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By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Lethbridge Hurricanes ended a four-game homestand on the right side of an 8-7 score against the Brandon Wheat Kings on Friday night at VisitLethbridge.com Arena. “That team can score like crazy,” said Matt Anholt, Canes head coach. “They’re an extremely skilled group. We’re fortunate, obviously, to score more than [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald The Catholic Central Cougars varsity football team hits the gridiron this afternoon to battle against their cross-town rival Chinook Coyotes for the School Sport  Alberta 4A South Zone banner. Catholic Central is coming off a 38-28  win over McCoy High School and Chinook is coming off a nail-biting 43-42 overtime [...] Read More »

By Justin Seward Lethbridge Herald University of Lethbridge Pronghorn swim team members and coach and a representative from Pronghorn Athletics hyped up what the experience will be like hosting the Canada West Swimming Championships at the end of the month during a media availability on Wednesday morning. “We’ve got probably the best on-campus pool maybe [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald Try as they might, the equalizer proved to be elusive for the Lethbridge Hurricanes in a 2-1 loss to the Prince Albert Raiders at the VisitLethbridge.com Arena on Wednesday. Hurricane assistant captain Shane Smith says Lethbridge played well despite falling short of recording a point in the contest. “It’s a great [...] Read More »

Graham Kelly Inside the CFL As Jerry Reed wrote. “When you’re hot, you’re hot; when you’re not you’re not” Saturday’s Western Final features red hot BC vs. the Saskatchewan Roughriders. While the Lions have won seven in a row, the Green are on a two game losing streak, because they gave some of their stars [...] Read More »

MADRID (AP) — Atletico Madrid is about to come under American ownership. The Spanish giant announced Monday that Apollo Sports Capital, an asset management company, will become the club’s majority shareholder early next year. No financial details were disclosed. As part of the agreement, current chief executive Miguel Angel Gil Marin and president Enrique Cerezo [...] Read More »

MILAN (AP) — Lewis Hamilton and Charles Leclerc need to “focus on driving and talk less,” Ferrari executive chairman John Elkann warned Monday after both of the team’s drivers failed to finish the Brazilian Grand Prix. The results dropped Ferrari down to fourth in the constructors’ standings and left both Hamilton and Leclerc winless this [...] Read More »

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan will be hoping to carry its winning momentum in ODIs when it takes on Sri Lanka in a three-match series starting Tuesday at Rawalpindi. Shaheen Shah Afridi, in his first series as ODI captain, led Pakistan to 2-1 home win over a depleted South Africa last week in Faisalabad. “Going [...] Read More »

ASHBURN, Va. (AP) — Washington Commanders defensive tackle Daron Payne was suspended for one game without pay by the NFL on Monday for hitting Detroit Lions receiver Amon-Ra St. Brown during the teams’ game the night before. Payne was ejected for unsportsmanlike conduct in the second quarter of Washington’s 44-22 loss to visiting Detroit on [...] Read More »

BRUSSELS (AP) — Real Madrid goalkeeper Thibaut Courtois is expected to miss Belgium’s upcoming World Cup qualifiers because of a muscle injury. Madrid said in a statement on Monday the 33-year-old Courtois has been diagnosed with an injury “to the long abductor muscle in his right leg” after undergoing medical tests with the club. The [...] Read More »