Category Archives: Sports
Italy coach fired as FA chief resists calls to step down
ROME - Two days after Italy failed to qualify for the World Cup, the head of the country’s football federation fired national coach Gian Piero Ventura - while ignoring angry calls to quit his ow...
Nov 15, 2017
Former NHLer McKegney gets intermittent jail sentence for impaired driving
BELLEVILLE, Ont. - A former National Hockey League player has been given an intermittent jail sentence for impaired driving east of Belleville, Ont. Fifty-nine-year-old Anthony McKegney of Kingston, O...
Nov 15, 2017
Ex-Argentine official kills self amid soccer corruption case
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - A former Argentine government official has killed himself after being accused of taking bribes, the latest fallout from a widespread corruption probe in professional soccer t...
Nov 15, 2017
Toronto loses appeal of red card, Altidore to join Giovinco on the sidelines
TORONTO - The news, while perhaps not unexpected, was not good for Toronto FC on Wednesday. An independent panel upheld referee Chris Penso’s decision to issue a red card to Altidore for violent...
Nov 15, 2017
Bills bench QB Taylor in favour of rookie Peterman
ORCHARD PARK, N.Y. - Rookie Nathan Peterman has replaced Tyrod Taylor as the Buffalo Bills’ starting quarterback in an abrupt move coach Sean McDermott said he made in a bid to improve the team....
Nov 15, 2017
Jamaica's Carter at court for Bolt Olympic relay medal case
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - Jamaican sprinter Nesta Carter has testified at the Court of Arbitration for Sport to appeal against disqualification from the 2008 Olympics in a doping case that cost Usain Bo...
Nov 15, 2017
Trump asks whether UCLA players will thank him for release
WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump is asking whether three UCLA basketball players released from detention in China will thank him. Trump said he raised their case with China’s president when h...
Nov 15, 2017
Bail tightened for official in FIFA soccer bribery case
NEW YORK - A judge tightened bail conditions on a South American soccer official charged in the FIFA bribery scandal after prosecutors surprised the courtroom by accusing the defendant of threatening ...
Nov 15, 2017
France to host 2023 Rugby World Cup, stunning South Africa
LONDON - France will host the Rugby World Cup in 2023, a year before the Olympic Games in Paris, after surprisingly beating South Africa and Ireland in a vote on Wednesday. The World Rugby Council dis...
Nov 15, 2017
No doping charges in UK cycling probe but methods criticized
LONDON - No charges will be brought over the doping investigation that cast a cloud over the reputation of British cycling and Bradley Wiggins, the country’s first Tour de France champion and mo...
Nov 15, 2017
