Curling

2010 world men's curling championships awarded to Cortina, Italy

EDMONTON (CP) _ Another major curling event is going to Italy. Four years after Pinerolo, Italy hosted the curling at the 2006 Winter Olympics, the 2010 Ford World Men's Curling Championship is headed to Cortina D'Ampezzo. ``In Cortina curling is ve ...

Europe continues comeback at Continental Cup with singles near sweep

Jean-Michel Menard's rink form Ste-Foy,Que., scored one in each of the final three ends in a 5-4 win overPal Trusen of Norway, allowing North America to salvage a split ofthe men's team matches and maintain a slim two-point lead at the ...

North America leads Europe 39 15 after opening day of Continental Cup

Canadians Jean-Michel Menard and Brad Gushue won their late draws Thursday as North America took a commanding 39-15 lead over Europe at the ...

World Curling Tour moves to end eight games to help gain TV deal

Competitors at the four Grand Slam of Curling events this year will play two fewer ends in their matches, one of a handful of changes announced Friday by the World Curling Tour. The switch to eight-end games was made to better accommodate the needs ...

Alberta, Quebec undefeated at Canadian mixed curling championship

Ted Appelman's Alberta rink and Quebec's Eve Belisle were undefeated at 3-0 Sunday after five draws of the Canadian mixed curling championship. Appleman beat the Northwest Territories-Yukon skip Manny Arey 11-3 in the fourth draw. Belisle defeated No ...

Winnipeg has been awarded 2008 Canadian men's curling championship

The Tim Hortons Brier is headed back to Winnipeg in 2008. The Canadian Curling Association announced Wednesday that the Canadian men's curling championship will be held in Winnipeg for the first time since 1998. ``Winnipeg is always a primary spot o ...

2008 Scotties Tournament of Hearts curling event awarded to Regina

A decade after the late Sandra Schmirler's team brought home Canada's first Olympic gold medal for curling, the Canadian women's curling championship is returning to Regina. The Saskatchewan city, which last hosted the championship in 1998, was name ...

Increase in competition fees for major curling events concerns associations

CALGARY (CP) _ A large hike in competition fees for major curling events like the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and the Tim Hortons Brier has raised the ire of some provincial associations. As of next season, a curler will now have to pay ...

Curling fans will be getting more options through CurlTV this season

It's not exactly the curling equivalent of theGolf Channel but there will be more options this season for curlingfans who just can't get enough of their favourite sport. CurlTV.com, the first company to broadcast curling online 24hours a day, seven ...

World Men's Curling Champions

World men's curling champions and medal standings since the inception of the tournament in 1959, with year, country and skip in parentheses: Champions (country, skip) 2006 _ Scotland (Murdoch) 2005 _ Canada (Ferbey) 2004 _ Sweden (Lindholm) 2003 _ C ...

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Golf

Romero breaks through for first win in New Orleans
Romero breaks through for first win in New Orleans

New Orleans, LA (Sports Network) - Andres Romero closed with rounds of 65 and 68 on Sunday to win the Zurich Classic of New Orleans by a single stroke. Romero, ...

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Basketball

English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics
English basketball dispute dents qualification chances for 2012 Olympics

GENEVA (AP) _ Britain's hopes of qualifying for the basketball tournament at the 2012 London Olympics are in jeopardy because of a dispute between national auth ...

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Football

Premier League round-up
Premier League round-up

Arsenal's second trip to the North East in the space of five days ended in disappointment again as they lost their unbeaten domestic record to Middlesbrough, wh ...

Tennis

Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match
Davenport rolls in Miami opener, Jankovic survives grueling match

Miami, FL (Sports Network) - Former world No. 1 American Lindsay Davenport was an easy second-round winner Saturday at the $3.77 million Sony Ericsson Open. The ...

Cricket

Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests
Ricky Ponting says Australia will improve with more challenging contests

ST JOHN'S, Antigua (AP) _ Australian skipper Ricky Ponting feels the defending World Cup champion team will improve further by playing challenging games like Su ...