Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - Veteran short-track speedskater Charles Hamelin was officially named to his fourth Canadian Olympic team on Wednesday night. Hamelin, from Saint-Julie, Que., will be joined on the men’...

NEW YORK - The NHL has suspended Boston forward Brad Marchand five games without pay Wednesday for elbowing New Jersey’s Marcus Johansson in the head during the Bruins’ win over the Devils...

Toronto Argonauts running back James Wilder Jr. has decided to sit out the 2018 CFL season. The CFL’s top rookie last season issued a statement Wednesday saying he’s received interest from...

Playing a childhood game with a broomstick and a folded-up license plate has taken former Montreal Expos outfielder Vladimir Guerrero to the baseball Hall of Fame. Guerrero, along with third baseman C...

LONDON - Two fortuitous goals helped Arsenal beat Chelsea 2-1 on Wednesday and seal a League Cup final meeting with Manchester City, providing a glimmer of joy in a gloomy domestic campaign. Both Arse...

CALGARY - Canada’s bobsleds and skeleton sleds might not break the sound barrier in Pyeongchang, South Korea, but they’re decorated to look like they could. The 18 bobsledders and six skel...

Canada opens defence of its Sydney women’s rugby sevens title on Thursday. The Canadian women defeated the U.S. 21-17 in last year’s final. It marked the third World Rugby Sevens Series ch...

OTTAWA - Canadian captain Christine Sinclair officially joined the ranks of the Order of Canada on Wednesday, billed as “the greatest player to have ever laced up soccer cleats for Team Canada.&...

OTTAWA - Olympic skiing champion Nancy Greene and multisport star Clara Hughes are among the athletes featured in Canada Post’s new Women in Winter Sports stamp series. Cross-country skiing twin...

MONTREAL - Legendary hockey writer Red Fisher was remembered as a man who “demanded excellence” at a funeral attended by former hockey players and executives as well as several of his medi...