Category Archives: Sports
Canada's Shapovalov through to second round of Swiss Indoors with win over Sugita
BASEL, Switzerland - Canada’s Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) win over Japan’s Yuichi Sugita on Monday. The 18...
Oct 23, 2017
Doping scandal roils another sport: Dogsledding
ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Cycling. Baseball. Track. Horse racing. Now dogsledding has become the latest professional sport to be engulfed in a doping scandal, this one involving the huskies that dash across...
Oct 23, 2017
Roughriders sign veteran lineman LaBatte to four-year contract extension
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed veteran offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte to a four-year contract extension Monday. The six-foot-four, 304-pound LaBatte is under contract to the Riders th...
Oct 23, 2017
Montreal Impact fire head coach Mauro Biello after missing playoffs
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are looking for a top level coach that they hope can take them to new heights in Major League Soccer. The Impact fired coach Mauro Biello and his staff on Monday, a day ...
Oct 23, 2017
Maori All Blacks name touring rugby squad to face Canada in Vancouver
TORONTO - The Maori All Blacks have named 10 new caps in their squad to face Canada in Vancouver next month. Hawke’s Bay hooker Ash Dixon will captain the storied invitational rugby side. The ne...
Oct 23, 2017
Jagr out of Calgary Flames lineup with injury, Jankowski recalled
CALGARY - First delay and now interruption has grounded Jaromir Jagr’s launch as a Calgary Flame. A lower-body injury sustained in Saturday’s 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild put the 45-year...
Oct 23, 2017
Dryden: Time for a 'Game Change' when it comes to hockey and hits to the head
TORONTO - Ken Dryden never met Steve Montador. But after hearing of the death of the NHL veteran defenceman at just 35, he wanted to know how and why. “Game Change” is the result. Subtitle...
Oct 23, 2017
Three-time world champ Patrick Chan scaling back quad content for Skate Canada
A recent training session that went awry has Patrick Chan scaling back his technical difficulty for Skate Canada International. The three-time world figure skating champion remembers it was a Thursday...
Oct 23, 2017
South Korean Olympic organizers downplay concern over NKorea
ANCIENT OLYMPIA, Greece - South Korea’s Olympic organizers played down concern over ongoing tensions with North Korea on Monday and also said that work has been completed on all venues for the 2...
Oct 23, 2017
WADA investigating claims of systematic doping in China
BERLIN - The World Anti-Doping Agency is looking into allegations made by a German broadcaster that Chinese athletes benefited from systematic doping in the 1980s and 90s. “The allegations were ...
Oct 23, 2017
