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• Former sporting director Renard explains what led to his CF Montreal departure

  18-05-2024 00:47 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — In nearly five years in Montreal Olivier Renard was not one to beat around the bush, but he skilfully navigated a tricky situation on Friday.
  CF Montreal’s former vice president and sporting director bid farewell to the city in front of about 20 media representatives a week after his mutual separation from the team.
  Those expecting incendiary statements were instead met with several clarifications.
  A week earlier, Montreal president and chief executive officer Gabriel Gerv
  
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• Panthers going back to Stanley Cup final, top Rangers 2-1 to win East title

  02-06-2024 05:15 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky stopped 23 shots, Sam Bennett and Vladimir Tarasenko scored, and the Florida Panthers are headed to the Stanley Cup final for the second consecutive year after beating the New York Rangers 2-1 on Saturday night.
  The Panthers — who lost the final to Vegas last year — won the Eastern Conference final in six games.
  Florida will face either Edmonton or Dallas for the Cup, the title series set to start on June 8.
  Artemi Panarin scored with 1:40
  
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• Toronto FC salvages 2-2 draw with DC United after drawing red cards

  02-06-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  WASHINGTON (AP) — Mateusz Klich scored on a penalty kick in the fifth minute of stoppage time to rally D.C. United to a 2-2 draw on Saturday night after Federico Bernardeschi and Nicksoen Gomis received red cards late to leave Toronto FC two men down.
  Bernardeschi fed a wide-open Derrick Etienne Jr. the ball in the centre of the box and Etienne sent a right-footed shot past D.C. United goalkeeper Alex Bono to give Toronto (7-7-3) a 1-0 lead in the second minute.
  Bernardeschi gave Toronto a
  
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• Piette scores equalizer for Montreal in 2-2 draw with Union

  02-06-2024 04:59 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHESTER, Pa. (AP) — Samuel Piette found the net for the first time this season, scoring in the 66th minute to rally CF Montreal to a 2-2 draw with Philadelphia on Saturday night in a Major League Soccer match that saw the Union’s Jack Elliott and Montreal’s Ariel Lassiter hit with red cards.
  Montreal (4-7-5) grabbed a 1-0 lead in the first minute when Sunusi Ibrahim found the net for a third time in his last two matches. Rookie Dominic Iankov notched his second assist on Ibrahi
  
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• Novak Djokovic keeps his French Open title defense going by getting past Lorenzo Musetti in 5 sets

  02-06-2024 03:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — Novak Djokovic’s French Open title defense — and his hold on the No. 1 ranking — are still alive thanks to a 7-5, 6-7 (6), 2-6, 6-3, 6-0 comeback victory over 22-year-old Italian Lorenzo Musetti in a third-round match that lasted 4 1/2 hours and did not conclude until Sunday after 3 a.m., the latest finish in tournament history.It is Djokovic’s 369th win at a Grand Slam tournament, tying Roger Federer for the most in tennis history.Djokovic briefly look
  
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• Navy vessels to sail for Indo-Pacific strategy, Defence Minister Bill Blair says

  02-06-2024 03:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  OTTAWA — Defence Minister Bill Blair says Canada will be sending Royal Canadian Navy vessels to support the Indo-Pacific Strategy in the coming days.The Department of National Defence says HMCS Vancouver will leave for Hawaii to take part in Exercise Rim of the Pacific 2024, known as RIMPAC, which it says is the largest joint and combined maritime exercise in the world.HMCS Max Bernays, MV Asterix and a shore-based contingent of about 300 Canadian Armed Forces members will also be at RIMPA
  
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• Brodzinski in for Rangers for Game 6 against Florida, Rempe out

  02-06-2024 02:24 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The New York Rangers put Jonny Brodzinski back into their lineup for Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final against the Florida Panthers on Saturday night, taking the spot of little-used Matt Rempe.
  Brodzinski appeared in only two of New York’s first 15 games in this post-season, going without a point in Games 1 and 2 of Round 2 against Carolina. He had six goals and 13 assists in 57 games during the regular season.
  Rempe played only four shifts in Game 5, stayin
  
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• MacIntyre pulls ahead of the pack at RBC Canadian Open; Canada’s Hughes tied for 2nd

