Category Archives: Sports

FORT ERIE, Ont. - Luis Contreras is two-thirds of the way to another personal Canadian Triple Crown. Contreras guided 14-1 longshot Cool Catomine to victory in the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on T...

SURREY, B.C. - Despite putting up some impressive numbers in 2016, Bryan Burnham’s head was often in two places at once. The B.C. Lions slotback wanted to do everything in his power to help the ...

TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins may be looking to next season but manager John Gibbons is still focused on 2017. Speaking to reporters Monday, a week ahead of the July 31 trade deadlin...

VANCOUVER - Sam Adekugbe is on the move again. The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Tuesday that the 22-year-old defender has been loaned to Swedish first division club IFK Goteborg until the end of 2017...

One week after his arrest in a corruption probe, Angel Maria Villar’s three-decade reign of the Spanish Football Federation came to an end on Tuesday when he was suspended from its presidency. V...

Sean Burke and Willie Desjardins have been charged with finding and leading non-NHL talent for Team Canada at the 2018 Pyeongchang Games. Burke will serve as Canada’s GM for the 2017-18 season w...

CHICAGO - Research on 202 former football players found evidence of a brain disease linked to repeated head blows in nearly all of them, from athletes in the CFL, NFL, college and even high school. It...

UDINE, Italy - Aislinn Konig erupted for 10 three-pointers and 32 points to lift Canada to a 74-70 victory over Latvia at the FIBA U19 Women’s World Cup. The Canadians (3-0) clinched their group...

MONTREAL - Defenceman Mark Streit is returning to the Montreal Canadiens to a one-year contract. The Canadiens did not release the value of the deal, but multiple reports claim it’s worth US$700...

MOSCOW - Danis Zaripov, who played for Russia at the 2010 Olympics, is among three Kontinental Hockey League players banned for doping. The league said Tuesday that Zaripov tested positive during the ...