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Canadian GM Gina Kingsbury didn’t see a need for major changes to the team that lost the final to the U.S. last year. She thinks the team had a strong performance in 2023, even if it didn’t result in a championship.  Canadians play 1st game against Finland on Thursday at …

Boxer Claire Hafner’s brain may help future women athletes, patients with neurodegenerative conditions, survivors of intimate partner violence and soldiers with head trauma. She’s one of 17 Canadian athletes participating in a landmark study of the effects of head trauma on 900 living athletes, mostly from combat sports. Claire Hafner’s …

The Newfoundland Growlers won’t finish out the 2023-2024 season, marking the second time a Toronto Maple Leafs minor league affiliated team has left the province. With six games left on the schedule, the ECHL announced on Tuesday its board of governors voted to terminate the club’s membership effective immediately “for …

Photo By John Mac  (https://www.flickr.com/photos/johnmac612/53558910406/, CC BY-SA 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=145963861)  New York, United States—A US women’s basketball record television audience of 12.3 million people watched sensation Caitlin Clark lead Iowa over rival Louisiana State University in the college playoffs, telecaster ESPN said Tuesday. The previous record was 11.83 million viewers for …

Red Bull Ring in Spielberg, Austria on Aug. 20, 2023 (Anadolu) ISTANBUL – Formula One owner Liberty Media has agreed to buy MotoGP from Spain-based owners Dorna in a deal valued at USD4.5 billion (PHP253.8 billion). “Liberty Media will acquire 86 percent of MotoGP with MotoGP management retaining approximately 14 percent of …

Rosegie Ramos secured her place in the 2024 Paris Olympics, becoming the first Filipino weightlifter to do so and the seventh athlete from the Philippines to qualify.  The Philippine Olympic Committee proudly announced Ramos’s victory following her outstanding performance at the 2024 IWF World Cup, a crucial Olympic qualification event …

For PLDT coach Rald Ricafort, the win helps them prime up for their last three elimination-round games against three title-contending clubs — Chery Tiggo, Cignal and Creamline./PVL Media Bureau Games Thursday (PhilSports Arena) 4 p.m. – Farm Fresh vs Cignal 6 p.m. – Nxled vs Strong Group Athletics MANILA, Philippines …

MANILA, Philippines: BOXING icon Manny Pacquiao is proud Mexican Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz’s latest achievement — the first-ever non-Filipino world boxing champion under MP Promotions. Pacquiao was happy to see the progress of the 25-year-old Cruz who signed with Pacquiao’s MP Promotions in 2019. Cruz won the World Boxing Association (WBA) …

MANILA, Philippines: UST Golden Spikers’ Josh Ybañez doesn’t know yet if he will be invited to try out for the Philippine men’s national team pool for the FIVB Men’s World Championships in September next year. Josh Ybanez UAAP PHOTO  But should the reigning UAAP men’s volleyball MVP get one, he …

Canadian swimmers claimed two more national titles at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship in Indianapolis on Saturday.  Liendo, 21, finishes event with 3 title wins in Indianapolis. Canadian swimmers claimed two more national titles at the NCAA men’s swimming and diving championship in Indianapolis on Saturday. Florida’s Josh …