Category Archives: Sports

CHARLOTTETOWN - James Vernon “Vern” Handrahan, the only pitcher from Prince Edward Island to play Major League Baseball, died Wednesday. He was 79. Handrahan signed his first professional ...

WASHINGTON - DeMar DeRozan wouldn’t let a little ankle injury keep him from carrying the Toronto Raptors. DeRozan shook it off and scored 40 points, outdueling John Wall in a showcase of All-Sta...

CALGARY - With his three Olympic and 10 world championship gold medals, it seems like Charles Hamelin has won almost everything there is to win in short-track speedskating. But two elusive prizes have...

LONDON - England and Scotland will face FIFA sanctions after insisting their players will wear black armbands with embroidered poppies to honour Britain’s war dead for a match between the neighb...

TORONTO - Nazem Kadri’s once rotten luck has taken a sharp turn for the better. The 26-year-old Maple Leafs centre was 27 games and more than 100 shots into the 2015-16 campaign before he had fi...

TORONTO - Coach Greg Vanney says it will be Toronto FC against the world Sunday when his team takes on New York City FC at Yankee Stadium. While Toronto holds a 2-0 lead going into Game 2 of the Easte...

LONDON - British Prime Minister Theresa May has condemned International soccer organization FIFA for its ban on players wearing Britain’s remembrance poppy, a symbol of the nation’s annual...

VIERUMAKI, Finland - Canada defeated Sweden 3-1 on Wednesday to set up a pair of showdowns with the archrival Americans at the Four Nations women’s hockey tournament. The first game will close o...

MONTREAL - The Vancouver Canucks have assigned defenceman Troy Stecher to the AHL’s Utica Comets, the club announced Wednesday. The 22-year-old was called up from the minors last month and playe...

TORONTO - Bell Media says it’s pleased the Federal Court of Appeal will hear an appeal of the CRTC’s ban on broadcasting Canadian commercials during the Super Bowl instead of the big-budge...