Category Archives: Sports
McDavid believes NHL should be at 2018 Olympics: '100 per cent they should go'
LOS ANGEGLES, Calif. - Add Connor McDavid to the list of players urging the NHL to reconsider its current position on the 2018 Olympics. “NHL players should be there and I certainly hope they ar...
Jan 29, 2017
U.S. soccer captain criticizes Trump travel ban, says he is 'sad and embarrassed'
TORONTO - U.S. soccer captain Michael Bradley says he is “sad and embarrassed” by President Donald Trump’s travel ban. Bradley, who is also Toronto FC’s skipper, took to Instag...
Jan 29, 2017
Cook beats Butler with seventh round TKO for light middleweight title
MONTREAL - Brandon Cook scored a stunning victory over Steven Butler when he sent the promising light middleweight to the canvas at the end of the seventh round, sparking a melee among some of the 5,5...
Jan 29, 2017
FA Cup to have 2 non-league teams in last 16
MANCHESTER, England - The FA Cup threw up its latest heartwarming story line on Sunday when Sutton United beat second-tier Leeds 1-0 to ensure there would be two non-league teams in the fifth round fo...
Jan 29, 2017
Somalia-born Farah troubled by Trump's travel ban
Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has criticized U.S. President Donald Trump’s immigration policy, saying Sunday the temporary travel ban “seems to have made me an alien” and left ...
Jan 29, 2017
Federer beats Nadal in epic Aussie final to win 18th major
MELBOURNE, Australia - So here was Roger Federer, down a break in the fifth set in a Grand Slam final. Across the net was his nemesis, Rafael Nadal, the left-handed Spaniard he hadn’t been able ...
Jan 29, 2017
The Latest: Federer says Nadal deserved win, too
MELBOURNE, Australia - The Latest on Sunday at the Australian Open (all times local): 12:10 a.m. There was much mutual respect following the Australian Open final between Roger Federer and Rafael Nada...
Jan 29, 2017
Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in 5-set Australian Open final to capture 18th Grand Slam title
MELBOURNE, Australia - Roger Federer beats Rafael Nadal in 5-set Australian Open final to capture 18th Grand Slam title. More to come. The Canadian Press
Jan 29, 2017
Japan's Watanabe sets world record in 200-meter breaststroke
TOKYO - Japan teenager Ippei Watanabe set a world record in the men’s 200-meter breaststroke with a time of 2 minutes, 06.67 seconds. The 19-year-old university student improved on the previous ...
Jan 28, 2017
Ontario has shot at sweep of Canadian junior curling championships
VICTORIA - Matt Hall led his Ontario rink past Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan in an extra end on Saturday night to advance to the men’s Canadian junior curling championship final. Hall&#...
Jan 28, 2017
