Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - There will be many Toronto Argonauts and Ottawa Redblacks playing for jobs Thursday night, but Canadian kicker Ronnie Pfeffer won’t be one of them. The 25-year-old native of Kitchener,...

TORONTO - David Beckham has thrown his support behind the North American bid for the 2026 World Cup. The former England star midfielder says soccer’s showcase event “deserves to be in grea...

Canadian Tanya Gunther is quite the matchmaker. On Saturday, Justify will attempt to win the Belmont Stakes and become the 13th thoroughbred - and second since 1978 - to clinch the U.S. Triple Crown. ...

WINNIPEG - Honouring its history, the Winnipeg entry in the new Canadian Premier League will be called Valour FC. The name is a homage to three Winnipeg men - Frederick William Hall, Leo Clarke and Ro...

CALGARY - All-star receiver Eric Rogers is returning to the Calgary Stampeders. The CFL team hopes the 27-year-old passes his physical and can pick up where he left off in 2015, when Rogers totalled 8...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Golf and Country Club has been officially named as host of the RBC Canadian Open in 2019 and 2023, finally confirming what had been anticipated since the membership voted to pu...

WINNIPEG - Blue Bombers starting quarterback Matt Nichols left practice with an injury on Wednesday, and the team said he would be evaluated by a doctor. Nichols was stepping back to throw a pass late...

The margins are very slim on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series. Just ask Canadian women’s coach John Tait. “It’ll give you stomach issues, for sure,” said the six-foot-eight f...

MONTREAL - Bruce Coulter, who won a Grey Cup with the Montreal Alouettes in 1949 and went on to coach at the university level at McGill and Bishop’s, has died. He was 90. McGill announced his de...

Montreal’s F1 race has earned the reputation of turning the city into a hotbed for sexual exploitation and human trafficking, but some argue it’s a myth that merely serves to fuel a yearly...