Category Archives: Sports
Bolanos the Whitecaps' offensive catalyst with Vancouver set to host D.C. United
VANCOUVER - The raking cross dipped in and out of the tricky late-afternoon shadows at B.C. Place Stadium as it steamed towards Christian Bolanos. Instead of trying to control the ball for himself whe...
May 26, 2017
Canada's Warner poised for third Gotzis title in his decathlon season debut
A Canadian record and a hat trick are on the line when Damian Warner makes his season decathlon debut this weekend. The 27-year-old from London, Ont., is the favourite to capture a third Hypo Meeting ...
May 26, 2017
Curling Canada expands Olympic pre-trials field to 28 to avoid tiebreaker option
ORLEANS, Ont. - Curling Canada has expanded the field of a pre-trials qualifying event for the Olympic Games. The addition of rinks skipped by Mark Bice of Sarnia, Ont., Jamie Murphy of Halifax, Karla...
May 26, 2017
Castroneves fastest on Carb Day as another Honda engine goes
INDIANAPOLIS - Three-time champion Helio Castroneves turned the fastest lap on Carb Day during the final practice for the Indy 500, while more engine trouble for Honda left teams leery of what could h...
May 26, 2017
Olympian, Pan Am champion Karine Thomas retires from synchro swim team
OTTAWA - Two-time Olympian Karine Thomas has retired after a 10-year career with the Canadian synchronized swimming team. Thomas and Jacqueline Simoneau won duet gold at the 2015 Pan American Games in...
May 26, 2017
Djokovic and Nadal could meet in French Open semifinals
PARIS - It won’t be easy for Canada’s Milos Raonic if he makes it through the first few rounds of the French Open. The fifth seed from Thornhill, Ont., could potentially meet Grigor Dimitr...
May 26, 2017
Canada loses by six wickets to Malaysia in cricket one-dayer in Uganda
ENTEBBE, Uganda - Canada suffered its first loss in ICC World Cricket League Division 3 play Friday, beaten by six wickets by Malaysia. Canada is one of six teams looking to win one of two promotion s...
May 26, 2017
Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov looks to keep rising up the UFC ranks
A winner of eight straight fights, Canadian light-heavyweight Misha Cirkunov can now also lay claim to surviving a run-in with UFC boss Dana White. Cirkunov found himself on the outs with the volatile...
May 26, 2017
Belarus president calls national hockey team 'spineless'
MOSCOW - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko called the country’s national hockey team “spineless” after it failed to qualify for the playoffs at the world championships. Lukas...
May 26, 2017
Michael DiPietro doing his part to get Windsor to the Memorial Cup final
WINDSOR, Ont. - Windsor Spitfires coach Rocky Thompson isn’t asking his team to play a perfect game at the Memorial Cup. It hasn’t been needed with Michael DiPietro in net. “When we ...
May 26, 2017
