Category Archives: Sports
New Impact defender Deian Boldor eager to play but may have to wait
MONTREAL - Deian Boldor is eager to get started with the Montreal Impact, but the Romanian defender may have to wait to make his Major League Soccer debut. The 22-year-old, who arrived this week after...
Jul 26, 2017
Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor reunited as pairing for first round of Canadian Open
OAKVILLE, Ont. - When Adam Hadwin and Nick Taylor begin the opening round of the RBC Canadian Open on Thursday afternoon, it’s going to feel more like a trip down memory lane than a national cha...
Jul 26, 2017
Canada claims bronze in 4x1-- mixed medley relay at world swimming championships
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canada picked up its second swimming medal at the world aquatic championships with a bronze in the 4×100-metre mixed medley on Wednesday. Kylie Masse of LaSalle, Ont., Edmonto...
Jul 26, 2017
Lions, Eskimos to square off in battle of West Division co-leaders
It’s only the sixth week of the regular season, but there’s plenty on the line when the Edmonton Eskimos meet the B.C. Lions on Friday night. Edmonton (4-0) is the league’s lone rema...
Jul 26, 2017
Canadian women feeling confident as they head to Ireland for Rugby World Cup
TORONTO - Canada heads to the Women’s Rugby World Cup ranked third in the world and believing it can take down the top two if it plays to its potential. “I think we feel very prepared,R...
Jul 26, 2017
Los Angeles Lakers re-sign Canadian guard Tyler Ennis
EL SEGUNDO, Calif. - The Los Angeles Lakers have re-signed Canadian guard Tyler Ennis, a late-season addition who played his way into a job. The Lakers announced the deal Wednesday. Los Angeles acquir...
Jul 26, 2017
Messam, Hughes and Reilly named CFL top performers for Week 5
TORONTO - Calgary running back Jerome Messam and defensive lineman Charleston Hughes and Edmonton quarterback Mike Reilly are the CFL’s top performers for Week 5. Messam had 135 rushing yards an...
Jul 26, 2017
Ronnie Yell back healthy and leading B.C. Lions' resurgent secondary
SURREY, B.C. - Ronnie Yell dropped into coverage, read the play and was stunned by what unfolding in front of him. With roughly 90 seconds left on the clock and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers set up at the...
Jul 26, 2017
Toronto FC midfielder Benoit Cheyrou out eight weeks with calf tear
Toronto FC will be without French midfielder Benoit Cheyrou for the next eight weeks due to a calf injury. Toronto head coach Greg Vanney confirmed the injury Wednesday, saying Cheyrou suffered a Grad...
Jul 26, 2017
13-time motorbike world champ Nieto in hospital after crash
MADRID - Former motorbike world champion Angel Nieto has been taken to a hospital on the Spanish island of Ibiza after a crash while riding a quadbike. Nieto’s son, Gelete Nieto, tells Spanish n...
Jul 26, 2017
