Category Archives: Sports

Rugby Canada’s new $8-million training facility in Langford, B.C., will be named after former captain and trailblazer Al Charron. The 1,765-square-metre two-storey facility, a major addition to ...

OXON HILL, Md. - Reliever Joaquin Benoit and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $7.5 million, one-year contract, part of the team’s efforts to rebuild its bullpen. “It’s important...

Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett is set to undergo neck surgery, the club announced Monday. The cervical fusion surgery to repair disc degeneration will be performed at a spine clinic in Los An...

ASUNCION, Paraguay - The Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship by the governing body of South Americ...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have re-signed star kick returner and running back Chris Rainey to a contract extension through the 2018 season, the club announced Monday. The 28-year-old from Lakeland, Fl...

TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will enter into its next round of contract negotiations with the Canadian Soccer Association with an impressive hand. The first Canadian summer sports ...

Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco got a consolation prize Monday when he was named to Major League Soccer’s 2016 Best XI. Giovinco, the 2015 MLS MVP and Golden Boot winner, was not one ...

MANCHESTER, England - The man whose harrowing testimony of being sexually abused by a youth coach sparked an ongoing crisis in English soccer wants to take the issue to a global level. “I can...

LAUSANNE, Switzerland - With another report on Russian doping looming at the end of this week, the presidents of the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency met Monday to clear the air over their “perc...

NEW ORLEANS - Potential jurors in the trial of a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith were asked Monday about their attitudes on lethal self-...