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TELUS CUP: GM Duane Richards the heartbeat of P.E.I.'s Kensington Wild
Duane Richards has done just about everything for the Kensington Monaghan Farms Wild but drive the team bus. The Charlottetown resident joined the Wild as an assistant coach under Kyle Dunn for the 2014-15 season. Richards remained in that role for ...
Back in comfort zone, Magic look to even series with Cavs
The Orlando Magic hope for more home-court dominance in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series when they host the Cleveland Cavaliers in Game 4 of the best-of-seven set Saturday afternoon. After being limited to 83 and 86 points in ...
Olympics-Paris organisers receive flame in Athens ahead of relay
ATHENS (Reuters) - Paris 2024 Olympics organisers on Friday received the Games' flame in a handover ceremony in Athens ahead of a 68-day torch relay that will end with the opening ceremony on July 26. The flame arrived at the central Athens' ...
Flying as one: Meet the 2024 playoff edition of the Cape Breton Eagles
The Cape Breton Eagles are in the semifinal of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoffs against the Baie-Comeau Drakkar. Cape Breton advanced to their league semifinal by knocking off the Rimouski Oceanic in the first round in five games ...
Wanderer by name, by nature: Christian Volesky made many stops in pro soccer career before arriving in Halifax
First-year Halifax Wanderers striker Christian Volesky didn’t realize how big Canada really is when he drove from his Colorado home to his new home for training camp. Volesky was so excited when he signed his first Canadian Premier League contract in ...
Athletics-American Coleman believes Bolt's 100m record could fall soon
SHANGHAI (Reuters) -American sprinter Christian Coleman believes that Usain Bolt's 100-metres record of 9.58 seconds that has stood for 15 years is within reach and said there are several athletes fast enough to break it. "It seems like the times ...
Tennis-Nadal wishes he could play long enough for his son to remember him on court
(Reuters) - Rafa Nadal said he would love to keep playing long enough for his son to remember him on court, though the 22-time Grand Slam champion concedes time is not on his side. The 37-year-old Spaniard, who has said he expects to retire after ...
QMJHL: Cape Breton Eagles’ Jakub Milota competing in IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship for Czechia
SYDNEY, N.S. – Cape Breton Eagles goaltender Jakub Milota will suit up for Czechia at the 2024 IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship in Espoo and Vantaa, Finland. The Eagles confirmed the news early Thursday afternoon after Milota was listed as the ...
Beating the odds: Cape Breton Eagles win QMJHL Draft Lottery, pick first overall for fourth time in franchise history in June
SYDNEY, N.S. – The Cape Breton Eagles will pick first overall at the 2024 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Entry Draft in June. Cape Breton received the first overall selection by winning the league’s draft lottery on Thursday evening during a ...
Ahead of Olympics, a packed Paris prison braces for crowds of inmates
By Layli Foroudi VILLEPINTE, France (Reuters) - A police crackdown that aims to clear a poor suburb of petty crime and street vendors before the Paris 2024 Olympics is putting pressure on an overcrowded prison operating at almost double its ...