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Routliffe and Ottawa's Dabrowski win doubles title at WTA Finals
RIYADH - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe have won the WTA Finals doubles championship. They beat the team of Czechia's Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend of the United State...
Nov 09, 2024
Coco Gauff wins WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Zheng Qinwen
RIYADH, Saudi Arabia (AP) - Coco Gauff won the WTA Finals for the first time by rallying to beat Olympic champion Zheng Qinwen 3-6, 6-4, 7-6 (2) in the final on Saturday. The 20-year-old American came...
Nov 09, 2024
Canada defence found wanting in 44-14 loss to Chile in men's rugby test in Bucharest
BUCHAREST - Chile ran in seven tries en route to a 44-14 win over Canada in a men's international rugby test match Saturday. The Canadian men are ranked 22nd in the world, compared to No. 21 for Chile...
Nov 09, 2024
Wolves off bottom of Premier League with first victory as Fulham and Brentford also win
Wolverhampton secured its first English Premier League win after 11 games and climbed off the bottom of the standings by beating Southampton 2-0 on Saturday to ease the pressure on manager Gary O'Neil...
Nov 09, 2024
Arizona Republican lawmaker Justin Heap is elected recorder for the state’s most populous county
PHOENIX (AP) - Republican Arizona legislator Justin Heap has been elected to oversee elections in the state's most populous county. The Associated Press called the race on Friday evening. The Maricopa...
Nov 09, 2024
Biden and Trump will meet in the Oval Office on Wednesday, the White House says
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden and President-elect Donald Trump will meet Wednesday in the Oval Office, the White House said Saturday. A postelection meeting is traditional between the outgoing...
Nov 09, 2024
McIlroy makes late error to ruin 3rd-round charge in Abu Dhabi. Waring leads by 1
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates (AP) - Rory McIlroy's charge at the Abu Dhabi Championship faltered when he found water off his drive and made double bogey on the last hole on Saturday, leaving him fi...
Nov 09, 2024
A Lim Kim has hole-in-one, 2 late birdies to take lead into Lotte Championship finale in Hawaii
HONOLULU (AP) - A Lim Kim had a hole-in-one on the par-3 ninth and birdied the final two holes for a 5-under 67 and one-stroke lead over Nataliya Guseva on Friday in the Lotte Championship. "Calculate...
Nov 09, 2024
Museum to honour Chinese Canadian troops who fought in war and for citizenship rights
VANCOUVER - Former B.C. judge Randall (Bud) Wong remembers getting out of bed early one morning when he was five to greet his uncle at the train station in Vancouver at the end of the Second World War...
Nov 09, 2024
First World War airmen from New Brunswick were pioneers of air warfare
FREDERICTON - When pilots took to the air for combat during the First World War, it had been less than 15 years since the Wright brothers' famous first flight in 1903. Aircraft were in the development...
Nov 09, 2024