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This is what Canadian followers ought to take note of:
Golf: Conners within the Masters
Canada’s Corey Connors birded three of their last 4 holes at Augusta yesterday, making the cardboard for the four-under opening spherical, ending second with the younger American Swedish star Rudy Guabel and defending champion and world primary Scotty Scheffler. The Canadian stayed sizzling once more right this moment, capturing two fights within the first 9 and staying very near the highest of the leaderboard on the time of publication.
UK Justin Rose saved the lead right this moment, monitoring his sizzling 7-under opening spherical at 1 below pedestrians. US Open Champion Bryson Deccanbo fired a 4-under to maneuver to second place at 7 below for the match, however Rory McIlroy was the afternoon story. After double bogeying two of yesterday’s last 4 holes and ending with a disappointing even par 72, the Northern Irish bounced again within the six-under spherical to climb to 3rd place.
Canadian Nick Taylor completed the day with a match par and made his first main lower since 2020. That is the up to date leaderboard.
Look | What to see this weekend:
The CBC Sports activities Crew is previewing what you need to see in Canadian sports activities over the weekend, together with the World Aquatics Diving World Cup in Windsor, Ontario.
Girls’s Hockey: Canada, US conflict on the World Championships
Canada opened its title protection within the Czech Republic yesterday, profitable 5-0 in Finland earlier than Defeating Switzerland 4-0 right this moment. Daryl Watts scored her first world championship aim, Laura Stacey had objectives and assists, Captain Marie Phillip Pauline added three helpers, and Anne Vary Deathvience made 17 saves for a shutout in her first begin since struggling a decrease physique damage within the PWHL sport on March 18th.
The largest group stage sport will likely be on Sunday at 1pm as Canada faces the US with rivals which can be very more likely to be a preview of the Championship Finals. The People additionally beat the host Czech Republic 4-0 to enhance to 2-0.
The Canadian will play the Czech on Monday afternoon within the last qualifying match. All 5 groups within the Canadian group will robotically advance in the direction of the quarterfinals subsequent Thursday, together with the highest three of the opposite (weak) teams.
NHL: Playoff pictures are formed
With per week left within the common season, the astounding Montreal Canadiens can formally declare the ultimate playoff berth of the Japanese Convention with tonight’s regulatory victory in Ottawa. Montreal has already secured its first journey to the postseason in 4 years, and tonight’s victory will transfer HAB throughout the high wildcard place of Senators.
Montreal then visited Toronto on Saturday night time, probably a preview of the primary spherical match. The Maple Leafs lead the Atlantic Division and will face one of many different wildcards Washington, who received the primary seed within the East final night time.
Winnipeg is on the verge of profitable the highest seed on the Western Convention after hitting central division rival Dallas Stars 4-0 final night time. Vezina Trophy Shoo-in and MVP contender Connor Hellebuyck scored their eighth shutout main the league. The Jets go to Chicago on Saturday, and their Sunday dwelling date with Edmonton is approaching securing a playoff spot and first spherical sport towards Los Angeles. Calgary nonetheless has a slight likelihood of catching the Oilers.
One other large males’s hockey sport, Boston College and West Michigan Sq., was off for the NCAA’s Frozen for Championship, held in St. Louis on Saturday night time.
NBA: SGA concludes the MVP season
With the common season ending on Sunday, Shy Gilgauss Alexander is contemplating placing the ending touches on what ought to have been the primary NBA MVP victory by the Canadian since Steve Nash received each in 2005 and ’06.
After ending second in voting for Denver’s Nicola Djokic final 12 months, Gilgauss Alexander led the league with factors scoring at 32.7 factors per sport, averaging 6.4 assists, 5 rebounds and a great 1.7 steals from the NBA’s high workforce. SGA’s Oklahoma Metropolis Thunder not solely completed with the Western Convention’s high seed for the second 12 months in a row, but in addition completed off its schedule with a visit to Utah and New Orleans on Sunday afternoons, incomes a league-wide file.
No. 2 seed Houston and third-placed Los Angeles Lakers additionally scored spots within the Western Convention playoff bracket. However proper behind the Lakers is a log jam from a workforce attempting to keep away from play-in rounds. The 5 golf equipment in Denver, La Clippers, Golden State, Memphis and Minnesota all fall inside one sport of one another and are available third inside two of the Lakers, with Sacramento and Dallas heading for the play-in.
The astounding Cleveland locked within the No. 1 spot within the Japanese Convention earlier than defending NBA champion Boston. New York, Indiana, Milwaukee and Detroit may even participate within the playoffs, with Orlando, Atlanta, Chicago and Miami competing for play-in. The Toronto Raptors (30-50) are eradicated from playoff competitors and will likely be eleventh within the East.
The play-in begins on Tuesday, with the 16-team bracket giving suggestions for subsequent Saturday.
Different issues to see:
The gamers’ championship in Toronto concludes the grand slam of the curling tour. Canada’s Rachel Homan goals to shut out a implausible season when she noticed her undefeated within the Scotties Event of Hearts for the second consecutive 12 months. She additionally received two slams and has reached two different finals thus far. On the boys facet, everyone seems to be attempting to beat Scottish Bruce Mooart.
The ultimate six spots of the Billy Junking Cup finals in tennis happen in a bunch of qualifying teams of three groups, performed in numerous areas of the world. Rebecca Marino, Marina Staxik, Victoria Mboko, Kera Cross and Ariana Arcenu’s Canadian groups are in Tokyo, opening right this moment in a 3-0 Romanian sweep, defeating Host Japan at ET ET at 10pm on Saturday to beat Host Japan at CBCSports.ca and CBC GEM. Every of the six-group winners will be part of Reaging Champion Italy in September’s eighth workforce last to host China. Canada received the Cup led by Leila Fernandez in 2023, shedding to England within the quarterfinals final 12 months.
The Diving World Cup Tour continues in Windsor, Ontario, with Canada seeking to enhance the end result of final week’s season opening match in Mexico. Kate Miller and Caitlyn Fan completed sixth within the girls’s 10m sync occasion, with Benjamin Tessier and Matt Cullen incomes the identical leads to males’s 10m sync. Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray, who received Canada’s solely diving medal on the Parisian Video games within the 10m synchronized bronze within the Bronze sport, haven’t competed final week, nor have they competed in Windsor. The medal spherical begins tonight and continues via Sunday on CBC Sports activities’ streaming platform.
Olympic Seashore Volleyball Silver Medalists Melissa Humana Peredes and Brandi Wilkerson will play within the quarterfinals on the Professional Tour Elite 16 occasion in Brazil at 7pm with the American duo. The quarterfinals and semifinals will likely be held on Saturday, with the ladies’s last being Sunday at midday. All rounds are streamed by CBC Sports activities.
A number of the Canadian Olympic swimmers (although not the summer time Macintosh) are competing on the Canadian Open in Edmonton. There, notable names embrace Finlay Knox, Ingrid Wilm, Taylor Lack, Mary Sophie Harvey, Paralympian Nicholas Bennett and Shelby Newkirk. The race continues tonight and Saturday on CBC Sports activities’ streaming channel.
