Category Archives: Sports
Former Maple Leaf and Canada's Sports Hall of Famer Brian Glennie dies at 73
TORONTO - Brian Glennie, a hard-hitting defenceman who spent most of his 10-year career with the Toronto Maple Leafs, has died. He was 73. Glennie, who was inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of F...
Feb 09, 2020
Canada's Bloemen, Blondin, Fish reach speedskating podium in Calgary World Cup
CALGARY - Striving for the perfect speedskating stride motivates Ted-Jan Bloemen after achieving the pinnacle of his sport. Winner of Olympic gold in the 10,000 metres and silver in the 5,000 at ...
Feb 09, 2020
Ticats re-sign CFL's most outstanding special-teams player of the year Williams
Defensive back/kick returner Frankie Williams re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday. The CFL's most outstanding special-teams player in 2019, Williams started at defensive back in 16 of his...
Feb 09, 2020
'100 per cent racial': Indigenous hockey player's dad rejects report on verbal abuse
WAYCOBAH, N.S. - An investigation into allegations an Indigenous hockey player faced racist taunts during a recent game in Cape Breton concluded the verbal abuse did...
Feb 09, 2020
Canada's Vasek Pospisil loses to Gael Monfils in Open Sud de France final
MONTPELLIER, France - Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil lost to top-seeded Gael Monfils 7-5, 6-3 in the final of the Open Sud de France on Sunday. Pospisil had hoped to win his first ATP Tour trophy in his s...
Feb 09, 2020
DeBues-Stafford breaks her own women's indoor mile record at Millrose Games
NEW YORK - Gabriela DeBues-Stafford continued her attack on the Canadian record books on Saturday. The 24-year-old from Toronto sliced more than five seconds off her own Canadian indoor mile record to...
Feb 09, 2020
Mendoza has new roles with ESPN, resigns as Mets adviser
LOS ANGELES - Jessica Mendoza will no longer be on ESPN's "Sunday Night Baseball" or work for the New York Mets front office after signing a contract extension with the network. ESPN announced Friday ...
Feb 09, 2020
Switzerland opens Fed Cup qualifier with two singles wins over Canada
BIEL, Switzerland - Switzerland won the first two rubbers Friday in its best-of-five Fed Cup qualifier against Canada at the Swiss Tennis Arena. Jil Teichmann opened with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win ...
Feb 09, 2020
Sheffield United beats Bournemouth, Man City game called off
SHEFFIELD, England - Sheffield United beat Bournemouth 2-1 in Sunday's only English Premier League game after Manchester City's match with West Ham was called off due to a storm. John Lundstram scored...
Feb 09, 2020
Leafs place defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recall Timothy Liljegren
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs placed defenceman Cody Ceci on injured reserve and recalled blue-liner Timothy Liljegren from the team's American Hockey League affiliate Friday. Ceci, out ...
Feb 09, 2020
