Aug 17
Members of one of Quebec's most famous wrestling families will enter the squared circle one last time Saturday as local legend Jacques Rougeau hangs up his boots for good.
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Aug 13
Wrestling star Jim Neidhart dead at 63
Wrestling legend Jim "The Anvil" Neidhart has died. The longtime tag-team partner of Bret "The Hitman" Hart and father of current World Wrestling Entertainment star Nattie Neidhart was 63.
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Aug 12
Canada wins relay gold at NACAC Championships
When Canada's Aaron Brown took the baton a step behind Jaquone Hoyte of Barbados on Sunday and set his sights on the finish line, one thought went through his mind. "I was thinking I'm not going to lose twice. I'm going to get this guy if it kills me," Brown said laughing.
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Aug 12
Canada falls to Japan, takes third at women's world championship
Canada women's softball placed third at the women's world softball championship after losing 3-0 to Japan, who lost 7-6 to the United States in the final.
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Aug 10
Canada knocks out the Netherlands at women's world softball championship
Larissa Franklin belted two home runs as Canada opened the playoffs with an 8-1 win over the Netherlands on Friday at the women's world softball championship.
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Aug 8
Former world hurdles champion Bett killed in car crash at 28
Nicholas Bett, a Kenyan runner who won the 2015 world championship title in the 400-meter hurdles, was killed in an early-morning car crash Wednesday in the country's famed high-altitude training region, police and his coach said. He was 28.
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Aug 4
Canada shuts out Italy at women's softball world championship
Catcher Natalie Wideman drove in the only run of the game as Canada beat Italy 1-0 on Saturday as the women's softball world championship, a qualifier for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.
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Aug 3
Canada off to good start at world women's softball championship
Canada off to good start at world women's softball championship
Canada began the world women's softball championship with two wins, beating Great Britain 7-0 and then Venezuela by the same score.
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Jul 29
Former WWE star Brian Lawler dead at 46
Former World Wrestling Entertainment star Brian Lawler has died at the age of 46. The son of wrestling legend Jerry "The King" Lawler attempted suicide on Saturday night in a Memphis jail cell, as TMZ first reported, and was not expected to recover. The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation confirmed his death on Sunday afternoon.
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Jul 29
Wrestling great Volkoff dead at 70
One of pro wrestling’s most memorable heels of the 1980s has died at the age of 70. World Wrestling Entertainment confirmed on Sunday the death of Josip Petruzovic, who rose to fame as Nikolai Volkoff, a pro-USSR, anti-American wrestler best known for his tag team with Khosrow “The Iron Sheik” Vaziri. Petruzovic had been recently hospitalized for dehydration.