Category Archives: Sports

WINNIPEG - Captain Blake Wheeler isn’t too worried if rookie defenceman Sami Niku fills a hole in the Winnipeg Jets’ depleted defence. Niku was called up from the Manitoba Moose on Thursda...

MONTREAL - Light heavyweight contender Eleider Alvarez was fed up with waiting for Adonis Stevenson to give him a title fight, so now he’s landed an even bigger bout with Russian Sergey (Krusher...

WASHINGTON - Dwane Casey remembers the “powwow” he had with DeMar DeRozan and Kyle Lowry. The Toronto Raptors were in Utah, wrapping up their uninspiring season-opening road trip, and Case...

Five-time Olympian Kerri Walsh Jennings has announced plans for her new beach volleyball circuit that will bring a sports and music festival to eight cities. The p1440 series will open in September in...

Attendance is up and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers have become a profitable, stable franchise but Mike O’Shea takes no satisfaction from that. That’s because the Winnipeg head coach has a diff...

TORONTO - Chantal Sutherland is home again. After years south of the border, the veteran jockey will again ride full-time at Woodbine Racetrack, whose 2018 thoroughbred schedule begins Saturday. Suthe...

MONTREAL - Defender Laurent Ciman is about to get his chance to take revenge on the Montreal Impact. One of Remi Garde’s first moves when he took over as coach of the Impact was to trade Ciman, ...

MONACO - Rafael Nadal remains on course to retain his Monte Carlo Masters title and won’t have Novak Djokovic standing in his way. The top-ranked Nadal beat big-hitting Russian Karen Khachanov 6...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats named former rush end Joe Montford for induction on the CFL club’s Wall of Honour on Thursday. Montford’s name and No. 53 will be added at Tim Hortons Fi...

WINNIPEG - The 2017 season was a good for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers, on and off the field. Last season, the Bombers finished tied for second with Edmonton last year in the ultra-competitive West Divis...