sport news: janvier 2021

dimanche 31 janvier 2021

McDavid, Draisaitl combine for 11 points as Oilers down Senators

Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl combined for 11 points in an Edmonton Oilers victory over the Ottawa Senators Sunday night.

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Canada looks to get ATP Cup campaign off to flying start against defending champs Serbia

After a wildly successful debut in 2020, the ATP Cup kicks off in more subdued circumstances in Melbourne on Monday with Novak Djokovic looking to get champions Serbia off to a flying start against Canada in the truncated team-based event.

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Toronto Six romp past Connecticut to clinch top seed in Isobel Cup group

The Toronto Six obtained top seed following a 6-0 victory over the Connecticut Whale in round-robin play at the National Women's Hockey League Isobel Cup playoffs on Sunday.

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Siakam returns Raptors to winnings ways with 30-point night against Magic

Pascal Siakam had 30 points and 10 rebounds to lead the Toronto Raptors to a win over the Orlando Magic on Sunday night.

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Rangers dump Tony DeAngelo, place struggling blueliner on waivers

The slumping New York Rangers placed defenceman Tony DeAngelo on waivers Sunday, one day after he struggled in a 5-4 overtime loss to Pittsburgh.

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Redblacks sign QB Matt Nichols after cutting Nick Arbuckle

The Ottawa Redblacks and Toronto Argonauts have made major quarterbacking moves just over one week away from the start of CFL free agency.

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Day after rules controversy, Patrick Reed wins at Torrey Pines

Showing no effects from a rules controversy a day earlier, Patrick Reed pulled away for a five-shot victory Sunday in the Farmers Insurance Open.

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Canadian freestyle skier Evan McEachran wins X Games slopestyle bronze

Canadian freestyle skier Evan McEachran reached the X Games podium a second straight year taking bronze in men's slopestyle Sunday.

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MLB proposes delayed start, 154-game schedule with expanded playoffs

Major League Baseball has proposed a one-month delay in starting spring training due to the coronavirus pandemic and pushing back opening day to April 28.

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Olympic ski champ Sofia Goggia to miss worlds after breaking knee bone

Olympic downhill champion Sofia Goggia will miss the world championships in February after breaking a bone in her right knee on Sunday.

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Rebecca Marino makes quick exit at Australian Open tune-up

Canada's Rebecca Marino lost 7-6 (2), 6-3 to Italy's Jasmine Paolini in the first round of the WTA Tour's Gippsland Trophy on Sunday. The tourney is one of three warmup events for the Australian Open, which starts Feb. 8.

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Hockey Winnipeg won't drop the puck on remaining season

The association governing amateur hockey in Winnipeg announced Saturday it has made the difficult decision to cancel the remainder of the 2020-21 regular hockey season and playoffs.

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Laurent Dubreuil earns pair of bronze at speed skating World Cup finale

Canada's speed skating team capped its last warmup for the world championship with a pair of sprint bronze medals from Laurent Dubreuil on Sunday in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

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Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup women's alpine skiing

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch World Cup women's alpine action from Kronplatz, Italy.

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Kripps, Canadian 4-man bobsleigh team finish 3rd in World Cup season standings

Francesco Friedrich piloted Germany to gold and Justin Kripps drove Canada to bronze Sunday in the final World Cup four-man bobsled race before the world championship. Canadians Cynthiah Appiah and Dawn Richardson Wilson narrowly missed a medal in the women's race.

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Poor visibility pushes women's super-G to Monday in Garmisch, Germany

The last women's World Cup race before the world alpine ski championships was rescheduled to Monday because of fog hanging over the Kandahar course Sunday in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.

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Back to school: Brad Gushue pursuing master's degree amid chaotic curling season

World Junior champion. World champion. Olympic champion. Three-time Brier champion. The list of accomplishments for Newfoundland and Labrador skip Brad Gushue is lengthy. So he's decided to add to his already full plate by chasing his master's degree.

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Kristoffersen defies deteriorating course to win slalom in late-season charge

Henrik Kristoffersen showed glimpses of his best slalom skills Sunday, holding on to his first-run lead as he battled his way through the ruts for his second World Cup victory before the world championships.

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CBC Sports book review: 'Bravey' by Alexi Pappas

Greek-American Olympian runner and filmmaker releases memoir.

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Canada's Kripps scores 4-man bronze medal, finishes third overall in standings

Canada's Justin Kripps, Ryan Sommer, Benjamin Coakwell and Cam Stones captured World Cup bronze Sunday in Innsbruck, Austria and in doing so secured the third overall spot in the final 4-man bobsleigh standings.

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Watch the 2021 IHF men's handball world championships

Watch the 2021 IHF men's handball world championships from Cairo, Egypt.

