National Sports

at 17:56 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Canada's athletes prepare for final exams at 2010 Olympic Winter Games

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The pressure is on the home team to shine at the Vancouver Winter Games.

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at 15:04 on February 8, 2010, EDT.

Court chides school for axing women's wrestling, allows gender equality lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO - An appeals court says it appears that the University of California, Davis violated federal law meant to promote gender equity in college athletics when it eliminated its women's wrestling program.

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at 18:28 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Jones wins third straight Scotties title with 8-7 win over P.E.I. in extra ends.

SAULT STE. MARIE, Ont. - Team Canada's Jennifer Jones won her third straight Scotties Tournament of Hearts title Sunday, defeating Prince Edward Island's Kathy O'Rourke 8-7 in extra ends.

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at 12:15 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

Sky Team win team time trial at Tour of Qatar; Boasson Hagen takes yellow jersey

DOHA, Qatar - Norway's Edvald Boasson Hagen defied strong winds to take the yellow jersey on the opening day of the Tour of Qatar as his Sky Team won Sunday's 8.2 kilometre team time trial.

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at 17:33 on February 7, 2010, EDT.

IOC opens doping probe involving member of gold medal U.S. women's relay team

VANCOUVER, B.C. - The IOC opened a formal investigation Sunday into a doping case that could lead to the stripping of gold medals from a U.S. women's relay team at the 2004 Athens Olympics.

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at 18:53 on February 6, 2010, EDT.

Brian Gionta scores twice to lead Canadiens to 5-3 win over Penguins

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have generally relied on two areas of their game for wins this season - stellar goaltending and special teams.

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at 5:25 on February 6, 2010, EDT.

Leafs GM Brian Burke's son Brendan dies in car accident along with passenger

The youngest son of Toronto Maple Leafs GM Brian Burke has died in a car crash.

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at 22:16 on February 6, 2010, EDT.

Perdita Felicien places second in hurdles at Reebok Boston Indoor Games

BOSTON - Canada's Perdita Felicien placed second in the women's 60 metre hurdles at the Reebok Boston Indoor Games on Saturday.

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at 1:36 on February 6, 2010, EDT.

Calgary Roughnecks roll to victory over Edmonton Rush 13-8 in NLL action

CALGARY - This time Calgary got what it deserved.

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at 16:28 on February 5, 2010, EDT.

Valero, DeMarco make weight for lightweight title fight on Saturday

MONTERREY, Mexico - Edwin Valero of Venezuela and challenger Antonio DeMarco of Mexico have each made weight for their WBC lightweight title fight in the northern Mexico city of Monterrey.

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