Category Archives: Sports

Rugby Canada expected to take a hit on Own The Podium funding for its men’s sevens team. But it did not expect the entire well to dry up. Own The Podium has told Rugby Canada that the men’...

JUPITER, Fla. - An offspeed pitch during a pre-spring training bullpen session effectively ended Alex Reyes’ season before it began. The St. Louis Cardinals said Wednesday the 22-year-old right-...

LOS ANGELES - Former UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar has informed the mixed martial arts promotion that he is retired from competition. The UFC confirmed the 39-year-old Lesnar’s decision ...

ST. MORITZ, Switzerland - Stop worrying, downhill racers. The 2018 Olympic course will be faster than you think. The new track in South Korea has been criticized - at a men’s test race last year...

MADRID - It didn’t take long for Diego Maradona to start making headlines on his short trip to Europe. Two days after his arrival, police were called on Wednesday to investigate an altercation i...

ISLAMABAD - A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board says two players accused of involvement in spot-fixing in the Pakistan Super League tournament will face maximum punishments if they confess. S...

LONDON - The degenerative damage potentially caused by repeated blows to the head in soccer has been highlighted by a rare study of brains of a small number of retired players who developed dementia. ...

Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Carl Robinson had scouted dozens of strikers in his seemingly endless search for a proven goal-scorer when an old friend suggested one more name. Mauro Rosales, who play...

Tuesday’s Games NHL Edmonton 5 Arizona 2 Pittsburgh 4 Vancouver 0 Toronto 7 N.Y. Islanders 1 Buffalo 3 Ottawa 2 Winnipeg 5 Dallas 2 Anaheim 1 Minnesota 0 New Jersey 3 Colorado 2 — AHL Bing...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers just had to get back to basics and be patient to re-discover their scoring touch. Leon Draisaitl and Oscar Klefbom each had a goal and two assists as Edmonton overcame a...