Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - The MLS Cup coaches talked up their star imports Monday, knowing the pint-sized packages could turn the tide in Saturday’s championship game. Uruguayan playmaker Nicolas Lodeiro has be...

TORONTO - Canadian catcher Russell Martin of the Toronto Blue Jays is among 30 players who are confirmed to participate in the 2017 World Baseball Classic, organizers announced Monday. Martin, 33, was...

TORONTO - Tickets for Saturday’s MLS Cup final sold out three minutes after going on sale to the general public Monday. BMO Field, augmented by temporary seats in the south stand left over from ...

ST. LOUIS - Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The team said Galchenyuk suffered the injury in Montreal’s 5-4 shootout win at Los Angeles ye...

Rugby Canada’s new $8-million training facility in Langford, B.C., will be named after former captain and trailblazer Al Charron. The 1,765-square-metre two-storey facility, a major addition to ...

OXON HILL, Md. - Reliever Joaquin Benoit and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $7.5 million, one-year contract, part of the team’s efforts to rebuild its bullpen. “It’s important...

Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett is set to undergo neck surgery, the club announced Monday. The cervical fusion surgery to repair disc degeneration will be performed at a spine clinic in Los An...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - The Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship by the governing body of South Americ...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have re-signed star kick returner and running back Chris Rainey to a contract extension through the 2018 season, the club announced Monday. The 28-year-old from Lakeland, Fl...

TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will enter into its next round of contract negotiations with the Canadian Soccer Association with an impressive hand. The first Canadian summer sports ...