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Trevor Reddick’s nephew Dondre Reddick is the newest family star athlete suiting up for X-Men’s basketball. Dondre and his teammates went to the national final recently before falling to the Carleton University Ravens. File

BASKETBALL: St. F.X.'s Reddick, Thomas and Dal's Christie get pro opportunities

Three AUS basketball stars will get a taste of the pro game this spring and summer. League most valuable player Malcolm Christie of the Dalhousie Tigers and Dondre Reddick and Koat Thomas of the St. Francis Xavier X-Men were picked in the top 15 of ...

Updated 19 hours ago |4 min read

‘We were very unlucky not to get a point out of this’ – Wanderers lose 1-0 in season opener at Pacific FC

Updated a day ago |4 min read

Pacific FC keeper Emil Gazdov makes a save in front of Halifax Wanderers forward Ryan Telfer during the Canadian Premier League season opener Saturday afternoon in Langford, B.C. Pacific won the match 1-0. - CANADIAN PREMIER LEAGUE

Missing a bone in her arm, Katie Pegg is a shot put champion, possible Paris Paralympian

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |9 min read

Katie Pegg, who was born without a radial bone in her right forearm, throws shot put for Saint Mary's at the Atlantic university track and field championships in Moncton in February. Pegg returned to the sport this year for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic. - SMU ATHLETICS

Sidney Crosby hitting new career heights while making miracles for Penguins

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |5 min read

Mooseheads' Mathieu Cataford makes jump to pro hockey

Updated Apr. 12, 2024 |3 min read

After missing nearly two seasons in Norway with knee injury, Julian Dunn restarts soccer career with Wanderers

Updated Apr. 11, 2024 |8 min read

Paris 2024 Olympics - Olympic Flame Lighting Ceremony - Ancient Olympia, Greece - April 16, 2024 Spectators dressed in the colours of the flag of France applaud during the Olympic Flame lighting ceremony for the Paris 2024 Olympics

Olympics-Paris 2024 Olympics torch lit in ancient Olympia

Karolos Grohmann |Updated 4 minutes ago |1 min read

By Karolos Grohmann ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece (Reuters) - The torch for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games was lit in ancient Olympia in a traditional ceremony on Tuesday, marking the final stretch of the seven-year preparations for the Games' start on ...

A candle is seen in front of the Wall of Names at the Shoah Memorial as France commemorates the 80th anniversary of the Vel d'Hiv roundup, in Paris, France, July 12, 2022.

Olympics-Flame to pass by Bataclan, Shoah Memorial, Paris mayor says

Reuters |Updated 1 hour ago |2 min read

PARIS (Reuters) - The Olympic flame will pass by the site of the 2015 Islamist attack on the Bataclan concert hall as well as the Shoah Memorial as it makes its way through Paris in July ahead of the 2024 summer Games, Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo ...

India's Abhinav Bindra, winner of the men's 10m air rifle shooting event at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, Scotland, July 25, 2014.

Olympics-Train to be perfect on an imperfect day, pioneer Bindra tells Indian shooters

Amlan Chakraborty |Updated 1 hour ago |3 min read

By Amlan Chakraborty NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's former Olympic champion Abhinav Bindra has told the country's Paris-bound shooters to embrace the pressure they will face at the Games, and to train themselves to be perfect on what will most ...

Apr 15, 2024; Detroit, Michigan, USA; Texas Rangers starting pitcher Michael Lorenzen pitches against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park. Mandatory Credit: Brian Bradshaw Sevald-USA TODAY Sports

MLB roundup: Nico Hoerner, Cubs run past D-backs in 11

Reuters |Updated 2 hours ago |7 min read

Nico Hoerner scored the tying run with a mad dash from second base on a wild pitch in the ninth and delivered the tiebreaking single in the 11th as the Chicago Cubs notched a 3-2 victory over the Arizona Diamondbacks on Monday at Phoenix. Michael ...

Apr 15, 2024; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA; Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) waves to the crowd after being named first star of the game against the Nashville Predators at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins won 4-2. Mandatory Credit: Charles LeClaire-USA TODAY Sports

NHL roundup: Oilers' Connor McDavid nabs 100th assist

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |4 min read

Connor McDavid returned to action to score a goal and record his 100th assist of the season in the Edmonton Oilers' 9-2 rout of the visiting San Jose Sharks on Monday. McDavid missed Edmonton's previous three games with a lower-body injury, but he ...

Mar 23, 2024; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Aryna Sabalenka hits a forehand against Anhelina Kalinina (UKR) (not pictured) on day six of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Tennis-Sabalenka getting in the mood for clay in Stuttgart

Reuters |Updated 4 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - Aryna Sabalenka said her claycourt preparations are in full swing ahead of her Stuttgart opener and the world number two is hoping for plenty of action ahead of the French Open, which begins next month. The Australian Open champion ...

Surfer Kelly Slater at World Surf League Surf Ranch in Lemoore, California on May 4, 2018.

Surfing-Slater bows out after missing World Tour cut

Lincoln Feast |Updated 4 hours ago |3 min read

By Lincoln Feast (Reuters) - Kelly Slater, the greatest professional surfer of all time, said "everything must come to an end" after his final season of full-time competition on the World Tour came to a close with defeat at the Western Australia ...

Mar 28, 2024; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Carlos Alcaraz (ESP) hits a backhand against Grigor Dmitrov (BUL) (not pictured) on day eleven of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports

Tennis-Alcaraz uncertain about Madrid title defence due to arm injury

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |2 min read

(Reuters) - World number three Carlos Alcaraz has cast doubt on his Madrid Open title defence later this month as the Spaniard nurses a right arm injury that has forced him to miss key tune-up events for the French Open. The 20-year-old ...

Nets reportedly eyeing Kings' Jordi Fernandez as head coach

Reuters |Updated 5 hours ago |1 min read

The Brooklyn Nets are targeting Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez to be their new head coach, ESPN reported Monday night. The Nets fired Jacque Vaughn after starting the 2023-24 season 21-33, and they finished 11-17 under interim coach ...

Mar 20, 2024; Miami Gardens, FL, USA; Sloane Stephens (USA) (L) salutes the crowd after her match against Angelique Kerber (GER) (R) after their match on day three of the Miami Open at Hard Rock Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Geoff Burke-USA TODAY Sports/File Photo

WTA roundup: Sloane Stephens rallies in France

Reuters |Updated 9 hours ago |2 min read

No. 6 seed Sloane Stephens bounced back from a rough opening set to defeat Peyton Stearns 1-6, 6-1, 6-3 in an all-American first-round matchup at the Open Capfinances Rouen Metropole on Monday in Rouen, France. Stearns' serve dominated the opening ...