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Everybody gunning for SFU at CIS women's basketball championships

HAMILTON, Ont. - "How do we beat Simon Fraser?" That's the question seven of the eight teams in this year's CIS women's basketball championships must be asking themselves in preparation for this we...

Canadian Guay wins final super-G race and World Cup title in the event

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany - Canadian Erik Guay produced a daring run to win the final race of the season Thursday and claim a World Cup title in the super-G. Guay, of Mont-Tremblant, Que., be...

Szczepaniaks fail doping tests after finishing 1-2 at cyclo-cross U-23 worlds

AIGLE, Switzerland - Polish brothers Pawel and Kacper Szczepaniak have been suspended after failing doping tests upon finishing 1-2 in the under-23 Cyclo-cross World Championship race. The Internat...

Alberto Contador of Spain wins fourth stage of Paris-Nice to take overall lead

MENDE, France - Two-time Tour de France champion Alberto Contador won the fourth stage of the Paris-Nice race and took the overall lead from Jens Voigt. The 172-kilometre stage Thursday from Maurs ...

Schumacher believes Formula One title race won't be more difficult

MANAMA, Bahrain - Michael Schumacher doesn't expect the Formula One championship race to be any more difficult just because several teams are in the running for the title. Ferrari, Red Bull, McLare...

Gender case of South African runner Caster Semenya remains unresolved

DOHA, Qatar - The International Association of Athletics Federations is still working on the case of Caster Semenya, the South African runner whose future is uncertain due to questions about her gende...

Doping ban bars Russian gymnast Goryunova from competing at 2012 London Olympics

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Russian gymnast Kristina Goryunova has received a one-year doping ban that will also keep her out of the 2012 London Olympics. The International Gymnastics Federation says t...

Spanish star Rafael Nadal targets grass-court comeback with return to Queens

LONDON - Rafael Nadal will return to Queen's this year after he was unable to defend his title at the grass-court tournament in 2009. In 2008, Nadal was the first man to win at the French Open, Que...