Category Archives: Sports
Toronto Wolfpack release five players as preparations continue for promotion
TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have cut five players, including two Canadian internationals, as they prepare for life in the second tier of English rugby league. Gone are Steve Crossley, Tom Dempsey, ...
Oct 26, 2017
Toronto FC ready for hard-pressing Red Bulls in MLS Eastern Conference semifinal
Toronto FC posed for its team photo Thursday, with the Voyageurs Cup and Supporters’ Shield proudly displayed in front. The battle for a third trophy, the MLS Cup, starts for real Monday against...
Oct 26, 2017
Ice dancers Weaver, Poje going back to old favourite in Olympic season
REGINA - Canada’s Kaitlyn Weaver and Andrew Poje hope a page from their past will help them climb the Olympic podium. The ice dancers have gone back to their popular free dance to “Je Suis...
Oct 26, 2017
Veteran trainer Mark Casse sending seven horses to Breeders' Cup event
Mark Casse will have three horses in the Juvenile Fillies and a strong favourite in the Mile at this years’ Breeder’s Cup, but experience has taught him to never assume anything. Casse, ni...
Oct 26, 2017
Canadian basketball player hopes for better opportunities for Indigenous athletes
Michael Linklater remembers the day he fell in love with the game. His elementary school in Saskatoon had just laid a new asphalt basketball court, and a group of older boys playing pick-up had drawn ...
Oct 26, 2017
Girardi fired as Yankees manager, leaving with 'heavy heart'
Joe Girardi was fired as New York Yankees manager Thursday after a decade that produced just one World Series title for a team that expects to win every year. Yankees general manager Brian Cashman ann...
Oct 26, 2017
No sweat, no sport: EU says bridge card game is not a sport
BRUSSELS - The European Union’s top court ruled Thursday on a topic that vexes sports fans and card players alike: Is a game like bridge a sport? The answer: When it comes to taxes, no sweat, no...
Oct 26, 2017
Former Canada captain Al Charron to be inducted into World Rugby Hall of Fame
Former Canada captain Al Charron is headed to the World Rugby Hall of Fame. The 51-year-old Ottawa native won 76 caps for Canada, a national record that stood for 14 years until broken by Aaron Carpen...
Oct 26, 2017
Campbell sets 100-meter world short-course record
ADELAIDE, Australia - Cate Campbell set a world short-course record with a time of 50.25 seconds in the 100-meter freestyle at the Australian short-course championships on Thursday. Campbell took .033...
Oct 26, 2017
Slovenia biathlete is sole 2010 Olympic retest positive
SALZBURG, Austria - A Slovenian biathlete was the only competitor who failed doping retests from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics. The International Biathlon Union said Thursday that two samples given by T...
Oct 26, 2017
