Category Archives: Sports
Canadian athletes react to report showing widespread doping in Russian sport
TORONTO - Members of the Canadian sport community are calling a new report that shows evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russian sport “hugely disappointing” and “devastating̶...
Jul 18, 2016
Anti-doping officials call for Russian ban in Rio due to scathing doping report
A scathing report detailing a complex system of widespread, state-sponsored doping in Russia - a scheme that included government officials tampering with hundreds of positive samples - has led the Wor...
Jul 18, 2016
Wimbledon champion Andy Murray withdraws from Rogers Cup, cites fatigue
TORONTO - Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup tennis tournament beacuse of fatigue. The world No. 2 men’s tennis player and defending Rogers Cup champion made the an...
Jul 18, 2016
Tristan Jackson taking advantage of opportunity with Ottawa Redblacks
Last month, Tristan Jackson seriously wondered if he was done with football. Released in December by the Saskatchewan Roughriders, Jackson spent six months patiently waiting for another CFL club to ca...
Jul 18, 2016
'People are scared of him': Sagan wins any way he chooses
BERN, Switzerland - Peter Sagan can win practically any way he chooses: Breakaways, sprints, fearless downhill attacks, and now a bike throw at the line. The world champion from Slovakia showed off hi...
Jul 18, 2016
CP NewsAlert:WADA wants Russian athletes banned from Rio in wake of McLaren report
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s executive board wants the IOC to ban all Russian teams from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. WADA issued a seven-point list of requests after it published a report whi...
Jul 18, 2016
Russian inquiry finds cheating went beyond Sochi Olympics
An investigator looking into Russian doping found the country’s state-directed cheating program resulted in at least 312 falsified results and lasted from 2011 through at least last year’s...
Jul 18, 2016
Canada falls to U.S. in gold-medal game at FIBA Americas women's U18 championship
VALDIVIA, Chile - Canada had to settle for silver at the 2016 FIBA Americas women’s under-18 championship on Sunday after falling to the United States 109-62. Mikaela Brewer of Barrie, Ont., led...
Jul 17, 2016
Canada's Zeke Thurston repeats as saddle-bronc champion at Calgary Stampede
CALGARY - For someone who just turned 22, Zeke Thurston has loads of confidence. Thurston, of Big Valley, Alta., defended his title in the saddle-bronc finals at the Calgary Stampede rodeo on Sunday, ...
Jul 17, 2016
Sunday's Games
Sunday’s Games MLB American League Toronto 5 Oakland 3 Tampa Bay 5 Baltimore 2 Detroit 4 Kansas City 2 Cleveland 6 Minnesota 1 L.A. Angels 8 Chicago White Sox 1 Houston 8 Seattle 1 N.Y. Yankees ...
Jul 17, 2016
