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Daleman takes silver at Four Continents; Canada wins silver, bronze in pairs

Gold medallists Sui Wenjing and Han Cong of China, center, and silver medalists Meagan Duhamel and Eric Radford of Canada and bronze medalists Liubov Ilyushechkina and Dylan Moscovitch, right, of Canada during the medal award ceremony for the Pairs in the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships in Gangneung, South Korea, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of – Canadian Gabrielle Daleman won silver at the Four Continents figure skating event Saturday with a career-best international result while two Canadian duos reached the podium in the pairs competition.

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Wendy Holdener of Switzerland reacts during the first run of the women’s slalom at the 2017 Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017. Mikaela Shiffrin, of the U.S.A., arrives in the finish area, after the second run of the women’s slalom at the 2017 Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Saturday, Feb. 18, 2017.

Friedrich leads Kripps at halfway stage of bobsled worlds

Germany’s Francesco Friedrich was fastest in both runs to lead Canada’s Justin Kripps at the halfway stage of the two-man bobsled world championships on Saturday. Defending champion Friedrich and his brakeman Thorsten Margis clocked 49.15 seconds in the first heat and then 49.45 for a combined time of 1 minute, 38.60 seconds – 0.52 ahead of Kripps, from Summerland, B.C., and Jesse Lumsden of Burlington, Ont.

UCI lax on TUE use, says Boardman

Cycling chiefs must do more to erase suspicion over Therapeutic Use Exemptions , according to Britain’s former Olympic champion and Tour de France yellow jersey wearer Chris Boardman. Bradley Wiggins’s use of TUEs while with Team Sky, made public by cyber-hacking website Fancy Bears last year, raised uncomfortable ethical questions about riders competing after being taking prohibited drugs for medical conditions.

Akhil, Jitendra to make pro debuts in April

IOS Boxing promotions announced on Saturday that they had signed a multi year professional boxing agreement with Akhil Kumar and Jitender Kumar. The two had turned professional earlier and are now set to make their pro debuts on April 1, 2017 in Mumbai.

Down’s Downey wins gold in Colombia

Mark Downey dominated to win gold in the men’s points race in the third round of the UCI Track Cycling World Cup in the Alcides Nieto Patino Velodrome in Cali, Colombia. The Dromore man is now leading the World Cup ranking in this event, adding this medal to the gold won in Apeldoorn last November.

Wozniacki to face Pliskova in rain-delayed Qatar Open final

Former world No.1 Caroline Wozniacki will face second-seeded Karolina Pliskova in the final of the Qatar Open after both were forced to play back-to-back matches in the quarterfinals and semifinals on Friday night due to rain playing havoc the schedule. Wozniacki swept past Olympic gold medalist Monica Puig of Puerto Rico 6-1, 6-2 to reach her second final in Doha – six years after her first, which she lost to Vera Zvonareva .

York’s British champion forfeits European Indoors – now targets World Championships

YORK’s British champion Scott Lincoln will not be competing at the European Indoor Athletics Championships next month after running out of competitions in which to achieve the qualification mark. The City of York Athletic Club ace successfully defended his shot put title at last weekend’s British Athletics Indoor Championships in Sheffield with a throw of 18.76 metres, beating Woodford’s Youcef Zatat into second place.

Air + Style brings pro snowboarders, top bands to LAa s Exposition Park

While extreme snowboarders fly through the air off a giant ramp, bands, DJs and other performers will be jamming live from two stages as the third annual Air + Style festival returns to Expo Park. Organized by two-time Olympic Gold Medalist Shaun White , the two-day festival returns on Feb. 18-19 with a roster of elite snowboarders competing on a massive 16-story, 450-foot-long ramp while 20 bands perform throughout the weekend.

Kate Upton lands SI swimsuit cover again

In this Friday, Feb. 10, 2017 file photo, Kate Upton arrives at the MusiCares Person of the Year tribute honoring Tom Petty at the Los Angeles Convention Center. She’s once, twice, three times a Sports Illustrated swimsuit cover lady.

Brain damage in former soccer players fuels fears about heading

United States’ Julie Johnston and Canada’s Melissa Tancredi go up for a header during the first half of the CONCACAF Olympic women’s soccer qualifying championship final Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in Houston. United States’ Julie Johnston and Canada’s Melissa Tancredi go up for a header during the first half of the CONCACAF Olympic women’s soccer qualifying championship final Sunday, Feb. 21, 2016, in Houston.

Andrew Selby is Set To Return on March 11 in Cardiff

The WBC International, British and IBF Inter-Continental champion was only in action earlier this month but has now been given his next outing date. His fight, which at this stage has no further details, will take place at the Motorpoint Arena in Cardiff, Wales, as part of the undercard of the vacant British cruiserweight title showdown between Craig Kennedy and Matty Askin.

Irvine relaxed ahead of National Championship

Rio Olympian Brendan Irvine insists he does not feel any pressure to become a leader of Irish boxing’s next generation ahead of the Elite National Championship finals on Friday. Irvine will defend his Irish flyweight crown this weekend at the National Stadium when he takes on Cork native and first-time elite finalist Thomas McCarthy.

