Category Archives: Sports

HAMILTON - Akeem Haynes won’t be realizing his football dream with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Olympic bronze medal-winning sprinter was among four players released by the Ticats on Thursday. H...

TORONTO - The Toronto area is getting a new soccer team, with former Toronto FC trailblazer Jim Brennan leading the way. Brennan, TFC’s first captain and player signing, is part-owner of the Yor...

HERNING, Denmark - Behind the net or falling to the ice, it doesn’t matter to Connor McDavid. Canada’s captain is a threat to score no matter where he gets the puck. McDavid had a hat tric...

KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The Kamloops Blazers have announced that three-time Memorial Cup winner Don Hay is retiring as head coach. Hay will remain with the Western Hockey League team in an advisory role. He ...

TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco tops Major League Soccer with a salary of US$7,115,556 this season with Toronto FC teammate and captain Michael Bradley second at $6.5 million. The figures were released T...

Alex Krushelnyski searched for words to describe scoring in quintuple overtime, and managed to come up with “awesome” and “crazy” What else can be said about ending an American...

Zach Collaros will report to the Saskatchewan Roughriders’ training camp with something to prove. Saskatchewan acquired the veteran quarterback from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats this off-season but h...

The Canadian women’s rugby sevens squad looks to bounce back on home soil this weekend after a shock 11th-place finish last month in Japan. “It was a big slice of humble pie for everybody,...

TORONTO - Kerrin Lee-Gartner spent years hurtling down mountains, often paying the price in a high-speed fall. She underwent seven knee surgeries during her distinguished skiing career. But a brain in...

CALGARY - Frank King, one of the architects of the Calgary Winter Olympics in 1988, has died at the age of 81. King was the chief executive officer of Calgary’s organizing committee. King and Bo...