Category Archives: Sports

ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. - Long after his retirement, Wayne Gretzky is still setting records. A 1979 hockey card of the legendary player sold for a record US$465,000 on Thursday night at the National Sport...

SANTA ANA, Calif. - The California Highway Patrol has recommended that Dennis Rodman face charges in a freeway incident, but the former basketball player denied Friday that anything happened. “L...

VANCOUVER - Forward Giles Barnes knew a deal was in the works, but he was expecting to end up with Blackburn Rovers of the English Championship League. Instead, late last Saturday, the 28-year-old fro...

GENEVA - FIFA President Gianni Infantino broke no rules by taking offers of private flights to visit Pope Francis at the Vatican, Vladimir Putin in Moscow and the Emir of Qatar. Infantino was cleared ...

Thursday’s Games CFL B.C. 38 Montreal 18 Calgary 35 Saskatchewan 15 — MLB American League Toronto 4 Houston 1 Cleveland 9 Minnesota 2 Tampa Bay 3 Kansas City 2 Chicago White Sox 6 Detroit ...

CALGARY - Bo Levi Mitchell just keeps getting the job done for the Calgary Stampeders. Mitchell completed 25-of-37 passes for 312 yards and threw a touchdown to Anthony Parker in the first quarter on ...

HOUSTON - Despite striking out 61 times and only scoring 10 runs in four games, the Toronto Blue Jays found a way to take three of four from the Houston Astros. J.A. Happ won his ninth consecutive dec...

MONTREAL - The B.C. Lions were in a tight battle with the Montreal Alouettes until defensive back Louchiez Purifoy broke things open with a fumble return touchdown. Purifoy’s 47-yard scamper on ...

Aaron Sanchez isn’t going anywhere. The Toronto Blue Jays right-hander will remain in the team’s starting rotation - which will be expanded to six pitchers - for the foreseeable future, ac...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The IOC approved the entry of 271 Russian athletes for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Thursday, meaning 70 per cent of the country’s original team will compete after a doping sc...