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By  Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Bulls blanked the Fort McMurray Giants 3-0 to kick off a four-game series between the two teams during Western Canadian Baseball League action on Thursday night Jack Kalisky scored the Bulls first run with the bases loaded after Adonis Bernal was hit by pitch to shift players over [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Former two-time Canadian Olympic volleyball player Graham Vigrass will  head coach at Lethbridge Volleyball Club’s Co-ed Skills next month. The camp focuses on the development of skills on an individual level and breaking them down to a bare bones level and working on building them back up to be game [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald   The Lethbridge Bulls  hung on to beat the  Sylvan Lake Gulls 9-8 in 10 innings on Wednesday night to kick off their six game road trip. Luke Wheatley scored the winning run from second base on a two-out single by Dalen Blanchard  in the 10th inning. The Gulls erased [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald Third-year Lethbridge Bull, Jack Kalisky, is giving his baseball  club valuable options with his versatility. While he can play defence in the field on first base or in right field, he can step on to the mound and pitch when called upon. “I wasn’t always a pitcher until about I [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly Inside the CFL The Calgary Stampeders opened their 80th anniversary season with an impressive 38-26 win over the visiting Hamilton Tiger-Cats. While it was their 80th birthday, it was their 79th season, the 2020 campaign cancelled because of Covid.   The team was born September 27, 1945 at a meeting called by Dean [...] Read More »

SUNRISE — Leon Draisaitl keeps leaving it late. That’s working out just fine for the Oilers. The big centre’s overtime goal Thursday — his record-setting fourth extra-time winner this spring — pushed Edmonton past Florida 5-4 to even the Stanley Cup final at two games apiece. Draisaitl’s breakthrough against Panthers netminder Sergei Bobrovsky on an [...] Read More »

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — Germany’s bid to host the women’s European Championship in 2029 is set to leave out the capital city of Berlin. Germany announced eight cities including Munich, Dortmund and Cologne that will host games if its bid is successful. Berlin was among three cities that didn’t make the cut. “The selected venues [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Real Madrid has struck a deal to sign River Plate midfielder Franco Mastantuono for the next six seasons. The Spanish club said Friday that the 17-year-old Mastantuono will join in August, meaning he will play for River at the Club World Cup. Madrid is also set to play the tournament in the [...] Read More »

‘S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo fired 19 aces to beat No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Friday at the grass-court Libema Open. The Canadian won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and saved four of five break chances. He took the opening set in a tight tiebreak before Khachanov [...] Read More »

LONDON (AP) — India coach Gautam Gambhir returned home on Friday because of a family emergency, a week out from the opening cricket test against England. Gambhir’s mother was hospitalized in New Delhi, according to the Press Trust of India. It was not known how long Gambhir will be away, and there was no certainty [...] Read More »