Category Archives: Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO - Tracey Ferguson sat near the end of Canada’s bench Thursday morning, the picture of serenity in a frenzied gym full of shouting players and squealing schoolchildren. Canada̵...

TORONTO - The Blue Jays are hoping a return to Rogers Centre will help them bounce back after a three-game sweep in New York knocked Toronto out of first place in the American League East. The divisio...

The World Cup of Hockey makes its return in Toronto after a 12-year hiatus. Here’s a look at the eight teams involved in the tournament, which opens Sept. 17: Canada The unquestioned favourites,...

OTTAWA - Stocked with No. 1 draft picks, Hart, Norris and Vezina Trophy winners, Team Canada has no one else quite like the five-foot-nine feisty ball of energy that is Brad Marchand. Few in hockey, f...

Ryan Lochte will forfeit $100,000 and a chance to swim at next year’s world championships as part of the penalty for his drunken encounter at a gas station in Brazil during last month’s Ol...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors signed forward E.J. Singler on Thursday. The six-foot-six, 215-pound player averaged 6.4 points, 2.0 rebounds, 1.4 assists and 19.3 minutes in five Summer League games, s...

RIO DE JANEIRO - The Paralympic Games already has its first political protest, right at the beginning with the opening ceremony. A Belarusian sports ministry employee who marched in with a Russian fla...

GIJANG, Korea, Republic Of - Claire Eccles of White Rock, B.C., came within two outs of a no-hitter as Canada defeated Venezuela 8-1 at the WBSC Women's Baseball World Cup on Thursday before the Canad...

NEW YORK - Having flopped with the New York Jets, Tim Tebow will try to revive his career as an outfielder with the Mets. Four years removed from his last regular-season snap as an NFL quarterback, th...

Wednesday’s Games MLB American League N.Y. Yankees 2 Toronto 0 Tampa Bay 7 Baltimore 6 Chicago White Sox 7 Detroit 4 Oakland 4 L.A. Angels 1 Cleveland 6 Houston 5 Minnesota 6 Kansas City 5 Seatt...