Category Archives: Sports
Former player Mackie appointed as CFLPA executive director
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - The CFL Players' Association appointed David Mackie as its new executive director Monday. Mackie replaces Brian Ramsay, who left the organization in August to take on the same post...
Feb 24, 2025
Blue Jays' spring training game against Tigers cancelled due to rain
LAKELAND - The Toronto Blue Jays' spring training game against the Detroit Tigers scheduled for Monday afternoon was cancelled due to rain. Right-hander Bowden Francis, Toronto's scheduled starter, wa...
Feb 24, 2025
Alberta junior soccer coach accused of defrauding team arrested by RCMP
EDMONTON - An Alberta junior soccer coach accused of vanishing with thousands of dollars raised by his team has been arrested. RCMP say they found Randy Knodel on Saturday in a vehicle in a parking lo...
Feb 24, 2025
Goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan says Casey Stoney is the right coach to advance Canada
The sixth-ranked Canadian women are getting their first taste of coach Casey Stoney at the Pinatar Cup in Spain. Having played for Stoney at the NWSL's San Diego Wave, goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan is ah...
Feb 24, 2025
Canada names 60-man preliminary roster for CONCACAF Nations League Finals
Canada coach Jesse Marsch has submitted his 60-man preliminary squad for the 2025 CONCACAF Nations League Finals. The 31st-ranked Canadian men take on No. 19 Mexico in one semifinal while the 16th-ran...
Feb 24, 2025
Canadian rising star Nicole Havrda to race in all-female F1 Academy
Nicole Havrda has never seen a woman start a race in Formula One. No one has in nearly 50 years. The rising Canadian racing star sees no reason why she can't be the one to end that streak. "When you p...
Feb 24, 2025
Persistent Hanley comes up big for Flames in 3-2 win over Sharks
CALGARY - Life is good these days for Calgary Flames journeyman defenceman Joel Hanley. In his first game after the birth of his second child, the 33-year-old's first goal of the season and first care...
Feb 23, 2025
NHL roundup: Ovechkin's hat trick leads surging Capitals past Oilers 7-3
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a ...
Feb 23, 2025
Ovechkin's hat trick leads Capitals past Oilers 7-3
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored his 880th, 881st and 882nd career goals to record a hat trick and move 13 goals away from breaking Wayne Gretzky's NHL record and give the Washington Capitals a ...
Feb 23, 2025
Guenther's third-period power-play goal lifts Utah past the Canucks 2-1
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Dylan Guenther scored a tiebreaking power-play goal with just under six minutes remaining in the third period and Utah beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Sunday night. Logan Coole...
Feb 23, 2025