Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - Light heavyweight contender Artur Beterbiev has signed a contract to face Germany’s Enrico Koelling in an elimination bout despite a court bid to have his contract with promoter Yvon ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps can probably be forgiven if they have to look up directions to B.C. Place Stadium. “Big, white building,” head coach Carl Robinson quipped when asked if...

Canada wraps up the World Sevens season this weekend in London, hoping to end on a high note after a disappointing showing in Paris. Still there have been more pluses than minuses for coach Damian McG...

OTTAWA - It turns out Mike Sullivan’s decision to start Matt Murray for Game 4 of the NHL’s Eastern Conference final was the right one. Murray, who hadn’t started a game since April ...

FRANKFURT - Referee Bibiana Steinhaus has been promoted to the Bundesliga for next season and will be first women working games in Germany’s top division. In an interview published on the German...

ATHOL, Mass. - Gronk will soon be tracking down criminals, sniffing for drugs and acting as the furry face of a Massachusetts police department. No, not New England Patriots tight end Rob Gronkowski. ...

Beach volleyball has a new ally as it tries to grow from an Olympic phenomenon to an every-year attraction: ESPN. The sports network will broadcast the World Series of Beach Volleyball, an internation...

LONDON - Maria Sharapova will play in the Wimbledon qualifying tournament. The 2004 champion at the All England Club, who returned last month from a 15-month doping ban, said Friday in a post on her w...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - The IOC’s decision on whether to award Olympic hosting rights to both Los Angeles and Paris could be announced on June 9. The IOC said Friday that its executive board wil...

NEW YORK - Between dashing for interviews with coaches and chatting with NBA commissioner Adam Silver, Holly Rowe was back in her element Thursday night. It was a welcome respite for ESPN’s vete...