Category Archives: Sports

CALGARY - Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference is taking on a new role helping Alberta athletes. Ference has been named chairman of Alberta Sport Connection, a provincial agency that promotes spo...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American defensive end Tristan Okpalaugo to a two-year contract Thursday. The six-foot-six, 250-pound Okpalaugo returns to the CFL after signing with the NF...

An analytics company predicts a big Winter Olympics for Norway and says Canada will finish fourth in total medals won next year in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The U.S.-based sports and entertainment dat...

SASKATOON - The general manager of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association is defending the actions of the Sask Valley Minor Hockey League in response to referee allegations of fan abuse. Kyle Chudyk, 29,...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian speedskaters Ivanie Blondin and Ted-Jan Bloemen finished just outside the medals on the opening day of the world single distance championships. Ottawa’...

TORONTO - Canada, which won bronze at the Rio Olympics, will meet both Olympic champion Germany and runner-up Sweden in European women’s soccer friendlies during the April FIFA international win...

TORONTO - Former UFC welterweight contender Rory (Red King) MacDonald is returning to action, promising to make his Bellator debut in May a “bloodbath.” The 27-year-old B.C. native, who no...

TORONTO - His team down 12-7 at halftime to Argentina at the Sydney Sevens, Canada rugby coach Damian McGrath urged his players to pick up the tempo and stick to the game plan. “You’ve the...

HARTFORD, Conn. - A committee investigating a disputed Harvard-Yale regatta last summer has determined that nobody won the race. The regatta committee has informed both schools that the trophy for the...

HOCHFILZEN, Austria - The Austrian federal criminal agency said Thursday it raided the lodgings of the Kazakh national biathlon team on the eve of the world championships on suspicion of doping. Polic...