What's next for the newly minted National Bank Open champion Victoria Mboko?
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Canada's Mboko rockets 61 spots to No. 24 in world rankings after NBO Montreal title
Canada's Mboko rockets 61 spots to No. 24 in world rankings after NBO Montreal title@ By Gregory Strong@
What's behind Victoria Mboko's stunning rise in tennis? Power and unflinching belief in herself, coaches say
Before Victoria Mboko was the powerful wildcard who dispatched three Grand Slam champions at the Canadian Open this week, she was a four-year-old on a tennis court in Burlington, Ont., demanding to be fed balls to hit while her siblings trained.
Swiatek sinks, Osaka shines at Canadian Open
Iga Swiatek was the latest top player to suffer an upset loss in Montreal as the Wimbledon champion and tournament second seed fell 7-6(1) 6-3 to Dane Clara Tauson in the Canadian Open round of 16 on Sunday.
Canadian women's, men's 3x3 wheelchair basketball teams win gold at inaugural world championships
Canada won gold in both the women's and men's tournaments at the inaugural 3x3 wheelchair basketball world championships Sunday in Sun City, South Africa.
Canadian women beat U.S. 42-10 in final home game before Rugby World Cup
Canada scored 28 unanswered points in the second half to dispatch the United States 42-10 Friday in its final home game before heading to Europe for the Rugby World Cup later this month.
5 different countries take gold medals on a wide-open day at the swim world championships
SINGAPORE: The gold medals were spread around on Friday at the swimming world championships, thanks to the absence of stars Léon Marchand of France and Canadian Summer McIntosh from any finals on Day 6 in Singapore. Marchand, who has already broken the world record in the 200-meter individual medley, will try to break his own 400 IM record on Sunday, the final day. McIntosh has won three individual gold medals already and will chase two more on Saturday and Sunday as she tries for five individual golds. Only Michael Phelps has managed that at the worlds. The biggest race of the championships might be Saturday’s 800-meter freestyle with McIntosh and American Katie Ledecky – the world-record holder – the favorites. The Netherlands, China, Hungary and the United States picked up individual golds Friday as the meet continues to spread them around.
Leagues Cup Returns With a Bang — And a New, Slimmed-Down Look
Will this be the year that Liga MX finally breaks MLS’s stranglehold on the Leagues Cup?