Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - Veteran driver Fernando Alonso will quit Formula One racing if the world’s top series opts to expand to 25 races per year. The two-time F1 champion from Spain said Thursday he is busy...

MONTREAL - Formula One veteran Sergio Perez says local favourite Lance Stroll can expect a unforgettable weekend at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. Stroll, who watched the Canadian Grand Prix from the gran...

ROME - Canadian sprinter Andre De Grasse blew past the field to post a dominating win in the 200 metres Thursday at the Golden Gala Pietro Mennea meet. At 20.01 seconds, De Grasse established a person...

CAMBRIDGE, Ont. - Preferred lies and ideal conditions left Whistle Bear Golf Club in a prone position for Thursday’s opening round at the Manulife LPGA Classic. Canadians Alena Sharp and Brittan...

GENEVA - Los Angeles and Paris should edge closer Friday to both getting Olympic hosting rights. Ahead of a key meeting of the International Olympic Committee executive board, the French capital is no...

TORONTO - It’s 1,300 days and counting since Georges St-Pierre last fought. But the former UFC welterweight champion says he feels better than ever on the comeback trail. “I’m in the...

PITTSBURGH - Only 91 seconds had elapsed in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final and already Sidney Crosby had accomplished so much. The Penguins captain slashed through the Nashville defence on his first ...

PITTSBURGH - Viktor Arvidsson was just hoping to make the Nashville Predators roster at last fall’s training camp. He not only earned a spot on the team, he became one of only 26 players in the ...

PARIS - Gabriela Dabrowski etched her name into the history books at the French Open on Thursday. The Ottawa native became the first Canadian woman to capture a Grand Slam title as she and Indian part...

PARIS - Jelena Ostapenko is a young woman in a hurry. On the day she turned 20, Ostapenko became the first unseeded French Open finalist since 1983, using big and bold groundstrokes to end points lick...