Category Archives: Sports
Rookie centre Collin Murray-Boyles could return on Raptors road trip
TORONTO - A day later, and Collin Murray-Boyles was still salty that the veteran players on the Toronto Raptors had filled his car with popcorn. And yes, it was buttered. The rookie centre had his fir...
Mar 17, 2026
Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl out for regular season with lower-body injury
EDMONTON - Edmonton Oilers star forward Leon Draisaitl was expected to miss the rest of the regular season with a lower-body injury, the NHL team said Tuesday. Draisaitl was hurt on a hit from Nashvil...
Mar 17, 2026
Canada's Einarson loses first game in women's world curling, falls 6-5 to Switzerland
CALGARY - Kerri Einarson's curling team battled, but fell 6-5 in an extra end to a fearless young Swiss foursome Tuesday at the women's world curling championship. Switzerland won a sixth straight gam...
Mar 17, 2026
Toronto FC agrees to contract extension with winger Daniel Salloi through 2027 season
TORONTO - Toronto FC agreed to a one-year contract extension with winger Daniel Salloi that includes an option for the 2028 campaign, the Major League Soccer team said Tuesday. Salloi, 29, has scored ...
Mar 17, 2026
Privacy commissioner says WADA agrees to limit use of athletes' personal information
GATINEAU - The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to limit the use of athletes' highly sensitive personal information, Canada's privacy commissioner's office said Tuesday. In a statement, the office ...
Mar 17, 2026
WADA is weighing a rule to bar Trump and US officials from major events. Can it really do that?
The idea sounds outlandish, if not downright impossible. Leaders at the World Anti-Doping Agency are considering adopting a rule that could bar President Donald Trump and all U.S. government officials...
Mar 17, 2026
Storm to play Mustangs in second round of KIJHL playoffs
KAMLOOPS - The Kamloops Storm have their date for the final eight of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League (KIJHL) playoffs. The Williams Lake Mustangs took down the Quesnel River Rush in se...
Mar 17, 2026 (Image Credit: Facebook/Kamloops Storm)
Canadiens forward Kirby Dach out two to four weeks with upper-body injury
MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach will miss two to four weeks after leaving Sunday's 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks with an upper-body injury, the team announced Tuesday. Ducks winger Je...
Mar 17, 2026
NHL’s George Parros defends Gudas suspension after hit ends Matthews’s season
MANALAPAN - George Parros is standing by the NHL's decision to suspend Anaheim Ducks defenceman Radko Gudas five games for a knee-on-knee hit that injured Toronto Maple Leafs star Auston Matthews, a p...
Mar 17, 2026
Iran’s Mexico Embassy says Iran is negotiating with FIFA to move World Cup matches
MEXICO CITY (AP) - Iran's Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday said the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's World Cup matches from the U.S. to Mexico after President Donald Trump discouraged the t...
Mar 17, 2026
