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Bookmakers are bracing themselves for a royal victory on day three at Royal Ascot, with success for the Queen's Reach For The Moon in the Hampton Court Stakes (5.35) set to trigger a £50000 ante-post payout for Star Sports. Trained by John and Thady Gosden, Reach For The Moon is a general 2-5 favourite for the 1m2f Group 3 and would be the Queen's…

Day 3 at Royal Ascot features three major handicaps, two for three-year-olds only. At £120000, the one-mile Britannia Stakes for sophomore colts and geldings is the richest of them, but we will focus on the first one for the day, the £100000 King George V Stakes, for three-year-olds of all genders over 1 1/2 miles. The race is not only competitive,…

P.E.I. rugby teams returned home with three medals from the Atlantic championships last weekend in Halifax. The under-19 women won gold while the under-17 and under-19 men brought home silver. The under-17 women finished fifth. Under-19 women P.E.I. used its speed and strong attacking lines to take control of the championship game against New…

As the countdown begins for Royal Ascot, the excitement builds around the prospect of champion jockey James McDonald taking the reins of some promising contenders, just over a week from the opening day. Paul Clarke, McDonald's European jockey manager, confirmed that the renowned jockey will be riding for Lloyd Williams and Joseph O'Brien on the…

The Montréal Alliance and Niagara River Lions tip off their season in the opening week of Canadian Elite Basketball League (CEBL) action on Friday night at 7:30 p.m. ET at Verdun Auditorium. The game will be available for streaming on TSN+, CEBL+ powered by BetVictor and on the CEBL Mobile app available on iOS and Android devices. Niagara enters…

With the announcement that Kyle Dubas will not return as Toronto's GM, a couple of in-house options are the early favorites for Brendan Shanahan to tap next - followed by some more experienced general manager candidates, and names with Maple Leafs ties. After five seasons as the General Manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs, Kyle Dubas' tenure at the…

After a three-year wait, Race Across the World returns to BBC One for a third series of globetrotting adventures. The competition series in which pairs of contestants embark on an epic journey without air travel or modern trappings became a smash hit with its first two series in 2019 and 2020. Series 3 will feature five new pairs of contestants and…

RACING: Your guide to day three of Royal Ascot 2022 Day three of Royal Ascot sees one of the highlights of the meeting take centre-stage with the running of the Gold Cup. Thursday's action once again gets underway at 2.30pm and concludes at 6.10pm. The going is set to be Good to Firm and the weather is cloudy. We have previewed the action with our…

Donald Fowler, the buyer at Nest, an upscale furniture and accessories store in Dallas, never envisioned offering fitness equipment alongside $498 Lazy Susans made from recycled wine barrels and $28000 crystal foosball tables with 24-karat gold handles. As a runner, Mr. Fowler understood the fitness world's yen for cheap, utilitarian props like the…

While Lawrence Penney may have lost his peripheral vision, he doesn't let that slow him down. The Canadian resident, now 66, was diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa (RP) at the age 0f 58. The progressive genetic disease, which causes a breakdown and loss of cells in the retina, leads to vision symptoms like poor night vision and a decline in…

This is part two of four of our series on youth gambling, which focuses on the changes in federal regulations around gambling and how the expanding options could expose more youth to the activity. Look for part three, which will take a closer look at the'gamblification' of video games, in an upcoming edition. Advocates for policies around safer…

THREE-year-old handicaps are often notoriously difficult to solve, with many unexposed horses all potentially ahead of their opening marks. However, playing on the World Pool with tote.co.uk is perfect in these situations as it allows you to stick several horses together in a Quinella, offering the chance of a big return. This season's Coronation…

There are 40 seats in the House of Assembly up for grabs on Feb. 13. Terry Roberts looks at five districts with lively competition. The voters will decide who will fill the 40 seats available in the House of Assembly when ballots are counted on Feb. 13 for Newfoundland and Labrador's 51st general election. But that doesn't mean I can't have some…

Kyprios is favourite for the Ascot Gold Cup, as he takes on hat-trick hero Stradivarius. It is an important day for followers of the Queen's horses, with Reach For The Moon a warm order for his race Punters fancy up and coming stayer Kyprios to take a first Gold Cup crown from dethroned king Stradivarius. Betfred's 13-8 favourite, trained by Aidan…

The evaluation continued for Martin St. Louis and his staff on Saturday in Bouctouche, N.B., where the Montreal Canadiens played their eighth and final pre-season game and fell 3-2 in overtime to the Ottawa Senators. Just how complete it is now for the coach and his assistants, though, is questionable. That he couldn't ice a lineup that fully…

Former Canada rugby captain Jamie Cudmore believes he has a lot more to give the game. Now he hopes others agree. The 44-year-old Cudmore lost his job as head of Rugby Canada's national development academy (better known as the Pacific Pride) and assistant coach with the Canadian men's 15s team in July 2021 after several social media posts critical…

Former Canada rugby captain Jamie Cudmore believes he has a lot more to give the game. Now he hopes others agree. The 44-year-old Cudmore lost his job as head of Rugby Canada's national development academy (better known as the Pacific Pride) and assistant coach with the Canadian men's 15s team in July 2021 after several social media posts critical…