Category Archives: Sports
NHL training camps set to open July 10, if medical and safety conditions allow
TORONTO - The NHL and the NHL Players' Association have announced that training camps will open July 10, provided medical and safety conditions allow and the parties reach an agreement on resuming pla...
Jun 11, 2020
Charles (Air) Jourdain looking to climb featherweight ladder with win over Fili
After felling (The Korean Superboy) Dooho Choi last time out in December, Quebec featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain issued a plea to UFC president Dana White. "Uncle Dana, that was a big performance...
Jun 11, 2020
Top-tier Spanish soccer resumes play after COVID-19 hiatus with 110 matches left
Spain's LaLiga emerges from its COVID-19 hiatus on Thursday with a derby match between Sevilla FC and Real Betis, the first of the 110 matches left to play this season. League leader Barcelona vi...
Jun 11, 2020
Canada participation rates of girls in sport still lag behind boys
TORONTO - MacLennan said she was fortunate to grow up in an active family. She was encouraged to try a variety of sports. "So from a young age, building out those fundamental skills, but also exposing...
Jun 11, 2020
Blue Jays take Vanderbilt shortstop Austin Martin with No. 5 pick
TORONTO - Taking utilityman Austin Martin was a no-brainer for the Toronto Blue Jays scouting staff. The Blue Jays used their top pick to select the Vanderbilt University product at the Majo...
Jun 10, 2020
Davies, Osorio lead five-man battle for Canada Soccer video game supremacy
They've all got game. But can they video game? Canadian internationals Sam Adekugbe (Norway's Valerenga Fotball), Alphonso Davies (Bayern Munich), Cyle Larin (Belgium's SV Zulte Waregem on loan from T...
Jun 10, 2020
Tigers draft Arizona State slugger Torkelson with No. 1 pick
NEW YORK - The Detroit Tigers selected Arizona State slugger Spencer Torkelson with the No. 1 pick Wednesday night in the Major League Baseball amateur draft. The baseball-bashing Torkelson played fir...
Jun 10, 2020
Bayern beats Frankfurt in cup semi, still targeting double
MUNICH - Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal, with some help from Canadian left back Alphonso Davies, as Bayern Munich beat Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 Wednesday to reach the German Cup final,...
Jun 10, 2020
All eight CPL teams back training after FC Edmonton gets green light to practise
All eight Canadian Premier League teams will be back training Thursday in the wake of FC Edmonton getting the green light from local government and health authorities, Edmonton will begin volunta...
Jun 10, 2020
Montreal Canadiens owner Geoff Molson gives GM Marc Bergevin vote of confidence
Geoff Molson fielded questions from all angles in French and English for 90 minutes Wednesday. The topics lobbed at the Montreal Canadiens' owner, president and chief executive off...
Jun 10, 2020
