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Investigation launched into abuse claims by “Garlic Girls”
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – The darlings of South Korea’s Winter Olympics are back in…
S. Korea’s ‘Garlic Girls’ accuse coaches of derailing team
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – The Garlic Girls, South Korea’s hugely popular Olympic silver medallist…
Canada defeats St. Kitts & Nevis 1-0 in CONCACAF Nations League qualifying play
BASSETERRE, Saint Kitts And Nevis – Captain Atiba Hutchinson’s goal late in the first half…
Advocates to tell UN committee of women’s ‘non-state torture’ in Canada
OTTAWA – Canada needs a special criminal charge to cover extended campaigns of physical and…
World Curling Tour plans to review policy after Red Deer ejection
Frosty brews are as common a sight in a curling club as rocks in the…
Jacobs announces that Kennedy and Wozniak will play as substitutes with Fry out
Team Brad Jacobs will turn to a couple of curling veterans to fill the vacancy…
Team Jacobs returns to the ice at Canada Cup with Kennedy to fill in for Fry
A new-look Team Brad Jacobs will have a fellow Olympian in tow at this week’s…
SKorean curling official leaves sport over abuse suspicions
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of – A beleaguered South Korean curling official says he and his…
In The Rings: Curlers grumble about new timing system used at Canada Cup
Matt Dunstone said the new timing system used at curling’s Canada Cup “has got to…
Gushue drops National Grand Slam of Curling opener against Schwaller
CONCEPTION BAY SOUTH, N.L. – Hometown favourite Brad Gushue began the National Grand Slam of…
Bowes hopes to encourage kids to try sports through “Lucy Tries Sports” series
TORONTO – Lisa Bowes imagined her storybook character “Lucy” as a compilation of many young…
Now’s a good time to savour the subtle beauty of trees’ barks
Autumn’s fiery-colored leaves have fallen, so now let’s look for more subtle beauty in trees…
In the Rings: Ryan Fry set to make his return with Team Jacobs at Canadian Open
After taking a leave of over six weeks after his disqualification from the Red Deer…
Dubnyk perfect as Wild blank Canadiens 1-0; Weber avoids scary injury
MONTREAL – It looks like the Montreal Canadiens avoided the worst after losing captain Shea…
CBC Sports head Stremlaw to leave corporation to run unnamed sports franchise
TORONTO – CBC Sports executive Greg Stremlaw will be leaving the corporation later this month…
Bottcher, Mouat win A finals, advance to playoffs at Canadian Open
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Edmonton’s Brendan Bottcher and Scotland’s Bruce Mouat advanced to the playoffs…
Russian curler Krushelnitsky drops plans for doping appeal
MOSCOW – The Russian curler stripped of a bronze medal for doping at last year’s…
Ozil dropped as Arsenal loses; Liverpool leads by 7 points
LONDON – Trailing 1-0 in a dreary London derby, what Arsenal manager Unai Emery needed…
Epping, Bottcher reach final at Canadian Open Grand Slam of Curling event
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Toronto’s John Epping made quick work of Sweden’s Niklas Edin to…
Homan wins Canadian Open to capture record-breaking 10th Grand Slam
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. – Rachel Homan is on a roll. The Ottawa skip picked up…
Continental Cup in Vegas mixing and matching curlers in new team scramble
Kaitlyn Lawes playing third for Rachel Homan, Ben Hebert throwing lead stones for U.S. skip…
Tardi aiming for three-peat at Canadian junior men’s curling playdowns
B.C. skip Tyler Tardi is always on the lookout for any morsel of knowledge that…
Team World way in front of North America at Continental Cup
LAS VEGAS – Team North America is on the board at the Continental Cup, but…
Defending champion Tyler Tardi opens with back-to-back wins at Canadian juniors
PRINCE ALBERT, Sask. – B.C. skip Tyler Tardi is off to a strong start in…