Curling
Chelsea halts Liverpool’s title charge and maintains own pursuit with 2-0 win over EPL leaders
LIVERPOOL, England – Chelsea dented Liverpool’s Premier League title hopes and maintained its own pursuit of the trophy with a 2-0 victory against the leaders on Sunday.
Kevin Martin thought others would retire from curling as well this year
When Kevin Martin decided to retire this year, he thought he’d have plenty of company.
Morris named skip of Team Canada, will lead champions into next Brier
TORONTO – The reigning Canadian men’s curling champions have a new skip for the next Tim Hortons Brier.
Jones wins 10th Grand Slam title with win over Homan at Players’ Championship
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones won her 10th Grand Slam curling victory on Sunday, defeating Ottawa’s Rachel Homan 5-2 in the women’s final of the Players’ Championship.
Martin advances to Players’ Championship final a day after announcing retirement
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Kevin Martin’s curling career is going to last one more game.
Kekuta Manneh’s late goal gives Vancouver Whitecaps 2-2 draw with L.A. Galaxy
VANCOUVER – Second-half substitute Kekuta Manneh’s goal in the 86th minute gave the Vancouver Whitecaps a 2-2 draw with the Los Angeles Galaxy on Saturday in Major League Soccer action.
Canadian Press NewsAlert: Olympian Kevin Martin retires from curling
TORONTO – Former Olympic champion Kevin Martin is retiring from curling.
McEwen edges Stoughton in battle of Winnipeg skips at Players’ Championship
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Mike McEwen edged Jeff Stoughton 5-4 in a battle of Winnipeg skips Thursday at the Players’ Championship.
Team Jennifer Jones sticking together to make another run for an Olympic berth
SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. – Despite plenty of team restructuring on the Canadian men’s curling scene in recent weeks, Team Jennifer Jones is vowing to remain intact for another four years.
Liverpool takes charge of Premier League, Atletico Madrid 3 points clear in Spain
LIVERPOOL, England – There could be unlikely league winners in England and Spain this season, with Liverpool and Atletico Madrid keeping up their good form with wins on Sunday.
Veteran skip Kevin Koe leaves national champions to form new team
Veteran skip Kevin Koe is leaving the team that he guided to a national championship.
Canada’s Koe falls 7-5 to Switzerland at curling world championship
BEIJING, China – Canada’s Kevin Koe had to settle for fourth place at the world men’s curling championship after falling 7-5 to Switzerland in Sunday’s bronze-medal match.
Koe falls to Norway at curling Worlds, will play Sweden in semifinal
BEIJING, China – Going the long road to a gold-medal game is nothing new to Kevin Koe.
Canada’s Koe downs Germany 11-5 in roud robin at men’s world championship
BEIJING, China – Kevin Koe’s Calgary rink improved to 7-3 in the round-robin portion of the men’s world championship of curling with a 11-5 rout over Germany on Thursday.
Koe sits second at men’s world curling championship after beating Switzerland
BEIJING, China – Canada’s Kevin Koe doubled up Switzerland’s Peter de Cruz 8-4 in nine ends on Wednesday at the men’s world curling championship to maintain a tie for second place in round-robin action.