Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - The Edmonton Oilers’ first playoff berth in more than a decade ended in heartbreak, but Connor McDavid thinks the club will be better for it. “I think after going through the pla...

James MacDonald is still basking in the limelight of a most unlikely world championship. The 31-year-old Charlottetown native clinched the 2017 world driving championship in his hometown Friday night....

TORONTO - Centre Joel Anthony, guard Brady Heslip and forward Andrew Nicholson headline the Canadian senior men’s national team roster for the upcoming FIBA AmeriCup in Argentina. Anthony, a fre...

NEW YORK - A 14-year-old boy collapsed during a football practice held on a hot, humid Tuesday morning at a private high school and later died, police and school officials said. Dominick Bess was head...

BELFAST, Ireland - Elissa Alarie scored two tries and Canada advanced to the fifth-place final of the Women’s Rugby World Cup with a 52-0 rout of Wales on Tuesday. Brianna Miller had a try and f...

TORONTO - Could the next Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team have some star power after all? Team general manager Sean Burke said Tuesday that he’s inquired about the plans and potential av...

EDMONTON - The injuries keep piling up for the Edmonton Eskimos. The CFL team announced Tuesday that offensive lineman Jean-Simon Roy and long-snapper Ryan King have both sustained a torn right anteri...

NEW YORK - Montreal midfielder Ignacio Piatti was named Major League Soccer player of the week on Tuesday after leading the Impact to a pair of victories. Piatti scored two goals in Montreal’s 3...

TORONTO - Running back Andrew Harris and quarterback Matt Nichols of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers were named CFL top performers of the week Tuesday along with Toronto Argonauts receiver SJ Green. Harris ...

NEW YORK - Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime won their first-round qualifying matches Tuesday at the US Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., posted a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Am...