Category Archives: Sports

GENEVA - Former FIFA president Sepp Blatter is now facing a bribery case, and one of his former vice-presidents was fined more than $1 million in a separate investigation into kickbacks. The FIFA ethi...

Thursday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Exhibition At Helsinki, Finland Finland 3 Sweden 2 (overtime) At Moscow Russia 4 Czech Republic 3 At Quebec City North America 4 Europe 0 — NFL Denver ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. - The Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame will soon welcome two of the sport’s game-changing stars - one big and one small. Shaquille O’Neal and Allen Iverson head...

QUEBEC - The youthful Team North America came as advertised - plenty of speed and skill - and it proved too much for Team Europe in the first pre-tournament test for both teams at the World Cup of Hoc...

QUEBEC - Patrick Roy, unemployed since resigning as coach and vice-president of hockey operations of the Colorado Avalanche, says he plans to enjoy his first winter off in memory. “I never reall...

OTTAWA - Mississauga, Ont., was announced as the host of the 2017 World Ringette Championships on Thursday. The event will be held from Nov. 27 to Dec. 3, 2017 at Iceland Arena. “We are very exc...

VANCOUVER - Montreal Alouettes coach and GM Jim Popp hopes a quarterback switch will work as well for his team as it has for B.C. counterpart Wally Buono. With Montreal (3-7) last in the East Division...

MONTREAL - Promising Canadiens winger Martin Reway is in hospital in Sloviakia being treated for an undisclosed virus and will miss Montreal’s training camp, the club announced Thursday. The tea...

QUEBEC - Edmonton Oilers forward Connor McDavid was named Team North America’s captain for the World Cup of Hockey on Thursday ahead of its first pre-tournament game. Philadelphia Flyers forward...

RIO DE JANEIRO - There were moments during Thursday’s bronze-medal bout that Priscilla Gagne couldn’t hear her coach Andrzej Sadej over the raucous cheers of the crowd. The 30-year-old fro...