Location: Quebec

Three-belt light heavyweight champion Artur Beterbiev will have a home-crowd advantage Saturday when he defends his titles against top-rated challenger Callum Smith in a 12-round boxing main event. Their matchup closes the curtain on the main Beterbiev vs. Smith fight card (10 p.m. ET) from Videotron Centre in Quebec City, Canada. Beterbiev, who…

A fight between light heavyweight champions Artur Beterbiev and Dmitry Bivol sits near the top of every boxing fan's 2024 wishlist. If that undisputed championship bout is to come together, Beterbiev needs to take care of business on Saturday when he faces Calum Smith. As his record indicates, Beterbiev (19-0, 19 KO) has been one of the most…

Two-time Quebec-bred champion trotter Caroluzzo (Musclesextrodinair) has now reached age 14 and after his race Sunday (Nov. 5) afternoon at the Hippodrome 3R, the 41-time winner will retire from harness racing after one more try. All Standardbred horses must retire from pari-mutuel racing once they reach age 15. There are some cases where older…

Quebec has one legal provider of online sports betting, Loto-Québec. But the CFL, MLS, and NBA are now joining an industry coalition in calling for a new regulatory framework that would authorize multiple private operators in Quebec. Three professional sports leagues are reportedly supporting a bid to legally authorize multiple…

The day started out with the harness racing trainers needing to add mud fenders and the drivers rain gear, but despite racing over a good, rain-soaked track, the show continued at the Hippodrome 3R Sunday (Sept. 10) with the $500000 Quebec-bred championship finals for two and three-year-old trotters and pacers. There was a two second allowance by…

For years, there has been a constant debate over how much the height and size of players in the NHL truly matter. We've seen guys like Cole Caufield and Alex Debrincat slip down the draft boards yet still find success in the league. What height can't take away is skill and hockey IQ, something that 5-foot-8 Xavier Parent showcased very well during…

NHL general managers wrapped up their final day of meetings at the Eau Palm Beach Resort & Spa in Manalapan, Fla on Wednesday. Commissioner Gary Bettman also met with the media on Wednesday following the conclusion of the meetings. According to Eric Engles, the salary cap doesn't appear likely to go up by more than a million for next season. Brad…

The Videotron Centre in Quebec is an impressive purpose-built ice hockey stadium that is currently home to the Quebec Remparts. The stadium is relatively new, having been completed in 2015. It's one of the biggest sporting venues in Canada. Still, apart from hosting the Remparts, some of the most significant events staged there have been…

With all three of Saturday's National Hunt cards lost to frozen ground, the ITV Racing team will pitch up at Lingfield to bring viewers some classy all-weather actions. The feature race on the day is the Listed Quebec Stakes, which is often used as a trial for the Winter Derby, held over this course and distance in February. We've taken a look…

Lingfield hosts a big meeting on Saturday which could be one of just a few standing with the cold temperatures freezing racecourses across the UK. But it's the 1m2f Quebec Stakes that could be a massive highlight of the racing on Saturday afternoon with the Class 1, Listed Race over 1m2f with some highly rated horses heading for the £25520 winning…

P atrice Bergeron is a Boston Bruins legend. The 37-year-old center is one of the greatest players in team history, destined to have his No. 37 hang in the rafters at TD Garden and be enshrined in the Hockey Hall of Fame. Bergeron has spent his entire 19-year career in Boston -- a total of 1396 games (as of Wednesday), including the Stanley Cup…

Trois-Rivieres, QC - Harness racing driver Pascal Berube became the first driver ever to win 100 races in a single season when he captured the 4 race pace with Café Society at the Hippodrome 3R on closing day of the 2022 season Sunday, November 6, 2022. The Hippodrome 3R dates back to 1830 when they first had horse racing on the grounds. The prior…

Trois-Rivieres, QC - There are seven two-year-old pacing fillies competing Sunday (Sept. 25) at the Hippodrome 3R and all of them are looking to put in a good mile before next week's Lucien Bombardier Pace. The final stakes event at H3R for the 2022 season has 36 fillies still eligible for the Bombardier, named after one of the great supporters of…

You can now use hours instead of days to count down to the start of the QMJHL season so predictions can't wait any longer. The 68-game schedule kicks off on Thursday with a game between the Shawinigan Cataractes and Gatineau Olympiques so here's a look at who is best positioned to win it all in 2022-23. 1. Quebec Remparts: No one likes making a big…

Frenchman Benoît Cosnefroy launched an attack on the final climb and went on to win the Grand Prix Cycliste de Québec on Friday. Cosnefroy finished four seconds ahead of Australian Michael Matthews, who was looking for his third consecutive victory in Quebec City after winning in 2018 and 2019 before COVID-19 forced the cancellation of the race in…