Category Archives: Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO - Penny Oleksiak continues to solidify herself as a teenage swimming sensation. The 16-year-old from Toronto tied for gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle on Thursday at the Ri...

MONTREAL - Despite constant turnover of players, goalkeeper Evan Bush and defender Hassoun Camara keep rolling along with the Montreal Impact. Both joined the club in 2011 when it was playing in the N...

TORONTO - An effective Matt Nichols has led Winnipeg to consecutive wins for the first time in more than two years but the Blue Bombers’ ball-hawking defence hasn’t gone unnoticed. The uni...

BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Jerry Sandusky’s lawyer says the former Penn State assistant football coach will testify during an upcoming appeals hearing about whether he was improperly convicted four years...

DENVER - Patrick Roy is leaving the Colorado Avalanche. The club’s head coach and vice president of hockey operations announced his decision to resign in a lengthy statement on Thursday that sug...

In a stunning mid-August shake-up, Patrick Roy stepped down as coach and vice-president of hockey operations for the Colorado Avalanche, citing disagreements within the organization. Roy made the anno...

VANCOUVER - The finish line is in sight but the Vancouver Whitecaps have some hills to climb to claim a spot in Major League Soccer’s playoffs. The Whitecaps hope to gain some ground in the race...

TORONTO - John Tavares, Tracey Kelusky and Josh Sanderson were all selected for induction into the National Lacrosse League’s Hall of Fame on Thursday. The three stars will be enshrined into the...

LONDON - Detectives are investigating allegations that a British player at the Wimbledon tennis tournament was poisoned, after she fell ill with a bacterial infection that can be spread through rat ur...

TORONTO - Melvin Upton Jr. bops his head to the music blaring in the Toronto Blue Jays clubhouse, seemingly at ease. He shares a quick laugh with Devon Travis moments later, the two trading what looks...