Category Archives: Sports

LIMA, Peru - If the Russians are worried about missing the upcoming Winter Olympics, one of their key leaders certainly isn’t showing it. Alexander Zhukov, a Russian member of the International ...

JACKSON, Wyo. - ESPN Radio host Ryen Russillo has paid a $250 fine for drunkenly wandering into a stranger’s apartment in the Wyoming resort town of Jackson. The Jackson Hole News & Guide re...

MONTREAL - Striker Anthony Jackson-Hamel got two bits of good news on Thursday. First, the Quebec City native signed a two-year contract extension with the Montreal Impact, including an option year fo...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs opened camp Thursday looking to build on last season’s promising platform and a sparkling array of young talent. The Leafs listed 73 players on their camp roste...

LILLE, France - Lucas Pouille and Jo-Wilfried Tsonga will lead nine-time champion France in the opening singles against Serbia in the Davis Cup semifinals. In the absence of Novak Djokovic, Pouille wi...

JERUSALEM - The Giro d’Italia cycling race will open next year’s event in Israel, marking the first time any leg of the sport’s Grand Tours will take place outside of Europe. Organiz...

JERUSALEM - Israel on Thursday said the international marathon body was injecting politics into sports by excluding an Israeli race because it passes through West Bank territory the Palestinians and m...

CALGARY - City subsidies for professional sports teams like the Calgary Flames can be justified in the name of civic planning, pride or politics, but suggestions that they result in net growth to the ...

VANCOUVER - A long, looping ball from Vancouver Whitecaps defender Marcel de Jong landed perfectly onto the delicate boot of Yordy Reyna early in Wednesday’s match against Minnesota United. The ...

TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Gibbons couldn’t have envisioned that the first pitch of Wednesday’s game would be the difference maker in Toronto’s 2-1 loss to the Baltimore Oriole...