  02-06-2024 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — Scotland’s Robert MacIntyre shot a 4-under 66 in Saturday’s third round of the RBC Canadian Open to add to his lead.
  MacIntyre started the day tied with New Zealand’s Ryan Fox two shots ahead of the pack.
  But Fox had an even-par 70 to drop back into second at 10 under as MacIntyre surged to a 14-under total.
  Mackenzie Hughes of Dundas, Ont., just eight kilometres from Hamilton Golf and Country Club, shot a 3-under 67 to sit in a tie with Fox and American Ben Gr
  
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• Canada’s Ben Silverman pushing for FedEx Cup points at RBC Canadian Open

  02-06-2024 01:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  HAMILTON — When Ben Silverman was announced in the 13th tee box at the RBC Canadian Open, the fans at the feature Rink hole knew just what to do: rise and sing “O Canada,” in its entirety.
  The ovation was the highlight of Silverman’s day, as the golfer from Thornhill, Ont., one of eight Canadians left in the men’s national championship, shot an even-par 70 on Saturday to sit in a tie for 49th at 1-under overall.
  “I didn’t expect that,” said Silverm
  
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• Minjee Lee with 66 forges a 3-way tie in the US Women’s Open

  02-06-2024 01:38 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) — Wichanee Meechai has a share of the lead and every reason to feel out of place at a U.S. Women’s Open that is crowded at the top.Meechai typically is full of doubt and low on confidence, an example of the 31-year-old Thai being honest to a fault. She’s not entirely sure if the rental home where she is staying alone has a ghost, but she thinks they can get along if it does.
  And then there was that dream at 3 a.m. Saturday that she forgot to sign her scoreca
  
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• Simoneau leads Canada’s charge to artistic swimming’s World Cup podium

  02-06-2024 01:22 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MARKHAM, Ont. — Jacqueline Simoneau of Saint-Laurent, Que., led Canada’s charge to three silver medals Saturday in World Cup artistic swimming.
  She and Montreal’s Audrey Lamothe finished second in the technical duet and Simoneau was also second in the solo free final.
  Simoneau and Lamothe were also among the eight Canadian women who claimed silver in the team free routine.
  Simoneau and Lamothe will compete in Sunday’s duet free routine in Markham, Ont., which is the host
  
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• Caitlin Clark and Indiana Fever edge Angel Reese and Chicago Sky for 71-70 win

  02-06-2024 00:36 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Indiana Fever rookie Caitlin Clark tossed the ball high into the air as time expired Saturday. Veteran guard Kelsey Mitchell just started clapping.
  Finally, after four consecutive home losses, the Fever were celebrating.
  In the latest matchup between college rivals Clark and Angel Reese, and on a day former South Carolina star Kamilla Cardoso made her regular-season pro debut in front of another sellout crowd at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, Clark finished with 11 points, eigh
  
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• Pirates dump Blue Jays 8-1 to end Toronto’s four-game win streak

  01-06-2024 23:49 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — Ke’Bryan Hayes and Bryan Reynolds homered to power the Pittsburgh Pirates to an 8-1 victory over Toronto on Saturday afternoon and end the Blue Jays’ four-game winning streak.Hayes hit a two-run shot in Pittsburgh’s three-run first inning and Reynolds added a two-run homer in the ninth.Vladimir Guerrero Jr. scored the lone run for the Blue Jays (27-30) in front of 36,484 spectators on a sunny afternoon at Rogers Centre. Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi lasted 5 1/3
  
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• Triple-A catcher who was hit by a backswing is out of the hospital, resting and recovering

  01-06-2024 23:46 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Triple-A Buffalo Bisons was released from the hospital on Saturday, a day after he was struck by a batter’s backswing and carted off the field on a stretcher.
  “I’m doing pretty good and hoping to recover as quick as possible,” Henry posted Saturday on the social platform X, thanking people for their prayers and concern.
  Henry was hit in the back of the head by the swing from Syracuse Mets third baseman Pablo Reyes in
  
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• Champions League final: Real Madrid seals 15th European Cup after 2-0 win over Borussia Dortmund

