Category Archives: Sports
Clement scores winning run on wild pitch as Blue Jays edge Pirates 2-1
DUNEDIN - Chris Bassitt went a strong 5 2/3 innings while Ernie Clement scored the winning run on a wild pitch as the Toronto Blue Jays nipped the Pittsburgh Pirates 2-1 in exhibition baseball action ...
Mar 23, 2025
Musetti dispatches Auger-Aliassime in three sets at Miami Open tennis tournament
MIAMI - Italy's Lorenzo Musetti defeated Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in three sets Sunday in a men's singles third-round match at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, the 18th seed from Montreal, regis...
Mar 23, 2025
Florida ends UConn's bid for third straight national title with 77-75 March Madness win
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Walter Clayton Jr. and Florida ended UConn's pursuit of a third straight national championship, with Clayton burying two key 3-pointers in the final three minutes of a scintillati...
Mar 23, 2025
Toronto edges Montreal 2-1 to prevent Victoire from clinching PWHL playoff berth
LAVAL, Que. - Natalie Spooner's second-period goal proved to be the winner as the Toronto Sceptres edged the Montreal Victoire 2-1 on Sunday afternoon at Place Bell. Spooner scored her third goal of t...
Mar 23, 2025
Lindsey Vonn takes 2nd in the final World Cup race of her comeback season, Lara Gut-Behrami wins
SUN VALLEY, Idaho (AP) - Lindsey Vonn concluded her comeback season at age 40 with a second-place finish in a World Cup super-G race Sunday that was won by Swiss standout Lara Gut-Behrami. Vonn found ...
Mar 23, 2025
Thiago Motta fired as coach of slumping Juventus. Igor Tudor named as replacement
TURIN, Italy (AP) - Thiago Motta was fired as coach of slumping Juventus on Sunday, with Igor Tudor named as a replacement for the rest of the season. "The club would like to thank Thiago Motta and al...
Mar 23, 2025
Canadian teenager Erin Brooks places third at World Surf League event in Portugal
PENICHE - Canadian teenage surfer Erin Brooks finished third at the MEO Rip Curl Pro Portugal after losing to American Gabriela Bryan in semifinal action Sunday in the third event of the season on the...
Mar 23, 2025
Namibia defeats Canada to complete T20 cricket sweep of Canadian men
WINDHOEK - Jan Nicol Loftie-Eaton scored 65 runs and Nikolaas Davin added 52 as Namibia defeated Canada by eight wickets in a T20 cricket game Sunday. Their 104-run second-wicket partnership was a Nam...
Mar 23, 2025
Canada's Homan beats Switzerland's Tirinzoni to defend women's world curling title
UIJEONGBU-SI - It was a successful title defence for Canada's Rachel Homan. Homan captured a second straight world women's curling championship Sunday with a 7-3 victory over Switzerland's Silvana Tir...
Mar 23, 2025
Canada's Jonathan Di Bella wins One Championship kickboxing interim world title
SAITAMA - Canadian kickboxer Jonathan Di Bella used his speed and a punishing calf kick to win the One Championship interim strawweight title Sunday with a unanimous decision over Thailand's Sam-A Gai...
Mar 23, 2025