Category Archives: Sports

VANCOUVER - The match ended in a draw. But returning to the pitch was a victory for Vancouver Whitecaps defender Christian Dean. Dean made his first Major League Soccer start since Aug. 29, 2015, in V...

ANAHEIM, Calif. - An unlikely performance from journeyman goalie Richard Bachman has the Vancouver Canucks thinking about a playoff push that seemed farfetched just a few days ago. Bachman made 43 sav...

OTTAWA - Reliever John Axford withdrew from Canada’s World Baseball Classic team on Sunday due to personal and professional reasons. Axford, from Port Dover, Ont., had a 6-4 record with three sa...

GATINEAU, Que. - Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., beat France’s Gleb Sakharov 6-2, 6-4, to win the Gatineau Futures title on Sunday afternoon. After a long semifinal match the day before...

BOCA RATON, Fla. - Is the coach’s challenge working as well as it should in the NHL? General managers will discuss the effectiveness of the review process when they gather this week for annual m...

OTTAWA - The Montreal Canadiennes’ Clarkson Cup championship was a year in the making. Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice, including into an empty net, as Montreal claimed its fourth Clarkson Cup ...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames are one of the hottest teams in the NHL right now but they know they’re still not perfect. Sean Monahan had a goal and an assist as the Flames beat the New York Isla...

LAS VEGAS - Canada finished seventh at the Las Vegas Sevens on Sunday, its run at the rugby sevens tournament halted in a 12-4 loss to England. The Canadian men had finished 13th, 13th, fourth and 13t...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Marcus Stroman allowed a run over 2 2/3 innings in his last spring start before the World Baseball Classic and the Toronto Blue Jays fell 5-3 to the Tampa Bay Rays on Sunday in Grapefr...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Marcus Stroman is all warmed up for the World Baseball Classic. The Toronto right-hander allowed his lone spring training run during a 2 2/3-inning outing Sunday in the Blue Jays’...