Category Archives: Sports
Goins' RBI single in 10th lifts Blue Jays past Astros, 4-3
HOUSTON - Ryan Goins hit a tiebreaking RBI single in the 10th inning, and the Toronto Blue Jays rallied for a 4-3 win over the Houston Astros on Saturday night. Goins hit the two-out single to left fi...
Aug 5, 2017
Lions ride Lulay's arm, smothering defence in 30-15 victory over Roughriders
VANCOUVER - Playing his first game with his new team, Chris Williams missed out on the B.C. Lions’ customary post-win group photo in the locker-room. If the Lions continuing playing like they di...
Aug 5, 2017
Opare helps DC United to 1-1 draw with Toronto FC
WASHINGTON - Kofi Opare scored his first goal of the season as D.C. United played MLS-leading Toronto FC to a 1-1 draw on Saturday night. D.C. United (5-14-4) managed just four shots - one on target -...
Aug 5, 2017
Anthony Jackson-Hamel scores late to rally Impact past Orlando City
MONTREAL - Anthony Jackson-Hamel scored in the 84th minute as the Montreal Impact came from behind to beat Orlando City SC 2-1 on Saturday. Jackson-Hamel scored five minutes after coming into the game...
Aug 5, 2017
Jets score TD with 10-year-old boy who battled leukemia
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - The New York Jets scored a special touchdown by fulfilling a young fan’s big wish. On the first play of team drills during practice at MetLife Stadium on Saturday night, ...
Aug 5, 2017
Bolt has farewell party crashed, but not by De Grasse, in 100 final at worlds
LONDON - On a night intended to celebrate one of the greatest athletes of all time, someone crashed Usain Bolt’s farewell party. But it wasn’t Andre De Grasse. The Canadian wasn’t at...
Aug 5, 2017
Canada's Derek Drouin out of world championships with Achilles tendon injury.
LONDON - More bad news for Canada at the world track and field championships. Derek Drouin, the reigning world and Olympic champion in high jump, announced he was withdrawing with an Achilles tendon i...
Aug 5, 2017
Bronze and gone: In a shocker, Bolt takes third at worlds
LONDON - One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 metres of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of him. One final time, the World’s Fastest Man furiously pu...
Aug 5, 2017
Slovakia's Magdalena Rybarikova advances to second qualifier at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova, the top seed in Rogers Cup women’s qualifying, moved on to the second round of qualifiers on Saturday with a victory over Japan’s Kurumi Na...
Aug 5, 2017
Australia's Ashleigh Gentle wins Montreal triathlon, Canada's Brown fourth
MONTREAL - Ashleigh Gentle of Australia posted her first World Triathlon Series victory, but Joanna Brown of Ottawa may have celebrated just as much for finishing fourth. A week after coming in sevent...
Aug 5, 2017
