Category Archives: Sports
St-Gelais, Girard, win golds as Canada nets five medals at speedskating World Cup
DORDRECHT, Netherlands - Marianne St-Gelais and Samuel Girard each won gold in their 500-metre events as Canada won five medals on Saturday at a short-track speedskating World Cup. Kim Boutin took hom...
Oct 7, 2017
Canada's Black finish fourth as Paseka takes vault gold at gymnastics worlds
MONTREAL - There was no dishonour for Canada’s Ellie Black in finishing fourth among a star-studded entry list at the World Gymnastics Championships on Saturday afternoon. Only hours after takin...
Oct 7, 2017
Raptors waive Meeks, Rautins, Wiltjer; Toronto roster down to 17 players
TORONTO - Canadian guard Andy Rautins, centre Kennedy Meeks and forward Kyle Wiltjer were all waived by the Toronto Raptors on Saturday. Rautins and Wiltjer both appeared in three pre-season games whi...
Oct 7, 2017
High-scoring Wolfpack winger named to Ireland's Rugby League World Cup squad
Toronto Wolfpack winger Liam Kay has been named to Ireland’s team for the Rugby League World Cup. Kay led the Kingstone Press League 1 with 25 tries this season, helping the first-year Wolfpack ...
Oct 7, 2017
Jaromir Jagr postpones debut with Calgary Flames, skips home-opener
CALGARY - Jaromir Jagr wants more time before making his debut with the Calgary Flames. The 45-year-old right-winger opted not to play in Calgary’s home-opener Saturday against the Winnipeg Jets...
Oct 7, 2017
Canada's Julia Budd to defend Bellator featherweight title against Blencowe
TORONTO - Canadian Julia (The Jewel) Budd will make the first defence of her Bellator featherweight title against Australian Arlene (Angerfist) Blencowe on Dec. 1 in Thackerville, Okla. Budd (10-2-0) ...
Oct 7, 2017
At the Turn: Once snow falls, indoor golf offers chance to hone game for spring
OTTAWA - The secret, golfer Ben Hogan famously declared, is in the dirt. But on Dave Druken’s high-tech practice range, there’s not a speck of the stuff. In truth, Golftec’s indoor t...
Oct 7, 2017
Turner's record 5 RBIs drive Dodgers to 9-5 win over D-backs
LOS ANGELES - Clayton Kershaw still hasn’t figured out how to dominate in October. This time, he couldn’t even keep the ball in the yard. Justin Turner and the Los Angeles Dodgers made sur...
Oct 6, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Friday’s Games CFL Hamilton 30 Winnipeg 13 — NHL Columbus 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 Tampa Bay 5 Florida 3 Vegas 2 Dallas 1 — AHL Grand Rapids 5 Manitoba 2 Rochester 3 Syracuse 1 Charlotte 5...
Oct 6, 2017
Friday's Games
Friday’s Games CFL Hamilton 30 Winnipeg 13 — NHL Columbus 5 N.Y. Islanders 0 Tampa Bay 5 Florida 3 Vegas 2 Dallas 1 — AHL Grand Rapids 5 Manitoba 2 Rochester 3 Syracuse 1 Charlotte 5...
Oct 6, 2017
