Category Archives: Sports

Jake Nerwinski didn’t want his chance to come about this way. The rookie defender for the Vancouver Whitecaps earned two league starts during the club’s busy early schedule before settling...

CHICAGO - General manager Stan Bowman promised changes were coming after the Chicago Blackhawks were swept in the first round of the playoffs. Boy, he wasn’t kidding. Chicago re-acquired Brandon...

CHICAGO - The Arizona Coyotes acquired Niklas Hjalmarsson in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, adding a dependable defenceman during a time of turmoil for the franchise. The 30-year-old H...

TORONTO - Stilts, Superman, Sir Richard. Just some of the nicknames Richard Whiting has collected along his long rugby league road. Now the English Super League veteran, famous for having played every...

NEW YORK - Billie Jean King celebrated the 45th anniversary of Title IX at the New York Historical Society. King and friends of the Women’s Sports Foundation gathered Thursday night at the museu...

TORONTO - Coach John Herdman is a step closer to his goal of taking the Canadian women’s soccer team to the top. Canada has moved up one spot to No. 4 in the new FIFA women’s world ranking...

PARIS - High-divers plunged into the River Seine, trampoline athletes somersaulted inside the Petit Palais art museum and runners raced on a floating track as Paris turned some of its world-famous lan...

SOCHI, Russia - The Russian city of Sochi’s only professional soccer club says it is withdrawing from the league, in a move which calls World Cup legacy plans into question. FC Sochi says in a w...

SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - A North Korean taekwondo demonstration team arrived in South Korea on Friday for its first performances in the rival country in 10 years. The team’s arrival came as S...

Thursday’s Games CFL Montreal 17 Saskatchewan 16 — MLB American League Texas 11 Toronto 4 Chicago White Sox 9 Minnesota 0 Houston 12 Oakland 9 Cleveland 6 Baltimore 3 L.A. Angels 10 N.Y. Y...