  01-06-2024 23:03 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  LONDON (AP) — Vinicius Junior scored and sealed a record-extending 15th European Cup for Real Madrid after a 2-0 win against Borussia Dortmund in the final on Saturday.The Brazil forward doubled Madrid’s lead in the 83rd minute at Wembley Stadium, nine minutes after after Dani Carvajal headed the Spanish giant in front.Victory sealed a record-extending fifth Champions League title for coach Carlo Ancelotti, his third with Madrid.
  Dortmund paid the price for not making the most of its
  
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• Leon, Lacasse lead Canadian women’s soccer team past Mexico 2-0

  01-06-2024 22:16 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MONTREAL — Adriana Leon and Cloé Lacasse scored in the second half to lift Canada to a 2-0 win over Mexico in a pre-Olympic women’s international soccer friendly Saturday.
  Leon corralled a pass from Evelyne Viens in the 73rd minute before slotting a left-footed strike past Mexican goalkeeper Celeste Espino to open the scoring in front of 15, 319 fans on a sunny, 27 C afternoon at Saputo Stadium.
  Lacasse made it 2-0 in the 86th by calmly placing the ball into the back of the ne
  
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• Bottom feeders in November, Oilers sit one win away from Stanley Cup final

  01-06-2024 21:45 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  DALLAS — Kris Knoblauch arrived to find a locker room in turmoil.
  The Edmonton Oilers — among the Stanley Cup favourites when training camp opened — had got off to a disastrous start to the NHL season.
  The club was in a tailspin, languishing near the bottom of the standings despite a roster led by superstar forwards Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl.
  There were plenty of questions, and not many answers, when Knoblauch took over for the fired Jay Woodcroft in November with the O
  
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• Bisons catcher Henry hospitalized overnight after getting hit by backswing, now resting, recovering

  01-06-2024 20:43 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Catcher Payton Henry of the Buffalo Bisons was hospitalized overnight after he was struck by a batter’s backswing on Friday night and carted off the field on a stretcher.
  In a statement Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays’ Triple-A affiliate said Henry was discharged from hospital and “doing well as he continues to rest and recover.”
  Henry was hit in the back of the head by the swing from Syracuse Mets third baseman Pablo Reyes in the seventh innin
  
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• On a wing and a prayer, pigeon rescued by a French Open chair umpire during match

  01-06-2024 20:12 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS (AP) — This one’s for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl.
  The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen — and remained on the ground — during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open champion Daniil Medvedev’s third-round victory over Tomas Machac at Roland Garros.
  Chair umpire Damien Dumusois, um, flew into action, climbing down fr
  
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• Firkus becomes first-ever Warrior to win CHL player of the year, earns top scorer

  01-06-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  FRANKENMUTH — Jagger Firkus of the Moose Jaw Warriors has been named the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner at the Canadian Hockey League awards.
  Firkus became the first player in Warriors history to win the award and did so after leading the CHL with 126 points (61 goals, 65 assists), to also earn the top scorer award.
  Easton Cowan of the London Knights and Mathieu Cataford of the Halifax Mooseheads were the other two finalists for CHL player of the year.
  Saginaw’s Zayne P
  
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• Blue Jays place closer Jordan Romano on injured list due to right elbow inflammation

  01-06-2024 19:57 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation.
  The 31-year-old right-hander has a 1-2 record, eight saves and a 6.59 earned-run average over 15 appearances this year.Romano, from Markham, Ont., missed the first 17 games of the season with a similar elbow issue.
  Yimi Garcia and Chad Green are expected to be the primary high-leverage relief options for the Blue Jays while Romano is out.
  The move to the IL was retro
  
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• Electric scooter ignited fire sends two to hospital

  01-06-2024 19:51 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Two people were taken to Chilliwack General Hospital as a result of a fire in an apartment complex on the 45000 block of Trethewey Avenue Friday (May 31) evening. The fire was reported at approximately 9:45 p.m., prompting a response of 17 firefighters from Halls 1 and 4.
  In a news release from the Chilliwack Fire Department, firefighters reportedly arrived to find residents evacuating the smoke-filled first floor. The building’s sprinkler system had already activated, h
  
