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FREDERICTON -- Canadian skips Rob Armitage and Cathy King both took gold Saturday at the world senior curling championships. Armitages mens team from Red Deer, Alta., defeated New Zealands Hans Frauenlob 6-4, while Kings Edmonton outfit beat Austrias Veronika Huber 13-1 as both Canadian teams finished with unbeaten records. It was the sixth time in the tournaments 12-year history that Canada has swept the gold medals and also marked the 51st straight victory for Canadian womens teams dating back to 2008. Overall, Canada has eight mens and nine womens titles at the event. "Its fantastic," said King, the bronze-medallist at the 1998 world womens championship in Kamloops, B.C., and a seven-time participant at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. "Ive been wanting this title for a long time, like the rest of my team. Being to that many Canadian championships, you want to (win) at least one world championship, so it feels awesome." Armitage showed the same consistency and shotmaking that produced nine round-robin victories and another in the semifinal against Switzerlands Werner Attinger earlier on Saturday. After forcing New Zealand to one in the second end, Armitage put together a deuce in the third end and stole one more in the fourth when Frauenlob -- who like his three teammates was born in Canada -- was heavy on his last-rock draw to the four-foot. The game-breaker came in the sixth when Armitage made a perfect hit-and-roll with his first rock to set up a draw for three that was enough to send Canada to victory. "Ive chased this, Ive chased this and Ive chased this," Armitage said of the world title. "There was a time when my knees were bad, and you get to be 47 or 48 and I was still chasing the mens provincials because I thought, I have to keep my game until I get to seniors. "I knew I could find the curlers, and I knew I had to have that game still in my pocket to get it done, and it was nice to see it work out. My team played really well." Switzerland won the bronze medal with a 7-2 win over Swedens Karl Nordlund. King, meanwhile, couldnt have asked for a better way to start her final. A series of Austrian misses led to King having a draw for six to open things. "That was huge," said King, who needed an extra end to beat Swedens Ingrid Meldahl in the semifinal earlier Saturday. "It sort of takes the nerves out of play and the girls were feeling good. They played well all week. "Our only close game was this morning when Sweden took us down to the last inch. It was great to come out firing in this game." Sweden claimed the bronze medal with a 9-8 extra-end win over Scotlands Christine Cannon. Adidas ZX Flux Køb . 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Union executive director Billy Hunter sent a memo Wednesday, obtained by The Associated Press, to players detailing these and other changes of a new labour deal and recommended they ratify the agreement.TORONTO -- Alex Anthopoulos was prepared to stay the course with catcher J.P Arencibia, until he discovered the Toronto Blue Jays could make an upgrade behind the plate with free agent Dioner Navarro. The Jays officially parted way with Arencibia on Monday by declining to tender a contract offer to the fourth-year catcher. The move came after Anthopoulos signed Navarro to a two-year, US$8-million deal. "Dioner had a wonderful year last year in 240 at bats, and we think that theres some upside there, especially considering his age," the Blue Jays GM said on a conference call Tuesday. "We just think its a nice fit, and obviously well find out." Arencibia struggled through the worst season of career in 2013, with a .194 batting average, 21 home runs and 55 RBIs. The 27-year-old fan favourite, who began his Blue Jays career with so much promise -- homering on his first major-league pitch in 2010 -- struck out 148 times this past season, 15th most in Major League Baseball. Anthopoulos said he has no idea why Arencibia regressed so much last season. "I wish I did. I do think hes going to bounce back," Anthopoulos said. "He was a little banged up, and one thing about J.P., hes a very durable guy, very tough, plays through a lot of injuries. There was a time we almost put him on the (disabled list), he wanted to keep playing, he battled through it and grinded through it, and Ive seen him play with a broken hand and things like that. "But I really dont know, certainly we didnt expect him to have that type of year. .. Obviously hes very proud and has extreme pride in his job, and I think it may have just worn on him." Still, Anthopoulos said the decision to replace Arencibia wasnt made until the "last few weeks or so." The 29-year-old Navarro, a 10-year veteran from Venezuela, has served mostly as a backup but was an all-star with Tampa Bay in 2008. He hit .300 with a career-high 13 home runs in 89 games for the Chicago Cubs last season. He also had 34 runs batted in. "Navarro was someone who has pretty good contact rate, low strikeouts, prettty good on base skills, been able to take a walk and work the count," Anthopoulos said.dddddddddddd"From a game-calling standpoint, the work that we did on him, everyone really raved about his game-calling, and how guys love throwing to him." Anthopoulos said Navarro -- whos also played for the New York Yankees, Los Angeles, Cincinnati and the Chicago Cubs -- is keen to get return to a starting role in the majors. "The fact that Dioner has played over a hundred games three times in his career, has been an all-star and is only 29, that certainly factored into the decision," he said. "Dioner is very motivated and very hungry to get back to being that everyday guy, he just hasnt had an opportunity to be the everyday guy since he left the Rays." The GM said he called Arencibia on Sunday night to let him know his plans. Through his struggles on the field, the catcher became a lightning rod for criticism this past season when the Jays were failing to live up to lofty pre-season expectations. The catcher lashed out on Twitter at Sportsnet analysts Dirk Hayhurst and Gregg Zaun over their negative comments. He then deleted his Twitter account, posting in a final three-part tweet to his some 145,000 followers: "Its unfortunate to see how words are twisted to make false stories. "I give way too much of myself to have others try and make me out to (be) something/someone Im not." "I will no longer be on twitter," he said. "Thanks to all the fans who support and praying for the others that hate. God bless." Anthopoulos said in the "grand scheme of things," the fact Arencibia vented his frustration on Twitter wasnt a big deal, and said there were never any off-field issues with the former Jays catcher. "I think he was probably one of our best guys in the community, always was available, always was a great supporter of the ball club, any time we had a need in the off-season," Anthopoulos said. "Theres a lot of things he did behind the scenes that no-one saw so to me he was outstanding." cheap jerseys cheap nfl jerseys ' ' '


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