Category Archives: Sports
Canada's Schachter, Pickett upset world No. 1 Swedes at Montreal beach volley stop
MONTREAL - Ontario duo Sam Schachter and Jonathan Pickett pulled off a major upset to reach the men's semifinals at the Elite16 beach volleyball stop in Montreal. The 39th-ranked Canadians downed worl...
Aug 22, 2026
Wyndham Clark pulls away for 5-shot lead at Bellerive over McIlroy and Cantlay
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Wyndham Clark was doing everything right until it all went wrong Saturday at the BMW Championship. Just not for long. Bogey-free through 36 holes, he went from the bunker left of the ...
Aug 22, 2026
Dylan Cease carries no-hitter into 7th inning as Blue Jays hang on for 4-3 win over Yankees
NEW YORK (AP) - Dylan Cease carried a no-hitter into the seventh inning and Nathan Lukes' homer in the eighth inning was the difference as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the New York Yankees 4-3 on Saturd...
Aug 22, 2026
NHL executive says a Texas expansion team could be approved and announced by year’s end
MUNICH (AP) - The NHL is hoping to award an expansion franchise to Texas as soon as the end of this year, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told The Athletic this week. In an interview at the NHL's Europe...
Aug 22, 2026
Blue Jays ace Dylan Cease loses a no-hit bid against the Yankees in seventh inning
NEW YORK (AP) - Dylan Cease's latest no-hit bid featured five walks and a rising pitch count into the seventh inning. It made Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider's decision on when to lift his ac...
Aug 22, 2026
Canada's Victor Lai wins second world badminton bronze medal
NEW DELHI - Canada's Victor Lai repeated as men's singles bronze medallist at the badminton world championships on Saturday. The 21-year-old from Toronto, seeded seventh, lost in the semifinals to Eur...
Aug 22, 2026
Man United and Tottenham make woeful starts in the Premier League to puncture preseason positivity
It took just one round of the Premier League to puncture the preseason positivity surrounding Manchester United and Tottenham. Saturday in England's top division began with United, the 20-time champio...
Aug 22, 2026
Pogačar produces explosive finish to win the first stage of the Spanish Vuelta
MONACO (AP) - Tadej Pogaar produced an explosive finish to win the first stage of the Spanish Vuelta by edging British rider Ethan Hayter by 0.09 seconds in the opening time trial on Saturday. Pogaar,...
Aug 22, 2026
Bills offer condolences, support to defensive tackle Ed Oliver following death of his 1-year-old son
CLEVELAND (AP) - The Buffalo Bills are giving defensive tackle Ed Oliver support and space following the accidental death of his 1-year-old son. Oliver has been grieving throughout training camp and m...
Aug 22, 2026
Giancarlo Stanton strains left calf running the bases, putting his return to the Yankees in doubt
NEW YORK (AP) - Giancarlo Stanton suffered another setback in his recovery from a strained right calf when he strained his left calf while running the bases earlier this week, putting his return to th...
Aug 22, 2026
