Category Archives: Sports

Mark de Jonge’s mind never really stops racing. A civil engineer by trade, the Canadian kayaker won bronze at the 2012 Olympics in the 200-metre singles event - known as the K-1 - and is the two...

MONTREAL - The pressure got to Eugenie Bouchard and it put Canada’s top women’s tennis player out of the US$2.4 million Rogers Cup. After impressive wins over higher-ranked Lucie Safarova ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Sabotage by unhappy workers may have caused water and gas leaks, blocked toilets and electrical faults that slowed teams from moving into the athletes’ village, Rio Olympic orga...

MOSCOW - A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal. Team members left on a c...

MARATHON, Fla. - Pro Football Hall of Famer Warren Sapp is OK after being bitten on the arm by a shark while catching lobster off the Florida Keys. A photo posted by a fishing charter boat’s acc...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American League Detroit 4 Boston 3 Oakland 6 Texas 4 Houston 4 N.Y. Yankees 1 Kansas City 7 L.A. Angels 5 — National League Miami 11 Philadelphia 1 Cincinnati 2 San F...

MONTREAL - Canadian Eugenie Bouchard learned from her loss at Wimbledon earlier this month to turn the tables on her opponent. That strategy has her in the third round of the Rogers Cup for the first ...

STARKVILLE, Miss. - WTVA-TV reports (http://bit.ly/2afJbxw ) that a municipal court has cleared former Mississippi State quarterback Dak Prescott on charges of speeding and drunk driving. The Dallas C...

Henry Burris is back as the Ottawa Redblacks’ starting quarterback. The CFL’s outstanding player last year opened the season under centre for the defending East Division champions but suff...

VANCOUVER - An astute set of moves by B.C. Lions coach and general manager Wally Buono during the winter has made it much easier for the CFL team to withstand two season-ending injuries. B.C. (3-1) wi...