The Players Championship has four decades of history at TPC Sawgrass suggesting it doesn’t favor a particular style of golf — power player or pea shooter, great short game or consummate iron player. And then Scottie Scheffler came along. In one of his more remarkable performances in an astonishing ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!No. 16 seed Colorado perfect at foul line late, holds off No. 9 seed TCU 69-67 in Big 12 tourney
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Andrej Jakimovski had 18 points, Julian Hammond III added 16 and Colorado was perfect at the foul line in the final 20 seconds, allowing the 16th and last seed in the Big 12 Tournament to hold on for a 69-67 victory over No. 9 seed TCU on Tuesday. Hammond made ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Recreational golf continued growth in Canada in 2024 thanks to youth, female programs
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
Playing recreational golf became one of the go-to activities during the COVID-19 pandemic as the nature of the game made it safe under Canada’s public health measures. Golf Canada’s 2024 annual report, released on March 6, shows that the pandemic bubble growth wasn’t just a passing fad. Nearly six million Canadians played golf last year, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Piastri signs ‘multi-year’ extension at McLaren ahead of new Formula 1 season
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
WOKING, England (AP) — Oscar Piastri has signed a “multi-year” contract extension with McLaren, the F1 team said Tuesday. The announcement came five days before the first race of the new season at Piastri’s home Australian Grand Prix. Piastri was already under contract at McLaren until the end of next season. The team didn’t give ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!MacDonald feels, at her best, filly Chantilly could battle colts in North America Cup
By Canadian Press on March 11th, 2025
It’s just a dream right now but James MacDonald believes, at her best, filly Chantilly could challenge the colts in the $1-million North America Cup. On Monday, Canada’s reigning horse of the year was among 69 nominated for the June 14 race at Woodbine Mohawk Park. It’s believed Chantilly was the first filly ever nominated ... Read More »
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