Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - He’s yet to miss a game because of an apparent right shoulder injury but that hasn’t stopped Toronto Maple Leafs players from being asked what it might be like without exciting r...

ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - Life takes a back seat to curling for the Rachel Homan team these days. They’ve dialled down their jobs and limited their social lives in a year of high stakes. Homan skip...

American sprinter Jeremy Wariner is moving up to middle distance racing - at least for one night. The five-time world champion and 400-metre specialist is in the field for the 1,200-metre pursuit race...

TORONTO - When Kate Van Buskirk won the women’s 3,000 metres at the historic Millrose Games, it was a victory that went way beyond crossing the line first. The 29-year-old runner from Brampton, ...

PARIS - Groups defending the French language are lodging legal protests over the English-only slogan used for Paris’ 2024 Olympic bid. Lawyer Emmanuel Ludot said Friday that he has submitted a r...

ALBANY, N.Y. - It was quite a night for a New York state college basketball fan who made a half-court shot to win a $500 gift card, and then received a marriage proposal seconds later. Erin Tobin took...

BARCELONA, Spain - The Spanish government presented stricter legislation Friday to bring the country back in line with World Anti-Doping Agency standards. WADA declared Spain “non-compliant̶...

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - After an incident involving a military airplane delayed the race, Marcel Hirscher ended his long wait to win a world championship title in giant slalom on Friday. The race...

PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadians Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir captured the gold medal in ice dancing Friday at the ISU Four Continents Figure Skating Championships. Virtue, from London, Ont....

Thursday’s Games NHL Edmonton 6 Philadelphia 3 Ottawa 3 New Jersey 0 St. Louis 4 Vancouver 3 Pittsburgh 4 Winnipeg 3 (OT) N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Buffalo 2 Colorado 0 Minnesota 3 Dallas ...