Category Archives: Sports
Finland fires head coach after relegation round appearance at world juniors
MONTREAL - Finland’s under-20 national team has fired its world junior hockey championship head coach after failing to make the tournament’s quarter-finals. A team spokesperson confirmed i...
Dec 30, 2016
Sloboda, Roman score goal, assist each as Slovakia beats Latvia at world juniors
TORONTO - Marek Sloboda and Milos Roman had a goal and an assist each as Slovakia doubled up Latvia 4-2 on Friday night in preliminary round play at the world junior hockey championship. Filip Lestan ...
Dec 30, 2016
Striker Masato Kudo and Whitecaps mutually agree to terminate contract
VANCOUVER - Striker Masato Kudo and the Vancouver Whitecaps mutually agreed to a contract termination on Friday. The 26-year-old Kudo joined the Whitecaps last December from Japan’s Kashiwa Reys...
Dec 30, 2016
Swiss edge Denmark in SO to force Finland into relegation round at world juniors
MONTREAL - Marco Miranda scored the only goal of the shootout as Switzerland edged Denmark 5-4 on Friday in preliminary round action at the world junior hockey championship. The result means that Finl...
Dec 30, 2016
Steph Curry sneakers raise $45,201 for Oakland fire victims
OAKLAND, Calif. - Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry has raised $45,201 for victims of the Oakland warehouse fire by auctioning off two pairs of sneakers. The Warriors said Friday that the shoes...
Dec 30, 2016
Barkley equalizer gives Everton 2-2 draw at Hull in EPL
HULL, England - Ross Barkley headed a late equalizer to earn Everton a 2-2 draw with struggling Hull in the English Premier League on Friday. Hull captain Michael Dawson gave his side a sixth-minute l...
Dec 30, 2016
NHL still searching for reason to play at 2018 Winter Games
TORONTO - If the NHL needs a compelling reason to compete in the next Winter Olympics, Bill Daly says the league hasn’t found one yet. And the NHL deputy commissioner added Friday that he’...
Dec 30, 2016
NHL working on schedule to accommodate Olympics; Daly says no progress yet
TORONTO - The NHL is working on a plan to move forward with or without the 2018 Olympics. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Friday afternoon that the league has begun working with teams on two di...
Dec 30, 2016
Wings' Dylan Larkin says former teammate Auston Matthews was always 'special'
TORONTO - The kid was just 15, one year younger than he was, but Dylan Larkin knew there was something “special” about Auston Matthews. Larkin got his first glimpse of the Toronto Maple Le...
Dec 30, 2016
Canadian soccer stars Kadeisha Buchanan, Ashley Lawrence mull over club futures
TORONTO - The club future of two of Canada’s finest women’s soccer players will be decided in the coming days. And Kadeisha Buchanan and Ashley Lawrence have lucrative options. The two Wes...
Dec 30, 2016
