Category Archives: Sports

NEW YORK - The baseball All-Star Game has drawn a record-low television rating for the second straight year. The American League’s 4-2 victory over the NL in San Diego on Tuesday night got a 5.4...

Toronto FC will get partial salary cap relief in parting ways with big-ticket defender Damien Perquis. The French-born Polish international’s US$427,500 salary plus the emergence of younger, che...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers have signed Jesse Puljujarvi, the fourth-overall pick at the 2016 NHL draft, to a three-year entry level contract. The 18-year-old forward spent last season with the Fin...

LONDON - A Ukrainian weightlifter was stripped of her bronze medal from the 2012 London Olympics on Wednesday, the first athlete formally disqualified by the IOC after the retesting of doping samples ...

Few teams today would dare try what the Montreal Canadiens did with P.K. Subban in the winter of 2013. So-called “bridge contracts,” like the two-year agreement Subban inked with his now f...

NEW YORK - The Dallas Cowboys are the first sports franchise worth US$4 billion, according to Forbes. In its annual rankings, Forbes placed the Cowboys ahead of Real Madrid and Barcelona after the NFL...

MONTPELLIER, France - Over the space of five days, Chris Froome’s reputation has evolved from the most calculating of riders to a master tactician on the bike. First came his daring solo downhil...

EDMONTON - Doug Bishop read recent reports of police unrest in Rio with a close eye. Outraged over unpaid wages, police officers had gathered at Rio’s airport, greeting passengers with a banner ...

TORONTO - Who: Remigio Pereira, member of the Tenors. Personal: Born in Boston to Portuguese parents, Pereira hails from Gatineau, Que., and is fluent in four languages. Musical education: His passion...

TORONTO - Sebastian Giovinco hits the road in search of goals this week. The reigning MLS MVP hasn’t scored in seven league games although he remains a vital playmaker - and human highlight reel...