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Cynthia Gaspar-Freire roofs penalty kick in shootout win in Guatemala City Canada booked its ticket to the inaugural FIFA Futsal Women’s World Cup in dramatic fashion by defeating Mexico in a penalty shootout Saturday to reach the final of CONCACAF W Futsal Championship. The two finalists at the eight-team CONCACAF tournament will represent the region …

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Connor Hellebuyck yanked after Blues rattle off 4 goals in middle frame Cam Fowler, Brayden Schenn and Nathan Walker scored in a 2:06 span of the second period and the St. Louis Blues beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-2 on Friday night to force a Game 7 in the first-round series. Philip Broberg had a goal and an assist, …

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Oakville’s Kurtis Rourke also expected to hear name called Saturday The Tennessee Titans rewarded Elic Ayomanor for his patience on Saturday. Tennessee selected the Canadian receiver from Stanford with the 34th pick of the fourth round, No. 136 overall, in the NFL draft. It capped a long wait for Ayomanor, who’d received a second-round grade …

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6-foot-8 Montrealer will face Croatia’s Borna Coric on Tuesday for spot in main draw Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to the second round of qualifying at the Madrid Open tennis tournament with a comfortable 6-3, 6-3 win over American Nicolas Moreno De Alboran on Monday.The 23-year-old Diallo, seeded third in the qualifying tournament for the ATP …

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Calgary skip routs China’s Xiaoming Xu 11-2; Switzerland faces Scotland for gold Canada skip Brad Jacobs, left, was aggressive from the outset of Sunday’s 11-2 drubbing of China in the bronze-medal match at the world men’s curling championship, using his first throw to make a nifty split that put the pressure on his opponents at …

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Texas stays atop team standings by winning 3 of 5 events Friday Josh Liendo, shown in this file photo, once again won the men’s 100m butterfly final at the NCAA championships on Friday. (Eugene Hoshiko/The Associated Press) Texas won three of the five individual swimming events Friday night at the NCAA championships in Federal Way, …

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