Category Archives: Sports
CFL TSN giving fans chance to build and run their own team this season
TORONTO - Canadian football fans can now become the general manager of their own team. The CFL and TSN have partnered to launch TSN CFL Fantasy, a free game that will give fans the chance to build and...
May 31, 2017
Canada's women's basketball drops one-point exhibition loss to Montenegro
BORDEAUX, France - Canada’s women’s basketball team dropped a 67-66 decision to 27th-ranked Montenegro on Wednesday in the third game of their European exhibition series. Ruth Hamblin of H...
May 31, 2017
Vancouver defender Shannon Woeller earns Canada callback for Costa Rica games
TORONTO - Vancouver defender Shannon Woeller, summoned by coach John Herdman as an injury replacement in April, has earned a callback for Canada’s games against Costa Rica in Winnipeg and Toront...
May 31, 2017
Raonic through to third round at French Open, Abanda defeated by Wozniacki
PARIS - Canada’s Milos Raonic is through to the third round of the French Open after a 4-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-4 win over Brazil’s Rogerio Dutra Silva on Wednesday. Raonic fired his 25th ace of t...
May 31, 2017
Prosecutors to drop charges in Stanley Cup dead catfish toss
PITTSBURGH - Prosecutors are dropping charges filed against a Tennessee man for throwing a catfish onto the rink in Pittsburgh during the opening of the Stanley Cup Final. Thirty-six-year-old Jacob Wa...
May 31, 2017
Calgary Stampeders sign local defensive lineman Michael Klassen
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian defensive lineman Michael Klassen. The the six-foot-five, 275-pound Calgary native has played 54 career regular-season games over four seasons wit...
May 31, 2017
Canadians Ashley Lawrence, Kadeisha Buchanan face off in Champions League final
Two Canadians will be front and centre Thursday in European women’s showcase soccer match. Wingback Ashley Lawrence and defender Kadeisha Buchanan, both 21, face off in an all-French final of th...
May 31, 2017
Toronto Argonauts veteran linebacker Winston Venable calls it a career
TORONTO - Veteran linebacker Winston Venable has retired, the Toronto Argonauts announced Wednesday. Toronto signed the five-foot-11, 220-pound Venable this off-season as a free agent. Venable spent t...
May 31, 2017
Tokyo organizers reach agreement on allocation of 2020 costs
TOKYO - Organizers of the Tokyo Olympics reached a broad agreement Wednesday on the allocation of costs for the 2020 Games with the metropolitan, national and local governments of the seven prefecture...
May 31, 2017
New deal for Wenger after Arsenal says no better alternative
LONDON - Even as dissent mounted against Arsene Wenger and the Premier League title drought reached 13 years, Arsenal’s leadership concluded there’s no better manager for the London club. ...
May 31, 2017
