Category Archives: Sports
No booing needed: fans say hype for women's hockey overshadows tension with U.S.
HALIFAX - Hockey fans in Halifax say the excitement of watching the Canadian women's hockey team face off against archrival United States overshadowed political tension between the two countries. Cana...
Feb 06, 2025
Canadian cross-country skier Liliane Gagnon earns world under-23 bronze medal
SCHILPARIO - Liliane Gagnon of Quebec City earned a bronze medal in the women's 20-kilometre mass start at the world under-23 cross-country ski championship Thursday. The Canadian crossed the line in ...
Feb 06, 2025
Baseball star Ohtani’s ex-interpreter is sentenced to 4 years and 9 months in sports betting case
SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) - The former interpreter for baseball star Shohei Ohtani was sentenced Thursday to four years and nine months in prison and three years' supervised release for bank and tax frau...
Feb 06, 2025
Canadian teen snowboarder Eli Bouchard soars to first World Cup gold medal
ASPEN - Canadian snowboarder Eli Bouchard soared to his first win on the World Cup circuit at a big air competition Thursday in Aspen. The 17-year-old from Lac-Beauport, Que., won gold in the event wi...
Feb 06, 2025
Enter the Dragon: Defenceman Marcus Pettersson finds home in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have three Petterssons, but only one Dragon. That's the nickname that was bestowed on six-foot-five Marcus Pettersson by assistant coach Trent Yawney not long after h...
Feb 06, 2025
Austria, Germany take gold in historic luge world championship races
WHISTLER, B.C. - Austria and Germany raced to historic gold medals at the luge world championships in Whistler, B.C., on Thursday. Max Langenhan and Julia Taubitz won the first-ever mixed singles worl...
Feb 06, 2025
NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President ...
Feb 06, 2025
NCAA changes transgender policy to limit women's competition to athletes assigned female at birth
The NCAA changed its participation policy for transgender athletes on Thursday, limiting competition in women's sports to athletes assigned female at birth only. The move came one day after President ...
Feb 06, 2025
Curling Canada makes tweaks to PointsBet Invitational, drops single-knockout format
Major changes will be made to the PointsBet Invitational next season so that teams will get more early-season games on arena ice before the Canadian Curling Trials in November, Curling Canada said Thu...
Feb 06, 2025
Canada's Megan Oldham wins gold medal at World Cup big air event in Aspen
ASPEN - Canadian freestyle skier Megan Oldham won her first gold medal of the World Cup season Thursday at a big air competition in Aspen. Oldham, from Parry Sound, Ont., finished on top with a score ...
Feb 06, 2025