Diaz: It was just a dream

… native of Baranga Mampang in Zamboanga City added. She also thanked PSA, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Weightlifting Association, Philippine Air Force, Zamboanga City Government, her friends, teammates, …

Diaz: It was just a dream

… native of Baranga Mampang in Zamboanga City added. She also thanked PSA, Philippine Olympic Committee, Philippine Sports Commission, Philippine Weightlifting Association, Philippine Air Force, Zamboanga City Government, her friends, teammates, …

NZ feared it would be subject of Moscow Olympics boycott, says diplomat

New Zealand had feared it would be the subject of a boycott at the Moscow Olympic Games rather than supporting an American-led boycott, says a diplomat. Robert Muldoon’s administration supported a boycott called for by United States president Jimmy Carter in response to Russia invading Afghanistan on Christmas Eve 1979 and used every available tactic to try to stop Kiwi athletes competing.

NHL All-Star Tom Poti joins forces with Total Athletics of Cape Cod

When you’re a longtime NHL player who has had a stellar career and it’s time to hang up the skates once and for all, what do you do? If you’re former all-star Tom Poti , you don’t hang them up at all; you lace them back up and start producing future generations of players as a youth hockey coach. Poti, who lives in Sandwich, has recently merged his Cape Cod Penguins organization with Total Athletics of Cape Cod to create a developmental league of first-year Mites Minor and Mites Major, now known as the Total Athletic Penguins .

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Nike has launched its new A equalityA campaign by unveiling a powerful ad featuring some of the biggest US sporting stars. The commercial, which lasts one-minute and 30 seconds and is shot entirely in black and white, features LeBron James, Serena Williams, Kevin Durant, Victor Cruz, Gabby Douglas, soccer star and LGBT activist Megan Rapinoe, and Olympic hurdler Dalilah Muhammad.

John Whitaker riding Argento at AsiaWorld-Expo in 2015. Photo: Nora Tam

Similar message drummed into the ears of the Hong Kong Jockey Club Equestrian Training Squad across the weekend at the Longines Grand Prix and Masters at AsiaWorld-Expo John Whitaker’s legend has been forged over more than four decades competing at the highest levels of show jumping, through Olympic Games and World Championships that have filled his trophy cabinet to overflowing. If Whitaker talks about the sport, it pays to listen, so when he was asked after competing in the marquee Longines Grand Prix on Sunday if he could share the secret to success in the sport, you could have heard a pin drop inside AsiaWorld-Expo.

Visitors celebrate park’s hockey heritage

Westman’s big kickoff to Canada’s year-long 150th anniversary celebrations found hundreds of people soak in hockey action at Riding Mountain National Park on Saturday. The day’s centrepiece was park staff’s friendly rematch of a 1933 exhibition hockey game, when the Riding Mountain Relief Camp All Stars played against an intermediate hockey team from Dauphin.

Federer enjoys his 1st day at the races as Vonn, Feuz excel

Lindsey Vonn of the United States, left, Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player, right, and his wife Mirka, center, look on during the men’s downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Lindsey Vonn of the United States, right, Roger Federer, Swiss tennis player, left, and his wife Mirka, center, look on during the men downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, February 12, 2017.

US Tennis apologizes for Nazi-era anthem at Fed Cup match

Germany’s Andrea Petkovic hits to Uniuted States’ Alison Riske in a Fed Cup tennis quarterfinal in Lahaina, Hawaii, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. The United States Tennis Association has apologized after an outdated version of the German national anthem that later became associated with the Nazi regime was performed before a Fed Cup match in Hawaii.

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Beat Feuz of Switzerland reacts in the finish area during the men’s downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017. Beat Feuz of Switzerland reacts in the finish area during the men’s downhill race at the 2017 FIS Alpine Skiing World Championships in St. Moritz, Switzerland, Sunday, Feb. 12, 2017.

After anthem mistake, US leads Germany in Fed Cup

After an outdated stanza of the German national anthem was sung during the opening ceremonies, the United States took a 1-0 lead and was ahead in the other opening match in its best-of-5 Fed Cup quarterfinal Saturday. Alison Riske beat Andrea Petkovic 7-6 , 6-2, and CoCo Vandeweghe led Julia Goerges 6-3, 3-1 when rain halted play.

Palace rooted in relegation zone after 1-0 loss at Stoke

Crystal Palace’s Jason Puncheon, left and Stoke City’s Joe Allen vie for the ball, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Crystal Palace, at the bet365 Stadium, in Stoke, England, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017. Crystal Palace manager Sam Allardyce gestures, during the English Premier League soccer match between Stoke City and Crystal Palace, at the bet365 Stadium, in Stoke, England, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2017.

Weekend Planner: Ice has never been so hot

The Macon County village of Argenta is offering a fun event today – and a first for the town of 950 a about 35 miles southwest of Champaign: The Argenta IceFest, from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. in Prairie Park. “We hope to draw a really good crowd for this; it’s an unusual event for this area,” Mayor CINDY LUEDKE said.