National Sports
B.C.’s Duncan McDonald named Canada Soccer Para Player of the Year
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
Midfielder Duncan McDonald has been named Canada Soccer’s 2024 Para Player of the Year. The 24-year-old from Powell River, B.C., played every minute at the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Spain, where Canada finished 12th. McDonald took over as captain after Samuel Charron was injured and finished the tournament leading Canada in World Cup tackles, ... Read More »
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By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
REGINA – The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr to a one-year contract extension Tuesday. The six-foot-six, 325-pound Zerr, from Langenburg, Sask., helped the Riders offensive line allow just 35 sacks last season, just six behind league-leading Edmonton. The B.C. Lions selected Zerr in the second round, No. 12 overall, in the 2022 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Montreal Roses sign hometown forward Latifah Abdu to contract
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
MONTREAL – The Montreal Roses have signed hometown forward Latifah Abdu to a contract. The Northern Super League team announced the deal Tuesday. Abdu returns to Montreal after spending parts of four years in France. She played for Metz and Strasbourg of the second division before joining Dijon in the Première Ligue, France’s top flight. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long loses at world darts championship
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
LONDON – Canadian Jim (Gentleman) Long lost his first-round game at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on Tuesday, beaten 3-0 by England’s James (Hillbilly) Hurrell. The 40-year-old Hurrell, ranked 89th on the Professional Darts Corporation Order of Merit, defeated the unranked Long 3-0, 3-1, 3-0. Hurrell won the first leg with a 15-dart effort, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Defensive lineman Deionte Knight among four Canadians signed by Ottawa Redblacks
By The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
OTTAWA – Defensive lineman Deionte Knight was among four Canadian players signed by the Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday. The six-foot-three, 278-pound Knight split last season between Toronto and Hamilton. Knight dressed for two games with the Argonauts before being signed off the practice roster by the Tiger-Cats on July 3. Knight, of Ajax, Ont., appeared ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Patience pays off for Canada’s Easton Cowan: ‘No one really thought anything of him’
By Joshua Clipperton, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
Easton Cowan had to bide his time. Taken in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League’s 2021 priority selection draft by the London Knights, he was initially bumped down two levels at age 16 for more seasoning. Cowan took the demotion in stride. He accepted the constructive criticism. He worked on his game, confident ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Chelsea confirms FA has contacted Mykhailo Mudryk after ‘adverse finding’ in player’s doping test
By James Robson, The Associated Press on December 17th, 2024
Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been contacted by the English Football Association over an “adverse finding” in a routine urine test, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Chelsea said Ukraine international Mudryk said he had “never knowingly” taken banned substances and that both he and the club supported the FA’s testing program. The FA did ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer
By Fakiha Baig, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
EDMONTON – A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter’s death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United Kingdom. A senior coroner in Worcestershire, England, urges in a report that U.K.-based Ultra Events Ltd. improve its safety standards following ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Feisty winger Kiefer Sherwood providing big offence, big hits for Vancouver Canucks
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on December 17th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Kiefer Sherwood was a thorn in the Vancouver Canucks’ side last spring. Eight months later, the feisty winger has bloomed into one of the team’s top forwards. Chants of “Kie-fer Sher-wood!” echoed through Rogers Arena at multiple points on Monday night as the American forward scored his first NHL hat trick and powered ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NHL roundup: Hintz helps Stars outshine Capitals 3-1
By The Associated Press on December 16th, 2024
DALLAS (AP) – Roope Hintz had his first two-goal game of the season and Jake Oettinger stopped 25 shots as the Dallas Stars beat the surging Washington Capitals 3-1 on Monday night. Rookie defenceman Lian Bichsel also scored for Dallas, his second goal in three National Hockey League games. Dylan Strome scored in the first ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Sherwood nets hat trick, Vancouver Canucks roll past Colorado Avalanche 3-1
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on December 16th, 2024
VANCOUVER – Kiefer Sherwood scored his first NHL hat trick and the Vancouver Canucks topped the Colorado Avalanche 3-1on Monday. The feisty winger had an even-strength goal, a short-handed goal and an empty-netter for the Canucks (16-9-5). He now has a career-high 11 goals on the season, surpassing the 10 he amassed while playing for ... Read More »
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