Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC soundly beaten 4-1 by Chicago in pre-season finale for both teams
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Toronto FC was soundly beaten 4-1 by the Chicago Fire on Saturday in the final pre-season test for both MLS teams. Dutch forward Michael de Leeuw scored twice for Chicago. Toron...
Feb 25, 2017
Manitoba's Englot, Ontario's Homan in rematch for Canadian women's curling title
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Manitoba’s Michelle Englot needs to beat Ontario’s Rachel Homan one more time for a Canadian women’s curling title. Manitoba downed Ontario 9-8 in Friday’...
Feb 25, 2017
Bettman upholds 10-game suspension of Ducks' Vermette
NEW YORK - NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman on Saturday upheld the 10-game suspension assessed to Anaheim Ducks centre Antoine Vermette for slashing a linesman. Vermette slapped his stick against the bac...
Feb 25, 2017
Canada beats South Korea 6-3 to win bronze at world junior curling playdowns
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of - Canada’s Kristen Streifel defeated South Korea’s Min Ji Kim 6-3 on Saturday to win the bronze medal at the world junior curling championship. Streifel and h...
Feb 25, 2017
ACC's Swofford encouraged by bill to repeal NC's HB2 law
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he’s encouraged that North Carolina lawmakers have filed bipartisan legislation to repeal a law that limits protectio...
Feb 25, 2017
Transgender boy wins controversial girls state title
CYPRESS, Texas - Mack Beggs had just won a state wrestling title Saturday in a category he didn’t want to be in. But instead of wallowing in a debate about what should or should not have happene...
Feb 25, 2017
WADA: Hard to secure bans for many Russians in doping cases
MOSCOW - There “simply may not be sufficient evidence” to secure bans for many of the Russian athletes implicated in an alleged state-backed doping scheme, the World Anti-Doping Agency sai...
Feb 25, 2017
Colombian bar pays homage to soccer players killed in crash
MEDELLIN, Colombia - It’s just like many little sports bars around the world: Photos of members of a favourite team line the walls, young men smiling proudly in their uniforms. In this case, tho...
Feb 25, 2017
Yang leads by 5 strokes into final round of LPGA Thailand
CHONBURI, Thailand - Amy Yang of South Korea completed a third-round, 7-under 65 early Sunday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the rain-hit LPGA Thailand tournament. Yang had a three...
Feb 25, 2017
Stuhec wins super-G to close in on Shiffrin as Vonn crashes
CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland - Suddenly the overall title is not looking so certain for Mikaela Shiffrin after Ilka Stuhec won a super-G race on Saturday. There was also a worrying crash for Lindsey Von...
Feb 25, 2017
