Category Archives: Sports

LONDON - Detectives are investigating allegations that a British player at the Wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned, after she fell ill with a bacterial infection that can be spread through rat ur...

TORONTO - Melvin Upton Jr. bops his head to the music blaring in the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse, seemingly at ease. He shares a quick laugh with Devon Travis moments later, the two trading what looks...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 7 Tampa Bay 0 N.Y. Yankees 9 Boston 4 Houston at Minnesota, ppd. Kansas City 3 Chicago White Sox 2 (14 innings) Oakland 1 Baltimore 0 Seattle 3 Detr...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Canadian women’s 4×200-metre freestyle relay team won bronze at the Rio Olympics on Wednesday night. Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., B.C.-born Taylor Ruck of Scott...

TORONTO - Even if he’d like to steer clear of the topic, Cy Young Award chatter is improbably surrounding J.A. Happ as the veteran left-hander continues to pile up victories. Happ became the fir...

BRATISKLAVA, Slovakia - Maxime Comtois scored two short-handed goals to lead Canada’s under-18 men’s hockey team past Sweden 4-1 at the Ivan Hlinka Memorial Cup on Wednesday. Despite the w...

RIO DI JANIERO, Brazil - Canadian women continued to add to the country’s medal haul on Wednesday night at the Rio Summer Games. The women’s 4×200-metre relay team, comprised of risin...

TORONTO - Jose Bautista is headed back to the 15-day disabled list with a sprained left knee. The Blue Jays outfielder, who only just returned from a stint on the DL, injured the knee as he attempted ...

EDMONTON - Help is on the way for quarterback Mike Reilly and the Edmonton Eskimos. Centre Justin Sorensen returns to the lineup Thursday night when Edmonton (2-4) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (2-4). ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - FIFA ethics investigators confirmed Wednesday that they are formally investigating the indicted head of Brazilian soccer, just days after he met with FIFA President Gianni Infantino ....