Canada easily handles Belarus at hockey worlds

Ryan O’Reilly scored twice Tuesday as Canada clinched top spot in the Helsinki pool at the IIHF world hockey championship with an simple 5-1 victory over Belarus in Helsinki, Finland. Canada’s quarter-final opponent will be determined after games later in the day. However, the No. 1 seed ensures it cannot face the powerhouse Russians until at least the final — good news given that Russia has knocked Canada out of the tournament the last four years. Corey Perry and Ryan ...

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Sixers hold off Celtics to even series: NBA playoffs

Sixers 82, Celtics 81 Evan Turner made the go-ahead layup with 40.4 seconds left and Philadelphia held off Boston the rest of the way with six straight free throws as the 76ers evened the second-round Eastern Conference series with an 82-81 victory Monday night. Turner completed with 10 points, including his layup that put the Sixers up 76-75. He added two free throws with 12 seconds to go. Jrue Holiday scored 18 points and Andre Iguodala added 13 points, seven ...

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GAME over? Hundreds of jobs on the line

Diablo III is still available for pre-order from GAME despite its announcement. Picture: Supplied. Source: Supplied THE fate of more than 500 employees of one of Australia’s largest video game retailers, GAME, hangs in the balance as the company announced it would be entering voluntary administration today. Pricewaterhouse Coopers announced it had been appointed company partners to handle the transition. The auditing firm stated it would continue to run GAME’s 92 stores around the country while it “considers a solution ...

Submited at Monday, May 14th, 2012 at 7:59 am by ethan

TFC’s Stefan Frei out 8-10 weeks with broken fibula

Toronto FC goalkeeper Stefan Frei is expected to be out of the lineup for eight to 10 weeks after breaking his left leg in a freak training accident. The vice-captain suffered the injury Friday morning during a wet training game at BMO Field. Frei, who has been battling Milos Kocic for the starting position, appeared to catch his leg in the grass while going after a ball. The team states Frei suffered a broken fibula and will undergo an MRI ...

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Peyton Manning to work out for Titans

Duke football coach David Cutcliffe states Peyton Manning is throwing at “game pace” and the Tennessee Titans could be next to see for themselves. After spending eight hours meeting with Tennessee executives on Wednesday, Manning is expected to work out for the Titans — possibly as early as Saturday. Manning worked out at Duke for Denver on Friday and San Francisco Tuesday night. He has been rehabbing in North Carolina after a string of neck surgeries. After Duke’s football scrimmage ...

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Spurs guard, former Raptor Ford retiring from NBA

San Antonio Spurs guard T.J. Ford is retiring, effective immediately, after a series of neck and spine injuries during eight years in the NBA. The 28-year-old Ford announced his decision Monday on Twitter. “Basketball has been great to me & my family for 28yrs,” he wrote. “It’s official ” I Retire from the NBA ” as of today.” Ford released a statement through the team that referred to the injuries, the most recent a “stinger” he suffered on March 7 ...

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Howard handles Nova Scotia in Brier playoff tune-up

Ontario’s Glenn Howard keeps winning at the Canadian men’s curling championship. A playoff berth already secured, Howard defeated Nova Scotia’s Jamie Murphy 8-3 Thursday morning at the Brier in Saskatoon. Ontario is 9-1 with one game remaining in the preliminary round against Alberta’s Kevin Koe. Alberta is 7-2 with two games to play. The top four teams in the round-robin advance to the Page playoff and ties for fourth are solved by tiebreaker games. Howard will finish no worse than ...

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France blanks Canada in Cyprus Cup final

Another huge game with France, another disappointment for the Canadian women’s soccer team. The French defeated defending champion Canada 2-0 in the final of the Cyprus Cup. France knocked Canada out of the 2011 FIFA Women’s World Cup last July, dominating the Canadian women in a 4-0 win. This time, goals by Marie-Laure Delie and Louisa Necib — via a penalty shot — were enough to sink Canada. The French are ranked sixth in the world, one spot above Canada. ...

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Toronto loses Bills pre-season game

The Buffalo Bills’ scheduled pre-season game in Toronto this summer is moving back to Orchard Park as a result of a scheduling conflict. In unveiling their season ticket-price plan Tuesday, the Bills announced they will not play what was supposed to be their third and final pre-season game at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. It’s unclear what the scheduling conflict is at the domed facility, though the Toronto Blue Jays have two lengthy homestands in August and early September. The Bills, however, ...

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Minor hockey refs link game discipline to safety

A group of referees is giving Canadian minor hockey coaches, parents and other fans something to think about the next time they’re about to launch a verbal attack on an off-ice official who misses a call. More than 600 referees — 92 per cent from Ontario — participated in a spring 2010 survey published in the Clinical Journal of Sport Medicine that concluded increased aggression by those surrounding the game heightens the risk of injury for players on the ice. ...

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