Canada falls to Serbia in men's Volleyball Nations League
Serbia's (15-25, 25-22, 25-18, 25-22) victory over the Canadians assured the Serbians a berth in next year's Nations League with a ranking of 15th out of 18 participating countries.
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- Global News
Saskatchewan Rattlers eliminated from playoff contention for 3rd straight year
A summer without playoffs: it's a feeling the Saskatchewan Rattlers have faced since last making the dance in 2022 and will now reflect on again. The Rattlers were officially eliminated from Canadian Elite Basketball League playoff contention last Friday, dropping a 100-79 decision on the road to the Vancouver Bandits. 'It's tough not going to to the playoffs for I think it's the third consecutive year,' Rattlers guard Devontè Bandoo said. 'I think we just got to finish the season strong, just show the fans that there's hope in the future. Hopefully I can be here next year in the beginning and things can be better than how we started.' The loss to Vancouver dropped Saskatchewan's record on the 2025 season to a sobering 4-14, which has the Snakes sitting dead last in the CEBL's Western Conference. Story continues below advertisement With the Winnipeg Sea Bears (7-10) already taking up one of four playoff spots in the West as hosts for CEBL Championship Weekend, the Rattlers would have needed to catch the Edmonton Stingers (11-7) for third place to qualify. It's the latest in a string of disappointing finishes to the regular season for Saskatchewan, with its last playoff game coming on Aug. 7, 2022 in a 108-96 loss to the Scarborough Shooting Stars. 'Yeah, it's frustrating,' Rattlers head coach Eric Magdanz said. 'We're all in this business to try to win, so to not have that opportunity to go for a championship is frustrating. We're trying to build a level of culture and a level of consistency, I think that's one of the reasons why I was brought in this year was to give some consistency to the coaching staff. So it's something we're going to look at moving forward.' Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy Thanks to the league's expanded schedule of 24 games this season, the Rattlers will have some extra time to reflect on the end to their campaign with six games left on their schedule. 2:06 Saskatchewan Rattlers see playoff hopes dealt massive blow in loss to Calgary Even though playoffs are no longer in the cards this summer, Magdanz is confident his team won't take a mental dip down the stretch and take its foot off the pedal with valuable professional contracts still on the line. Story continues below advertisement 'We're going to make sure that we set them up to the best position possible,' Magdanz said. 'The best way to get a good contract is to win and to compete hard, because everybody is looking for those type of players. I'm not concerned about our level of effort or consistency down the stretch here, it's sort of ingrained in who we are.' For towering forward Grant Anticevich, it's been a challenging first season in the CEBL coming over from his home country of Australia and not seeing the wins pile up this year. When asked about what will be driving him down the final six games of the regular season, however, he credited the team's overall fight and desire to improve as they close off the year. 'It's always difficult when you're not making playoffs and necessarily not playing for anything,' Anticevich said. 'It can sometimes be hard to keep motivation, but we do want to get better as individuals and as a team. We love playing with each other, so I feel like we owe it to each other. No one is going to cave in, or give in, or not care the last part of the season. We've battled throughout the whole season, no one really wants to take the foot off the pedal.' One bright spot for Saskatchewan over its stretch drive to end the season will be the return of guard Jordan Bowden to the lineup, beginning this weekend in Ottawa. Story continues below advertisement Bowden was among the Rattlers' top offensive producers during his tenure before leaving the team earlier this month due to personal reasons, averaging over 17 points per game and recording a 40-point showing in a 93-90 victory over the Blackjacks on July 5. 'Jordan is just another offensive threat, another guy you can give the ball to when you need a bucket,' Magdanz said. 'We refer to it as gravity on the floor, the defence just shifts in his direction whether he has the ball or not because he's such a threat out there. Just another guy who is going to cause the defence to change, adjust and hopefully open up some things for other guys.' For veterans like Bandoo, the franchise's all-time leading scorer who returned to the court mid-season for the Rattlers for the first time since 2022, this final stretch will indicate what kind of team they really haven and how hard they'll play for one another with their goal of playoff basketball once again not coming to fruition. 'I think a lot of us were focused on individual things right now and I think that's what is hurting our nature and our character,' Bandoo said. 'When we practice together as a team, we're a phenomenal team and it's just being consistent with it. I think our goal is just to keep playing the right way for the next six games.' The Rattlers will head to Ottawa for a tilt against the Blackjacks on Saturday afternoon, with a noon tipoff, Saskatchewan time.
Winnipeg Free Press
2 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Tessier to lead Canada at women's Rugby World Cup in England
LANGFORD – Alexandra Tessier will captain Canada's second-ranked squad when the 2025 Rugby World Cup kicks off in England. Rugby Canada announced Thursday its 32-player roster for the elite women's rugby tournament. Tessier, a nominee for World Rugby Player of the Year in 2024, is set to earn her 59th cap for Canada. She has scored six tries and 53 points over her 10-year international career that includes World Cup appearances in 2017 and 2021 (played in 2022). Twenty-one players from the 2021 Rugby World Cup team have been named to head coach Kevin Rouet's squad, including veterans Tyson Beukeboom, Olivia DeMerchant and Karen Paquin. All three will represent Canada at the Rugby World Cup for a fourth time. Sophie de Goede, a member of the World Rugby Women's Dream Team in 2022 and 2024, was named to her second World Cup squad. She came off the bench in a 33-5 win over South Africa earlier this month after a 13-month injury absence. Canada is in Pool B with Fiji, Wales and Scotland. It opens its tournament Aug. 23 against Fiji in York. The Canadians finished fourth at the 2021 World Cup in New Zealand. Their best finish was runner-up to England at the 2014 event in France. This report by The Canadian Press was first published July 24, 2025.
