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Canadian women beat France, advance to world sitting volleyball quarterfinals
1+ hour, 27+ min ago (155+ words) TORONTO - Edmonton Elks running back Justin Rankin, Montreal… HANGZHOU - Canada advanced to the women's quarterfinals at the world sitting volleyball championships with a 3-0 win over France on Tuesday. Set scores were 25-10, 25-12, 25-14 in favour of the Canadians, who will next face Iran…...
Canada women narrowly fall to reigning champion Italy, near spot in VNL finals
3+ day, 3+ hour ago (260+ words) TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed free-agent centre … HONG KONG - Canada's women's volleyball team pushed reigning champion Italy to five sets but ultimately fell 3-2 (22-25, 27-29, 25-23, 25-23, 15-5) on Saturday in Volleyball Nations League play. Canada holds a top-eight spot in the standings and…...
Canadian women battle to five-set win over China at Volleyball Nations League
6+ day, 3+ hour ago (128+ words) HONG KONG - Canada's women's team defeated China in five sets on Wednesday in the opening match of Week 3 of the Volleyball Nations League. Set scores were 19-25, 25-17, 25-22, 23-25 and 15-11 as Canada overcame 27 unforced errors, 12 more than China. Kiera Van Ryk led all…...
Push-Up Challenge: 2,000 in three weeks
5+ mon, 6+ day ago (699+ words) Cameron Dakin of Kelowna trains for the 2000 Push-up Challenge in front of a Samsung 115" LED 4K TV, courtesy of Andre's Electronic. Pushups saved Cameron Dakin’s life. The Kelowna man does a lot of them, so, naturally, he has accepted the 2000 Push-Up…...