Category Archives: Sports
No decision on return to game action for Marlies goalie Sparks after team suspension
TORONTO - Garret Sparks was back on the Ricoh Coliseum ice on Tuesday morning skating with his teammates, but his return to the Toronto Marlies lineup remains uncertain. The Marlies sent Sparks home f...
Nov 29, 2016
Hockey Canada names selection camp roster for 2017 world junior championship
TORONTO - Hockey Canada’s Scott Salmond feels there will be no shortage of motivation for the Canadian players at the 2017 world junior hockey championship. Canada didn’t make it past the ...
Nov 29, 2016
After high of winning at home, Impact set for hostile reception in second playoff leg
MONTREAL - The tables will be turned on the Montreal Impact in the second leg of the MLS Eastern Conference final. After playing before 61,004 home fans at Olympic Stadium while winning the opening ga...
Nov 29, 2016
All-Canadian showdown sets another record as Toronto, Montreal bid for MLS Cup final
TORONTO - Not since the heyday of the NASL has Canadian club soccer had such a stage. On Wednesday night before a record BMO Field crowd of some 36,000, Toronto FC looks to win and stay home to host t...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-English soccer coach charged with sexually assaulting boy
LONDON - Prosecutors say former English soccer coach Barry Bennell has been charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 14. The Crown Prosecution Service says it received a file of evidenc...
Nov 29, 2016
Rowing, canoe sprint, swimming to remain at Tokyo venues
TOKYO - Olympic organizers agreed Tuesday to keep the rowing, canoe sprint and swimming venues at their planned sites in Tokyo for the 2020 Games, while postponing a decision until Christmas on a poss...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-NFL star Sharper faces final sentence in drugging rapes
LOS ANGELES - Former NFL star Darren Sharper’s tour of shame and punishment reaches its conclusion Tuesday in the courthouse where he first admitted drugging and raping women in four states. The...
Nov 29, 2016
The Latest: Father says God saved son in Colombia crash
BOGOTA - The latest on the Colombia plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team (all times local): 6:10 p.m. The father of one of the six people who survived the airplane crash in Colombi...
Nov 29, 2016
Brazilian team's season of glory ends in tragedy
CHAPECO, Brazil - For the players on the humble Brazilian club from an out-of-the-way city known for its agribusiness plants, these were going to be the games of their lives. Chapecoense was having th...
Nov 29, 2016
Monday's Games
Monday’s Games NHL N.Y. Islanders 2 Calgary 1 (OT) St. Louis 4 Dallas 3 (OT) — NBA Toronto 122 Philadelphia 95 Washington 101 Sacramento 95 (OT) Boston 112 Miami 104 Oklahoma City 112 New ...
Nov 28, 2016
