6 d. ago Tom Mayenknecht: Tennis finds new star in Canadian Victoria Mboko; NFL also has big week

The biggest winner was Canadian 18-year-old Victoria Mboko of Burlington, Ont. She became the third Canadian woman to win the National Bank Open

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6 d. ago Burnbrae Farms Announces Plans to Break Ground on Local State

STRATHROY, Ontario, Aug. 08, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Yesterday, Burnbrae Farms® proudly announced plans to break ground on a new state-of-the-art egg grading facility in Strathroy, Ontario. Slated to begin construction in the Molnar Industrial Park, the project marks a meaningful milestone in the company’s growing presence and decades-long connection to the Strathroy-Caradoc community. Spanning […]

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7 d. ago Canadian tennis hopeful Victoria Mboko’s fans include 3 tennis

The 18-year-old Toronto tennis star was ranked No. 85 ranked on entering the tournament but has dominated her opponents

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7 d. ago Canadian tennis sensation Victoria Mboko’s fans include 3 tennis

The 18-year-old Toronto tennis star was ranked No. 85 ranked on entering the tournament but dominated her opponents

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7 d. ago Tennis star says Toronto traffic is so bad he naps on the way to National Bank Open matches

Travelling around the world to a new tournament seemingly every week, tennis stars get a chance to see parts of the globe most people will never get an opportunity to.But at the new 12-day format of the National Bank Open in Toronto and Montreal, some of the tournament's biggest names have opted to choose catching up on sleep over sightseeing."I've been playing until 2 a.m., and then waking up at like 2 p.m.," American star Taylor Fritz said earlier this week."There's been absolutely no time to do anything… I get back to the hotel at 2 a.m. I finished my match the other night at 1:30 a.m. So, not much time for anything. I think all I can do is sleep as much as possible, come to the courts, practice, do what I've got to do, play my matches and get my meals in, and that's about it."With the tournament taking place at Sobeys Stadium on York University campus, the northwest Toronto location is a bit of a hike from t...

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8 d. ago Tennis star Elina Svitolina faces online abuse after Montreal loss, blames ’shameful’ bettors

Ukrainian tennis player Elina Svitolina has spoken out about the deluge of hateful abuse she received online from frustrated gamblers after losing a match in Canada, including messages wishing her death and celebrating Russia killing her compatriots. Following her straight-sets loss to Naomi Osaka in the quarter-finals of the National Bank Open on Tuesday night, […]

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4 w. ago Tennis star announces she’s taking break from sport ‘to rediscover joy of living’

Former World No. 2 Ons Jabeur announced on Thursday she was going to “take a step back and finally put myself first”, after two difficult years on the circuit. “For the last two years, I’ve been pushing myself so hard, fighting through injuries and facing many other challenges. But deep down, I haven’t felt really […]

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4 w. ago Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard to retire after hometown tournament

'You'll know when it's time. For me, it's now. Ending where it all started: Montreal,'

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