Playing four days after the death of a former hockey player she dated, Aryna Sabalenka beat Paula Badosa 6-4, 6-3 on Friday in the second ound of the rain-soaked Miami Open. Sabalenka has asked for privacy for herself and the family of Konstantin Koltsov, the 42-year-old Belarusian who died in Miami on Monday. Miami-Dade Police […]
FIS Snowboard Cross World Cup – Mont St Anne
Watch as some of the world’s best in snowboard cross visit Canada for the FIS World Cup event at Mont St. Anne. Source link
Canada’s Marielle Thompson earns 4th Crystal Globe in women’s ski cross
Marielle Thompson of Whistler, B.C., has topped the women’s ski cross World Cup standings for a fourth season. She posted her sixth victory of the 2023-24 campaign on Saturday, defeating Marielle Berger of France in the big final in Idre Fjäll, Sweden. Thompson said she had clinched the Crystal Globe before reaching the start line. Brittany Phelan […]
Canada's Liam Brearley wins Silvaplana World Cup snowboard slopestyle event, secures Crystal Globe
Liam Grearley of Gravenhurst, Ont., claimed Saturday’s World Cup snowboard slopestyle event, and also claimed the season’s overall title winning the Crystal Globe. Source link
Huetter wins World Cup downhill to clinch her 1st title, deny Gut-Behrami her 4th of season
On a surprising final day of the women’s World Cup season, Cornelia Huetter won the downhill race in Saalbach, Austria, to clinch her first-ever title and deny Lara Gut-Behrami her fourth this week. Huetter had started Saturday’s race fourth in the discipline standings, behind Austrian teammate Stephanie Venier, the injured Sofia Goggia and Gut-Behrami, who needed […]
Canada favoured in Copa America qualifier, but Trinidad and Tobago no stranger to upsets
The numbers favour the Canadian men in Saturday’s high-stakes Copa America qualifier with Trinidad and Tobago in Frisco, Texas. Canada is ranked 50th in the world, compared to No. 96 for Trinidad. And the Canadians’ all-time record against Trinidad is a commanding 7-2-2. But the Soca Warriors have broken Canadian soccer hearts before. On Sept. […]
What to watch in Olympic sports this weekend
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. One of Canada’s world-title droughts ended last night. Another could go down on Sunday. And Canadians can sweep the World Cup trophies in one of winter’s most dangerous sports. Here’s […]
No. 13 Yale stuns 4th-seeded Auburn for 2nd win in NCAA tournament history
John Poulakidas scored 28 points, Samson Aletan made a key block during a wild scramble in the final seconds, and 13th-seeded Yale rallied in the final five minutes to take down No. 4 seed Auburn 78-76 in the first round of the NCAA men’s tournament on Friday in Spokane, Wash. For the second straight year, the Ivy […]
Australian Grand Prix qualifying result changed as Red Bull hit with penalty | F1 | Sport
The Mexican driver produced an impressive qualifying session in Melbourne, finishing third behind team-mate Max Verstappen and Ferrari’s Carlos Sainz, but he will have to start the race from sixth due to this penalty. Hulkenberg, whose Q1 lap was ruined by the incident, was left frustrated with Perez after the session. He explained: “I got […]
Lewis Hamilton blames Mercedes car in rant as Toto Wolff fumes ‘it’s not good enough’ | F1 | Sport
Mercedes haven’t looked comfortable on the Albert Park circuit all weekend and both George Russell and Hamilton were on the cusp of Q2 elimination heading into the final runs in qualifying. Unfortunately for the latter, late improvements for Lance Stroll and Yuki Tsunoda bumped him out of the top 10, meaning the seven-time world champion […]