Category Archives: Sports
MLB players, owners reach tentative labour deal
IRVING, Texas - Baseball players and owners reached a tentative agreement on a five-year labour contract Wednesday night, a deal that will extend the sport’s industrial peace to 26 years since t...
Nov 30, 2016
Chad Johnson stops 39 shots as Flames shut out Maple Leafs 3-0
CALGARY - Chad Johnson and the Calgary Flames didn’t show any signs of fatigue on Wednesday night. The red-hot goaltender made 39 saves and Freddie Hamilton and Kris Versteeg scored in the openi...
Nov 30, 2016
Lowry scores 29, Raptors overcome turnovers in win over Grizzlies
TORONTO - Raptors coach Dwane Casey didn’t like what he saw in the first three quarters of Wednesday’s game. But his team came through for him in the final 12 minutes. Kyle Lowry poured in...
Nov 30, 2016
TFC dispatches Montreal in extra time to win wild game and reach MLS Cup final
TORONTO - The champagne bottles spelling out TFC on the floor of the Toronto FC locker-room told the story. As did the big bin of empty beer cans. In its 10th season, Toronto FC is one game away from ...
Nov 30, 2016
Canada's Patrick Girard takes early PBA Chameleon Championship lead
RENO, Nev. - Canadian veteran bowler Patrick Girard took an early qualifying lead in the Professional Bowlers’ Association Chameleon Championship on Wednesday. The 33-year-old Girard from Jonqui...
Nov 30, 2016
Road trip stokes flickering Flames who look for a kickstart at home
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames are showing signs of life. A 3-2-1 road trip - six games in nine days - without star forward Johnny Gaudreau in the lineup has cultivated resilience, according to head coa...
Nov 30, 2016
Valerie Grenier leads young Canadian ski team into Lake Louise World Cup
The Maple Leaf will be green at the women’s World Cup downhills in Lake Louise, Alta. Valerie Grenier, who turned 20 in October, will be the only Canadian woman with previous World Cup downhill ...
Nov 30, 2016
Canadians to become domestic players on Major League Soccer club rosters
TORONTO - The Canadian Soccer Association and MLS have made changes that they hope will pave the path for Canada to one day play in the men’s World Cup. “I said in ’06 (when Toronto ...
Nov 30, 2016
Man United, Southampton into English League Cup semifinals
MANCHESTER, England - Henrikh Mkhitaryan’s vision and Anthony Martial’s cool finishing helped Manchester United into the English League Cup semifinals as two of the team’s out-of-fav...
Nov 30, 2016
Georges St-Pierre and other star MMA fighters launch athletes association
TORONTO - Former UFC champion Georges St-Pierre and other star fighters have launched the Mixed Martial Arts Athletes Association to protect UFC fighters and help get them their fair share of the spor...
Nov 30, 2016
