Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC's Jozy Altidore makes $10,000 donation
Toronto FC striker Jozy Altidore is making a $10,000 donation to the Hospital for Sick Children. Altidore’s donation, through the Jozy Altidore Foundation, will help fund and maintain the Toront...
May 23, 2017
Raptors look to win — and learn more about esports world in NBA gaming league
TORONTO - The growing world of esports grabbed Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment’s attention last August when the Air Canada Centre hosted the North American “League of Legends” ...
May 23, 2017
How the Nashville Predators reached their first Stanley Cup final
Ten years ago the Nashville Predators scooped up future Hall of Famer Peter Forsberg at the trade deadline and finished with the NHL’s third-best record. A deep run seemed inevitable. Instead, t...
May 23, 2017
New Zealand race car driver Dixon calls robbery a big "contrast"
TORONTO - It was intended as a celebration but turned into a nightmare. Two days after he was robbed at gunpoint, IndyCar driver Scott Dixon reflected on the harrowing experience that was a big “...
May 23, 2017
Colin White makes NHL post-season debut for Senators in Game 6 against Penguins
OTTAWA - Colin White made his NHL post-season debut for the Ottawa Senators in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference final. White, who has played two regular season games in his career, started on a line w...
May 23, 2017
Canadian kayaker David Ford ready to ride the rapids one more season
TORONTO - In nearly three decades as Canada’s finest whitewater kayaker, David Ford has shattered stereotypes about age and high performance. The five-time Olympian recently earned a spot on the...
May 23, 2017
Maria Sharapova to continue comeback from doping ban at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova will continue her comeback from a 15-month doping ban at this summer’s Rogers Cup in Toronto. The tournament says she has been awarded a main draw w...
May 23, 2017
Putin says whistleblowing on doping echoes Stalin's purges
MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday that plans to encourage athletes to give evidence about doping remind him of denunciations during Josef Stalin’s purges. While discussing a...
May 23, 2017
Injured Eugenie Bouchard withdraws from Nuremberg Cup
NUREMBERG, Germany - Eugenie Bouchard has withdrawn from the Nuremberg Cup tennis tournament with a right ankle injury. The 2014 champion informed tournament director Sandra Reichel of her decision la...
May 23, 2017
The Latest: US lawmaker says UK bomb showed 'sophistication'
LONDON - The Latest on the bombing at a pop concert in Manchester that left 22 people dead (all times local): 11:55 p.m. A U.S. congressman says the bomb used in the deadly Manchester Arena attack in ...
May 23, 2017
