World Champion paddler wants to promote sport diversity in new Halifax YWCA role
Former world champion paddler Karen Furneaux has been involved in a lot of initiatives to try and get more women and young girls involved in sports in Canada.
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Mike Bossy, 4-time Stanley Cup champion with the New York Islanders, dead at 65
Mike Bossy, one of hockey's most prolific goal-scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died after a battle with lung cancer. He was 65.
Mike Bossy, four-time Stanley Cup champion with New York Islanders, dies at 65
Mike Bossy, one of hockey's most prolific goal scorers and a star for the New York Islanders during their 1980s dynasty, has died. He was 65.
Olympic equestrian champion Mark Todd free to resume training after ban for striking horse
Double Olympic equestrian champion Mark Todd is free to resume training racehorses after receiving a four-month suspension with two months deferred over a video which showed him striking a horse with a branch.
Horse racing-Olympic equestrian champion Todd free to resume training after ban for striking horse
Double Olympic equestrian champion Mark Todd is free to resume training racehorses after receiving a four-month suspension with two months deferred over a video which showed him striking a horse with a branch.
Zverev, defending champion Tsitsipas reach quarter-finals of Monte Carlo Masters
Third-ranked Alexander Zverev beat Pablo Carreno Busta 6-2, 7-5 at the Monte Carlo Masters on Thursday to reach the quarter-finals of the clay-court season opener in Monaco.
Defending champion Stefanos Tsitsipas edges into the Monte-Carlo Masters last eight but Casper Ruud bows out early
Stefanos Tsitsipas remains on course to defend his Monte-Carlo Masters title after booking a spot in the last eight with a hard-fought win over Laslo Djere. The world No.5 followed up his impressive victory over 2019 champion Fabio Fognini with a 7-5 7-6 (1) success over the Serbian world No.62 to book a quarter-final showdown with Diego Schwartzman. Ad/> “I knew I had to be alert,” Tsitsipas said in his on-court interview.
Allyson Felix: American track legend and seven-time Olympic champion to retire at end of season
Allyson Felix, the most decorated female track and field Olympian of all time, will retire at the end of the season. The American has won 11 Olympic medals in a glittering career, including seven gold, and 13 world titles. Ad/> The 36-year-old said she would say goodbye to the sport «with one last run».