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CAPE TOWN, South Africa — Canada's men, who finished last in Dubai last weekend, scored upset wins over defending World Series champion New Zealand and reigning Cape Town titleholder Samoa on Saturday to advance to the Cup quarterfinals of the South

CHICAGO (AP) — The U.S.

VAL D'ISERE, France (AP) — Marco Odermatt raced through steady falling snow, making errors in his run, yet still won a World Cup giant slalom by almost one full second on Saturday.

IDRE FJÄLL, Sweden — Canadian freestyle skiing star Mikael Kingsbury completed his World Cup golden sweep by winning the men's dual moguls competition on Saturday.

BEIJING — Jordan Pierre-Gilles won gold and William Dandjinou claimed bronze as Canada enjoyed a two-medal day at the short track speedskating World Cup stop in Beijing on Saturday. Pierre-Gilles, of Sherbrooke, Que.

ZHANGJIAKOU, China — Canadian freestyle skier Amy Fraser picked up her second career World Cup medal by winning bronze in the halfpipe competition at China's Secret Garden resort on Saturday.

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland (AP) — When Mikaela Shiffrin is even winning downhill races, her rivals have less hope of denying her a record-tying sixth overall World Cup title. Shiffrin mastered the sharper turns on a sun-bathed course Saturday at St.

BRANDON, Man. — Fourteen-year-old Jaxon Jacobson scored twice in his Western Hockey League debut and the Brandon Wheat Kings went on to beat the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-4 in the shootout on Friday.

EDMONTON — Evan Bouchard has been red hot from the blue line for the Edmonton Oilers of late. Bouchard had two goals and an assist as the Oilers outlasted the Minnesota Wild for a 4-3 victory on Friday.

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