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Scott Croxall wins Crashed Ice world title

Scott Croxall clinched the 2015 Ice Cross Downhill World Championship with his second-place finish in the season finale in Edmonton on Saturday (March 14), restoring Canada’s national pride in the world’s fastest sport on skates after a two-year drought at the top. With two Red Bull Crashed Ice victories, Scott Croxall was the dominant force this year and richly deserved the title as the world’s fastest man on skates. The 24-year-old from Toronto became the […]

Djokovic, Ferrer advance at Indian Wells

Australian Open champion and top seed Novak Djokovic launched his BNP Paribas Open title defence in ruthless style on Saturday, crushing Cypriot Marcos Baghdatis 6-1 6-3 in the second round. Playing near-flawless tennis from the baseline, the Serb broke his opponent twice in each set to coast to victory in just under an hour on the showpiece stadium court at the Indian Wells Tennis Garden. Djokovic, seeking a fourth title at Indian Wells, breezed through […]

World champion Hamilton continues winning in Australia

Lewis Hamilton’s world championship defence got off to a flying start on Sunday (March 15) with a crushing victory for Mercedes in the season-opening Australian Grand Prix as Formula One rivals succumbed to a farcical rash of reliability problems. Pole-sitter Hamilton started from a grid reduced to 15 cars from a possible 20 and cruised to his 34th race win with a 1.3-second gap to runner-up team mate Nico Rosberg. With Mercedes enjoying a Sunday […]

Trainer Freddie Roach cannot wait for Pacquiao’s fight against Mayweather

Manny Pacquiao’s trainer Freddie Roach spoke about the upcoming fight against Floyd Mayweather after watching his pupil, two-time Olympic gold medalist Zou Shiming, lose his first title fight to Amnat Ruenroeng of Thailand on Saturday (March 7) in Macau. Roach’s biggest challenge will be when his protégé Manny Pacquiao faces off with Floyd Mayweather in Las Vegas on May 2 in a long awaited mega bout. “I don’t think he’s (Mayweather) passed it at all. […]