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Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald It’s the most wonderful time of year for collegiate basketball. While the NCAA’s March Madness tournament doesn’t start until the end of the month, the ACAC versions will be in full swing this weekend. Both Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak basketball teams qualified for the ACAC basketball championships, which begin tonight. The men [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald With only eight games remaining in the regular season, the Lethbridge Hurricanes are hoping for some success down the stretch. Lethbridge (17-40-2-1)  will hit the road this weekend for a two-game trip through southern Saskatchewan this weekend with games against the Regina Pats (23-29-6-1) and Moose Jaw Warriors (21-33-5-2) The Hurricanes [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald While a trip to CCAA nationals is not in the cards for the Lethbridge Polytechnic Kodiak men’s volleyball team, it was still a very successful weekend at the ACAC championships in Red Deer over the weekend. Lethbridge finished with a bronze medal. The Kodiaks defeated the NAIT Ooks in their quarterfinal [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald One game short. That was the story of the University of Lethbridge Pronghorns men’s basketball team in 2025-26, as they finished just short of a Canada West playoff spot.  Lethbridge finished with a 7-13 record, good enough for eighth place in the Prairie Division just behind the Brandon Bobcats for a [...] Read More »

Nathan Reiter Lethbridge Herald While major leaguers are just beginning spring training in Florida and Arizona, it’s officially go time for the Prairie Baseball Academy Dawgs. PBA will hit the road to Twin Falls, Idaho this weekend for non-conference games against the College of Southern Idaho (CSI) Golden Eagles to begin their season starting on [...] Read More »

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Seven-time world champion Lewis Hamilton has renewed calls for a Formula 1 grand prix to be held in Africa. The Ferrari driver said on Thursday he doesn’t want to retire from F1 without having raced there. F1 last raced in Africa in 1993 at the Kyalami circuit near Johannesburg, a race [...] Read More »

Next up for Wrexham is world champion Chelsea. While a place in the quarterfinals of the FA Cup is at stake when the teams face off at the Racecourse Ground on Saturday, for Wrexham it will be a timely gauge of just how “Premier League-ready” it is. Speaking to industry experts last week, Wrexham CEO [...] Read More »

OUAGADOUGOU, Burkina Faso (AP) — Burkina Faso has appointed former Comoros and Mauritania coach Abdou Amir to the men’s team and entrusted him with qualifying for the 2027 Africa Cup of Nations. The 53-year-old Amir was presented by the president of the Burkinabè Football Federation on Wednesday, ending what the federation described as a “rigorous [...] Read More »

DUBLIN (AP) — Antoine Dupont deserves to be hailed far and wide in Andy Farrell’s opinion. As for his own scrumhalf? The Ireland coach couldn’t be happier with Jamison Gibson-Park, to whom he gave his first test in 2020 and is giving his 50th test for the Irish on Friday night when Wales visits in [...] Read More »

MUMBAI, India (AP) — Captain Harry Brook called correctly at the coin toss and England opted to bowl first against India in their Twenty20 World Cup semifinal on Thursday. India was unchanged from its win against the West Indies on Sunday. England made one change, bringing back pacer Jamie Overton for spinner Rehan Ahmed. The [...] Read More »