• The Canadian Press

    Canadian women's 3x3 hoops team advances to quarterfinals at Olympic qualifier

    DEBRECEN, Hungary — The Canadian women's 3x3 basketball team is off to the quarterfinals at an Olympic qualifying tournament after defeating Czechia 17-10 on Saturday. Canada went undefeated in group play after also beating Chile and Lithuania on Thursday and will play a to-be-determined opponent in the quarterfinals Sunday. The Canadian women must finish in the top three teams in the tournament to qualify for this summer's Olympics in Paris. Katherine Plouffe led the way with seven points and s

  • The Canadian Press

    Power, Cozens lead Canada to 5-3 win over Finland at hockey worlds

    PRAGUE, Czechia — Owen Power had a goal and two assists as defending champion Canada remained undefeated at the world hockey championship with a 5-3 win over Finland Saturday. Dylan Cozens — with a goal and an assist — Brandon Tanev, and Brandon Hagel also scored before Dawson Mercer added an insurance goal into an empty net. Captain John Tavares pitched in with two assists, and netminder Jordan Binnington made 29 saves. Hagel tapped home a feed from Tavares with 8:28 remaining to give Canada a

  • The Canadian Press

    Dallas Stars into their 2nd West final in a row after knocking out last two Cup champions

    DALLAS (AP) — The Dallas Stars finally get a little bit of a breather after avoiding another Game 7 on the way to their second Western Conference Final in a row. They knocked out the last two Stanley Cup champions while playing 13 games in 26 nights. The last one stretched past midnight into early Saturday, when Matt Duchene's game-winning goal in double overtime ended Game 6 at Colorado. That came nearly an hour after Dallas thought it had won in the first extra period against the 2022 champs.

  • The Canadian Press

    Atalanta secures Champions League spot with win at Lecce in Serie A

    ROME (AP) — Atalanta secured a Champions League spot with a 2-0 win at Lecce in the penultimate round of Serie A on Saturday. The Bergamo squad is in fifth place, six points ahead of Roma, and holds a tiebreaker over the Giallorossi after beating Roma last weekend. Atalanta also moved within one point of fourth-placed Juventus. Italy will have at least five squads in next season’s Champions League, and could earn a sixth spot if Atalanta defeats unbeaten Bayer Leverkusen in the Europa League fin