Toronto Sun
3 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
How Sportsnet's stunning drone shots are bringing Dome home for Blue Jays viewers
The overhead shots zooming down into the packed stadium have provided terrific transition to game action. Get the latest from Rob Longley straight to your inbox Sportsnet's drone used during Blue Jays games has been a hit. Photo by Rogers Sportsnet / Screengrab From a promotional perspective for a booming sports franchise and the corporate sister sports network that helps spread the word with its thorough coverage of the team, the Rogers Centre has never looked better. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. 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Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Crowds of 41,000 plus packed the place each of the last six games as the Blue Jays finished off a 5-1 homestand to further entrench their first-place status in the American League East. Perfect summer nights added to the visuals and one of the biggest and most loyal television audiences in all of baseball were the beneficiaries. And over the past week, a TV production toy has revolutionized the look of what the million-plus Canadians tuning into Jays broadcasts are seeing. The shots from the drone camera buzzing high above the Rogers Centre have been nothing short of stunning, bringing Jays viewers rare views of a stadium that has dramatically transformed its look in the past two years. While no one at Rogers or Sportsnet wants to talk specifically on the record about what the shot has brought to game coverage and whether it will become a fixture in future shows, it's already a winner with many viewers. And on a broadcast that is already pitching 2026 season ticket sales as the best way to secure playoff tickets for 2025 (despite 60 games remaining in the season), the look has never been better. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The overhead shots zooming down into the packed stadium have provided terrific transition to game action, while capturing the stunning look of the extensively renovated stadium. Fans are well aware of what's happening on the field, but the shots — particularly the brilliant images at nightfall — are certainly helping spread the message that the downtown dome is once again the place to be. It's encouraging (and logical) to see that Rogers is spending on the production side of the network it owns to best display the team that's also a jewel under its corporate umbrella , given that ratings are routinely topping one million viewers a night. Those numbers should continue to escalate the longer the product remains exciting. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Is the shot over-used at times? Perhaps, but if you were a producer or a director with that tool in your tool box, how could you resist one of the more enticing technological tools available. The more advanced sports productions gets, the more sports venues can be treated as giant TV studios. Think of the Olympic Games, where the 'beauty shots' as they are known in the business seem to be on an endless loop providing spectacular backdrops to the spectacle unfolding. No one is suggesting that the Rogers Centre is one of the seven wonders of the sporting world, but it sure looked special during the recently complete series against the Yankees. And the drone camera — which those in the stadium can see hovering high above home plate after nightfall – has certainly added some 'wow' shots to the handful of recent broadcasts it has been part of the Sportsnet arsenal. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Speaking with those involved, it doesn't sound as though the drones will be an every home game toy for those that produce the broadcasts, though that could change if rave reviews continue. For whatever reason — and perhaps because the network is still figuring out how extensively it wants to employ the technology going forward — a request to Sportsnet for comment on the drone's use and its impact on the broadcasts was denied citing 'policy' to not allow producers to comment on production. That said, those on air and behind the scenes that we spoke with at the Rogers Centre this week certainly recognized the impact the drone view was bringing to the broadcast. For the broadcasters, there's an appreciation of the atmosphere in the building for a series like the recent one and the drone is helping deliver it in high definition directly to people's screens. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. For those involved on the production side, they're well aware of the power of a well-timed, unique visual to further capture what's happening with the team. Add in the regular camera shots, excellent audio work to capture the crowd Jays manager John Schneider is crediting as an aid to the team's success and the overall slick show produced by Doug Walton has enhanced the telling of one of the best stories in baseball this season IN THE BOOTH With Buck Martinez's extended absence continuing, Joe Siddall will be alongside Dan Shulman for the big four-game series over the weekend in Detroit against the Tigers. What suddenly looms as a critical series with the AL Central leaders was always going to be on Siddall's schedule given he lives across the river in Windsor, Ont. It is expected that Caleb Joseph will get the call for the four games in three days Baltimore series that follows and leads into the MLB trade deadline. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. It's expected that Martinez, who continues to follow the action closely, will return to the booth at some point as he deals with what Sportsnet described as a 'health setback.' RATINGS ENVY The sizzling Jays ratings were a topic of conversation around the batting cage this week, especially when compared with the powerhouse brand that are the New York Yankees. Specifically, folks involved with the YES Network, the long-time home of the Yankees broadcasts, were wowed by the news we reported last week that the Sportsnet recorded a season high audience of 1.2 million for the first Yankees series this month. While Sportsnet has the advantage of being a coast-to-coast entity, it isn't as if YES doesn't reach a large market. That said, on the rare occasions that the network draws 500,000 viewers, it's cause for celebration. For Sportsnet, that number would be seen as a terrible off-night for its captive Canadian audience. Sports Golf Ontario Canada Canada
