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Senegal parades Africa Cup trophy in Paris as it appeals CAF decision to strip title
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
PARIS (AP) — Senegal players paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy in front of thousands of fans on Saturday, despite the Confederation of African Football’s decision to strip the country of the title and award it to Morocco. Ahead of a friendly match against Peru at Stade de France, Senegal players led by captain ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Family fighting to bring B.C. senior home after she fell into a coma in China
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
It was supposed to be a joyful family reunion, but instead a British Columbia grandmother is stranded in China in a coma, her family unable to pay the hundreds of thousands of dollars to bring her home via air ambulance. Her family says Lilia Avoutova, 78, who is of mixed Chinese and Ukrainian heritage, arrived ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Stephen Gogolev finishes fourth at world figure skating championships
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
PRAGUE — Canada’s Stephen Gogolev finished fourth in men’s singles with another impressive performance Saturday at the world figure skating championships. Fifth after Thursday’s short program, Gogolev scored a personal-best 186.66 in his free skate to “Piano Concerto No. 2” by Sergei Rachmaninov to move up one spot. That lifted his total to 281.04 — ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Junos showdown to kick off, but Weeknd, Justin Bieber and Tate McRae aren’t attending
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
HAMILTON — Most Juno Awards trophies are on the line tonight, with The Weeknd, Tate McRae and Justin Bieber among the top nominees — however none of those A-listers are expected to attend the ceremonies. McRae and Bieber lead the field with six nominations each, including artist of the year, album of the year and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Olympic champion Tom Pidcock pulls out of Volta a Catalunya after fall into ravine
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
BERGA, Spain (AP) — British rider Tom Pidcock has pulled out of the Volta a Catalunya race a day after crashing and falling down a ravine after misjudging a corner. “Due to his crash he suffered injuries, most likely bone and ligament damage in particular to his right knee and also right wrist,” Lorenz Emmert, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Howden, Schmidt reach podium in final weekend of World Cup ski cross season
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
GÄLLIVARE — Reece Howden won the men’s silver medal and fellow Canadian Hannah Schmidt took the women’s bronze Saturday in the penultimate ski cross races of the World Cup season. Howden, from Chilliwack, B.C., posted a time of 57.36 seconds, just behind winner David Mobaerg of Sweden. Kilian Himmelsbach of Germany was third in 58.26. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ilia Malinin bounces back from Olympic nightmare with 3rd straight world figure skating title
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
PRAGUE (AP) — Ilia Malinin is back on the top step of the podium. Six weeks after a disastrous skate knocked the Olympic gold-medal favorite off the podium, the “quad god” reeled off one huge jump after another, and a backflip for good measure, to retain his world championship title for the third year running. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Drainville, Fréchette square off in second Coalition Avenir Québec leadership debate
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
LAVAL — The two candidates vying to replace François Legault as Coalition Avenir Québec leader and Quebec premier are meeting today in a second and final debate. Bernard Drainville and Christine Fréchette exchanged friendly greetings ahead of the start of the debate in Laval, north of Montreal. Both candidates indicated during an early exchange that ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!India great Ravichandran Ashwin to play for San Francisco team in Major League Cricket
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — India great Ravichandran Ashwin signed a contract to play for the San Francisco Unicorns in Major League Cricket, the team announced Saturday. Modeled on the hugely popular Indian Premier League, MLC is an annual Twenty20 tournament that launched three years ago in a bid to tap into the U.S. market. The ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!England captain Ben Stokes still recovering from a broken cheekbone
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
England captain Ben Stokes’ recovery from a broken cheekbone will keep him sidelined for the start of the county cricket season. The 34-year-old Durham star was was hit by a ball during a training session with academy players early last month, and he had surgery soon afterward. Stokes has not played since the final game ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!UFC brings cage-match bout to the White House, home of a president who favors cage-match politics
By Canadian Press on March 28th, 2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Cage-match fighting is coming to the White House to fete President Donald Trump, a proud proponent of cage-match politics. In the coming weeks, crews will erect a 6-foot wire-mesh fence shaped into an octagon on the lawn, where UFC fighters will use a combination of kickboxing, jiujitsu, wrestling and other martial arts ... Read More »
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