Category Archives: Sports
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
Senators acquiring Brassard from Rangers makes immediate impact
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators are so convinced Derick Brassard will make an immediate impact in their lineup that they gave up a piece of their future to get him. The Senators traded Mika Zibanejad and...
Jul 18, 2016
Former Cardinals exec sentenced to prison for hacking Astros
HOUSTON - A federal judge sentenced the former scouting director of the St. Louis Cardinals to nearly four years in prison Monday for hacking the Houston Astros’ player personnel database and em...
Jul 18, 2016
Real Madrid, minus Ronaldo, sets up at Impact's training facility
The Real Madrid circus has landed in Montreal. One of the world’s most prestigious soccer teams held its first workout at the Montreal Impact’s training facility on Monday, with fans packe...
Jul 18, 2016
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TORONTO - Wimbledon champion Andy Murray has withdrawn from the Rogers Cup tennis tournament beacuse of fatigue.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