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Ice meets medals: Expect Ivanie Blondin and Canada's speed skaters to carry on history of Olympic success

With just one year to go until the Beijing Olympics, the current crop of Canadian speed skaters are motivated, inspired and pushing themselves to extremes on the backs of those greats who have come before them.

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samedi 30 janvier 2021

Brock Boeser scores twice as Canucks down Jets for 4th straight win

Brock Boeser had a pair of goals Saturday and the Vancouver Canucks topped the Winnipeg Jets 4-1. Nils Hoglander and Zack MacEwen also scored for the Canucks.

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Mikyla Grant-Mentis scores pair of goals to lead Toronto Six past Whitecaps

Mikyla Grant-Mentis scored twice for the Toronto Six, including the winner with 23 seconds left, in a 4-3 victory over the Minnesota Whitecaps on Saturday night at Herb Brooks Arena.

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Watch World Cup women's alpine skiing from Germany

Watch action from the women's alpine skiing World Cup stop in Garmisch, Germany.

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Watch World Cup ski cross from Germany

Watch live ski cross World Cup action form Feldberg, Germany.

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World's Fastest Gamer on CBC: Season 2 - Episode 2

10 of the world’s fastest gamers compete to turn gaming skills into a real life racing contract. They travel to a motorsport country club for their first time at the wheel of real race cars. Surprise guest: F1 ace and Indy 500 Champion Juan Pablo Montoya.

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McDavid uncorks masterpiece followed by game winner to help Oilers down Leafs in OT

Connor McDavid scored his second goal of the night 42 seconds into overtime as the Edmonton Oilers defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-3 on Saturday.

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Lions trade QB Matthew Stafford to Rams for QB Jared Goff, draft picks: reports

The Detroit Lions are trading quarterback Matthew Stafford to the Los Angeles Rams in exchange for quarterback Jared Goff, two future first-round picks and a third-round pick, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press.

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Jacob Markstrom posts 37-save shutout as Flames hand Habs 1st regulation loss

Calgary Flames goaltender Jacob Markstrom was perfect with a 37-save performance in the Flames' 2-0 victory over the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre in Montreal Saturday night. Johnny Gaudreau and Mikael Backlund each scored a goal.

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Hockey Night in Canada: Canucks vs. Jets

HNIC - Vancouver Canucks at Winnipeg Jets

Watch live on television and online on Saturday at 10 p.m. ET as the Vancouver Canucks take on the Winnipeg Jets on Hockey Night in Canada.

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Patrick Reed dodges controversy to share 54-hole lead with Carlos Ortiz at Farmers

Patrick Reed was involved in another rules controversy Saturday in the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines. He also had a share of the lead with Carlos Ortiz.

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U.S. holds Jozy Altidore out of game citing transfer interest in TFC star

U.S. Soccer has opted to hold veteran striker Jozy Altidore out of Sunday's friendly with Trinidad and Tobago, citing transfer interest in the Toronto FC star.

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Road to the Olympic Games: Luge world championships

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the luge world championships in Konigssee, Germany.

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Blondin claims silver medal behind Schouten in tightly contested mass start

Ottawa speed skater Ivanie Blondin claimed a World Cup silver medal in the women's mass start in a tight finish with reigning Olympic champion Irene Schouten of the Netherlands.

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No Russian anthem, flag after Roman Repilov repeats as luge world champion

Russia's Roman Repilov won his second consecutive men's luge world championship Saturday, overtaking World Cup champion Felix Loch in the second heat to successfully defend the title.

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Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup ski cross

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the ski cross World Cup stop in Idre Fjall, Sweden.

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Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup women's alpine skiing

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Hockey Night in Canada: Free live streams on desktop & app

HNIC - CGY at MTL - VAN at WPG - Flames at Canadiens - Canucks at Jets

CBC Sports will provide a free live stream of Hockey Night in Canada games, including the Calgary Flames vs. the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday at 7 p.m. ET, followed by the Vancouver Canucks vs. Winnipeg Jets at 10 p.m.

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Frenchman Noel overcomes 'bumps, lots of ruts' to prevail on home snow in slalom

Clement Noel got his first World Cup win in a year on Saturday, triumphing on home snow in the penultimate men's slalom before the world championships.

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Snowboard World Cup on CBC: PSL - Moscow

Downtown Moscow will be turned into an exiting venue as the top snowboarders ply their trade and try to climb up the World Cup standings.

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Watch Road to the Olympic Games: World Cup men's alpine skiing

Watch Road to the Olympic Games, our weekly program spotlighting the best high-performance athletes from Canada and around the world. On this week's edition of the program, watch action from the alpine World Cup stop in Chamonix, France.

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Canada's Marie-Michele Gagnon reaches podium in World Cup super-G

Canadian Marie-Michele Gagnon finished third and bumped star skier Sofia Goggia off the podium in the process at the women's alpine World Cup event in Garmisch, Germany, on Saturday.

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