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Sutil leads first Bahrain practice ahead of Alonso
SAKHIR, Bahrain - Force India's Adrian Sutil set the fastest time in the opening practice session of the Formula One season at the Bahrain Grand Prix on Friday. Sutil's lap time of 1 minute, 56.583...
Lindsey Vonn of the United States wins 3rd straight overall World Cup title
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Lindsey Vonn of the United States has won her third straight overall World Cup title. The American, who won the final super-G of the season Friday, also picked up ...
NBA Roundup: Thursday's action
The Bulls saw their dwindling playoff chances take yet another hit after Derrick Rose limped off the court and joined the lengthy list of Chicago's wounded. Vince Carter had 23 points to help t...
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Here are the sports results from Thursday. NHL Toronto 4 Tampa Bay 3 (OT) Montreal 5 Edmonton 4 (Shootout) Calgary 2 Ottawa 0 Boston 5 Philadelphia 1 Carolina 4 Pittsburgh 3 (OT)...
Kiprusoff makes 33 saves as Flames blank Sens, win fourth straight
CALGARY - Miikka Kiprusoff had a lot of help getting his fourth shutout of the season. Sure, the Calgary goaltender made 33 saves, but his teammates combined for 30 more blocked shots as Flames won...
Reigning player of year Lawrie of Burnaby, B.C., throws perfect game
SEATTLE - Canadian Danielle Lawrie threw her second perfect game of the season and Washington-record third overall, striking out 14 in Washington's 3-0 victory over Miami of Ohio on Thursday in the fi...
NHL Roundup: Thursday's action on the ice
For the second straight night, the Carolina Hurricanes pushed one of the NHL's best teams to overtime. This time they got the win. Brian Pothier scored 23 seconds into overtime to give the Hurri...
Effah sprints to gold in men's 60 metres at CIS track championships
WINDSOR, Ont. - University of Calgary sprinter Sam Effah won the gold medal in the men's 60-metre sprint as the Canadian university track and field championships kicked off Thursday. Effah won his ...
McGill extends streak with win over Montreal at CIS women's hky championship
ANTIGONISH, N.S. - Rebecca Martindale scored 3:17 into overtime for McGill as the Martlets opened up the Canadian women's university hockey championship with a 2-1 over the Montreal Carabins. With ...
The kids star and Kessel seals deal as Maple Leafs beat Lightning 4-3 in OT
TORONTO - The youth movement has injected some new life into the long moribund Toronto Maple Leafs, and the way the kids have played of late offers up some tantalizing visions of better times ahead. ...
Andrei Kostitsyn goal gives Habs 5-4 win over Oilers in shootout
MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens survived a scare from the NHL's worst team on Thursday night. The Canadiens needed a huge save from Jaroslav Halak on Shawn Horcoff in overtime and Andrei Kostitsy...
Competitors in 1,770-km sled dog race fuel up on fancy meals, junk food
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Mushers in the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race take care of their dogs first when they stop to rest, massaging sore paws and serving up stews of hearty grub for their teams. Then i...
Canadian star Jeremy Wotherspoon to miss World Cup final after surgery on groin
Jeremy Wotherspoon's season is over, and perhaps his career is too, after the Canadian speedskating star underwent surgery for an infection in his groin. Brian Rahill, Speed Skating Canada's high p...
Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien has a new coach and new home
Perdita Felicien had already had to cope with losing her longtime coach. She'd had to move from her home in quaint Champaign, Ill., to Atlanta, putting her house up for sale in one of the darkest U...
Four-time champion Pakistan finishes last after 3-2 loss to Canada at World Cup
NEW DELHI - Canada defeated Pakistan 3-2 in overtime Thursday, consigning the four-time champion to its lowest ever finish at the men's field hockey World Cup. Scott Tupper's golden goal in the 13t...
Montcalm, Effah, Cotten, Greenaway win CIS top track and field honours
WINDSOR, Ont. - Noelle Montcalm of the Windsor Lancers and Sam Effah of the Calgary Dinos have captured the CIS track athlete-of-the-year honours. Western Ontario's Jen Cotten and Ottawa's Christop...
Reeboks pays reward to charity after Crosby's Olympic stick and glove are found
Reebok is taking the $10,000 reward posted for Sidney Crosby's missing Olympic gear and sweetening it to make three charitable donations. The reward went unclaimed since Hockey Canada found the glo...
Canadian Guay wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - This season offered a little bit of everything for Canadian skier Erik Guay. A few nice surprises. Some crushing disappointments. And a final week to remember. ...
Everybody gunning for SFU at CIS women's basketball championships
HAMILTON, Ont. - "How do we beat Simon Fraser?" That's the question seven of the eight teams in this year's CIS women's basketball championships must be asking themselves in preparation for this we...
Alberto Contador of Spain wins fourth stage of Paris-Nice to take overall lead
MENDE, France - Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race and took the overall lead from Jens Voigt. The 172-kilometre stage Thursday from Maurs ...
Szczepaniaks fail doping tests after finishing 1-2 at cyclo-cross U-23 worlds
AIGLE, Switzerland - Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak have been suspended after failing doping tests upon finishing 1-2 in the under-23 Cyclo-cross World Championship race. The Internat...
Schumacher believes Formula One title race won't be more difficult
MANAMA, Bahrain - Michael Schumacher doesn't expect the Formula One championship race to be any more difficult just because several teams are in the running for the title. Ferrari, Red Bull, McLare...
Doping ban bars Russian gymnast Goryunova from competing at 2012 London Olympics
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian gymnast Kristina Goryunova has received a one-year doping ban that will also keep her out of the 2012 London Olympics. The International Gymnastics Federation says t...
Spanish star Rafael Nadal targets grass-court comeback with return to Queens
LONDON - Rafael Nadal will return to Queen's this year after he was unable to defend his title at the grass-court tournament in 2009. In 2008, Nadal was the first man to win at the French Open, Que...
Gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya remains unresolved
DOHA, Qatar - The International Association of Athletics Federations is still working on the case of Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose future is uncertain due to questions about her gende...
Kathrin Hoelzl of Germany wins giant slalom World Cup title, Maze wins race
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Olympic silver medallist Tina Maze of Slovenia won the final giant slalom race of the season Thursday and German Kathrin Hoelzl clinched the World Cup title in the ev...
Erik Guay of Canada wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event
GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Erik Guay of Canada produced a daring run to win the final super-G race of the season Thursday and claim the World Cup title in that event. Coming off a super-G wi...
Evans records first career triple-double, leads Kings to over Raptors
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - On a night the Sacramento Kings openly campaigned for Tyreke Evans to be Rookie of the Year, the exciting first-year guard appropriately obliged with another vintage performance. ...
NHL Roundup: Wednesday's action on the ice
Six-foot-eight defenceman Tyler Myers is more than just a physically imposing specimen. The Buffalo Sabres rookie has also shown a pretty deft scoring touch. Myers had a goal and three assists for ...
Adrian Aucoin scores shootout winner, Coyotes beat Canucks 4-3
GLENDALE, Ariz. - Adrian Aucoin beat Andrew Raycroft in a shootout with a little help from Phoenix backup goalie Jason LaBarbera. Aucoin scored in the sixth round of a shootout, and Ilya Bryzgalov ...
