Canadian hurdler Perdita Felicien has a new coach and new home
March 11, 2010 - 7:20 pm
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.S. housing markets in history. But one thing the Canadian hurdler never banked on was ...
Montcalm, Effah, Cotten, Greenaway win CIS top track and field honours
March 11, 2010 - 6:16 pm
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 Christopher Greenaway won the same honour in field events, announced Thursday on the eve of the CIS ...
Four-time champion Pakistan finishes last after 3-2 loss to Canada at World Cup
March 11, 2010 - 6:12 pm
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 13th minute of extra time decided the game after the teams were tied 2-2 following 70 minutes of ...
Reeboks pays reward to charity after Crosby's Olympic stick and glove are found
March 11, 2010 - 5:37 pm
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 glove and stick had been misplaced rather than stolen. But Reebok, which sponsors No. 87, ...
Canadian Guay wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event
March 11, 2010 - 3:49 pm
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. Guay, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., produced a daring run on the Kandahar course Thursday to ...
Luge federation sets up donation campaign to help Nodar Kumaritashvili's family
March 11, 2010 - 3:01 pm
BERCHTESGADEN, Germany - The international luge federation has set up a donation campaign to help the family of Nodar Kumaritashvili. The Georgian luger was killed in a training crash hours before the opening of the Vancouver Olympics. According to the president of the Georgian luge ...
Celebs to perform at Paralympic ceremonies but athletes the real stars: producer
March 11, 2010 - 2:59 pm
VANCOUVER, B.C. - Welcome back, world. Friday's opening ceremonies for the 2010 Paralympic Games will once again put Canada on the international stage, but the producer of the show said he hopes the athletes are the true stars. "We want to inspire the world Canadian-style but we also ...
Everybody gunning for SFU at CIS women's basketball championships
March 11, 2010 - 1:44 pm
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 weekend's tournament. The Simon Fraser Clan is the top-ranked team in Canada and the ...
Polish cross-country skier Marek tests positive for EPO at Vancouver Olympics
March 11, 2010 - 12:45 am
WARSAW, Poland - Polish cross-country skier Kornelia Marek tested positive for EPO at the Vancouver Olympics in the first serious doping case of the Games, the Polish Olympic Committee said Thursday. Marek tested positive after helping Poland to a sixth-place finish in the women's relay ...
Szczepaniaks fail doping tests after finishing 1-2 at cyclo-cross U-23 worlds
March 11, 2010 - 12:43 am
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 International Cycling Union said Thursday they tested positive for EPO in urine samples taken after ...
Alberto Contador of Spain wins fourth stage of Paris-Nice to take overall lead
March 11, 2010 - 12:42 am
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 to Mende ended in a Category 1 climb. The Spaniard left the field behind with his trademark ...
Schumacher believes Formula One title race won't be more difficult
March 11, 2010 - 12:04 am
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, McLaren and Mercedes GP are all expected to challenge for the title after finishing preseason ...
Doping ban bars Russian gymnast Goryunova from competing at 2012 London Olympics
March 11, 2010 - 11:18 am
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 the 17-year-old Goryunova was sanctioned by the Russian federation after testing positive for ...
Spanish star Rafael Nadal targets grass-court comeback with return to Queen?s
March 11, 2010 - 11:15 am
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, Queen's Club and Wimbledon in the same year, but his persistent knee problems prevented him from ...
Gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya remains unresolved
March 11, 2010 - 11:13 am
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 gender. IAAF spokesman Nick Davies said Thursday that "negotiations and discussions" were ...
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