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• Chad Daybell sentenced to death for killing wife and girlfriend’s 2 children in jury decision

  01-06-2024 19:48 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Chad Daybell has been sentenced to death for the murders of his wife and his girlfriend’s two youngest children in Idaho.The sentence was handed down Saturday after an Idaho jury unanimously agreed that imposing the death penalty would be a just resolution to the triple-murder case. The sentence marks the end of a grim investigation that began with a search for two missing children in 2019. The next year their bodies were found buried in Daybell’s eastern Id
  
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• Kyrie Irving said late in the season the Mavericks were just getting started

  01-06-2024 19:26 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had just clinched a division title and Irving was asked to talk about what it means.
  He didn’t look back. He looked ahead.
  “We just know that the job isn’t finished,” Irving said in Miami that night. “And we’re just getting started.”
  Turns out, he was right. The
  
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• Montreal’s Auger-Aliassime advances to fourth round at French Open

  01-06-2024 19:10 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  PARIS — Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open.
  The tournament’s 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner over No. 15 Ben Shelton of the United States.
  Auger-Aliassime was up 5-4 on Friday before rain suspended the match.He took the initial five games when play resumed Saturday.
  Auger-Aliassime, 23, has never reached the French Open quarterfinals.
  To do so this year, he’ll have to
  
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• Canadian boxer McKenzie Wright one win away from qualifying for Paris Olympics

  01-06-2024 18:39 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  BANGKOK — Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright earned a 5-0 decision over Serbia’s Nina Radovanovic on Saturday to move within one win of punching her ticket to Paris in a last-ditch Olympic qualifier.
  Wright, who turned 34 on Friday, meets Mexico’s Fatima Herrera on Sunday with an Olympic berth on the line.
  The 50-kilogram fighter from Oakville, Ont., is the last of the nine Canadians still alive at the tournament. Scarlett Delgado lost a 5-0 points decision earlier Saturday to Mong
  
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• Simpson eyes redemption as Knights set to take on host Spirit in Memorial Cup final

  01-06-2024 18:08 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  SAGINAW — Last season’s failure fuels Michael Simpson as a shot at redemption approaches.
  The London Knights goaltender was previously with the Peterborough Petes, who fell 4-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in last year’s Memorial Cup semifinal. Simpson earned playoff MVP honours after the Petes defeated the Knights in the Ontario Hockey League championship series.
  Simpson was traded to London in September, where he helped the Knights win the OHL title this year. Now he looks ahe
  
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• Canadian men one loss away from relegation from elite rugby sevens circuit

  01-06-2024 17:53 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  MADRID — Canada’s men’s rugby sevens team faces an uphill battle to avoid relegation from the HSBC SVNS circuit after finishing bottom of its group Saturday.
  After losses to Uruguay and Germany on Friday, the Canadian men were beaten 14-7 by the U.S. on Saturday to finish fourth in Qualifier Pool A. That means they will play the Pool B winner Sunday with relegation from the 12-country elite rugby sevens series on the line.
  Unbeaten Spain topped Pool B going into its preliminary
  
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• Risk of localized flooding Sunday through Fraser Valley

  01-06-2024 17:29 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  CHILLIWACK — Environment Canada has issued a Special Weather Statement warning of heavy rain for parts of the B.C. Lower Mainland including the Fraser Valley.While rain is in the forecast all weekend, the warning speaks specifically to Sunday. It says residents can expect up to 60 mm of rain.
  Forecasters say a Pacific frontal system will arrive on the South Coast Sunday morning before spreading east to Abbotsford, Chilliwack and Hope.
  The rain will begin Sunday morning and continue through
  
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• River ferry sinks in Afghanistan, killing at least 20

  01-06-2024 15:07 via fraservalleytoday.ca
  
  ISLAMABAD (AP) — At least 20 people were killed when a boat sank while crossing a river in eastern Afghanistan Saturday morning, a Taliban official said.
  Quraishi Badlon, provincial director of the information and culture department in Nangarhar province, said that the boat sank while crossing a river in Mohmand Dara district, killing 20 people including women and children.
  Badlon said that the boat was carrying 25 people, according to village residents, of whom five survived.
  So far five
  
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