Category Archives: Sports

Canada prevails in must-win doubles match, trails Hungary 2-1 in Davis Cup qualifier
MONTREAL - Canada prevailed in a must-win doubles match to stay alive at the Davis Cup on Sunday. Vasek Pospisil of Vernon, B.C., and Liam Draxl of Newmarket, Ont., defeated Hungary's Mate Valkusz and...
Feb 02, 2025

Toronto FC's pre-season game against Swedish side in Spain called off
MARBELLA - Toronto FC's pre-season game scheduled for Monday against Sweden's BK Hacken in Spain has been called off. The Marbella Football Center, which was to have hosted the contest, cited "technic...
Feb 02, 2025

Auger-Aliassime defeats American Kovacevic to win Open Occitanie men's title
MONTPELLIER - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated American Aleksandar Kovacevic to win the Open Occitanie men's tennis tournament Sunday. The second-seeded Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, took the v...
Feb 02, 2025

Thompson downs Maier again in final to win World Cup ski cross crown
VEYSONNAZ - Another day, another women's World Cup ski cross win for Canadian Marielle Thompson. Thompson, of Whistler, B.C., defeated Germany's Daniela Maier to capture the women's event. It marked t...
Feb 02, 2025

Canadian Grondin claims second win of snowboard cross World Cup campaign
BEIDAHU SHEQU - For a second straight day, Canada's Eliot Grondin was golden on the snowboard cross World Cup campaign. Grondin, 23, of Sainte-Marie, Que., earned his second World Cup win in as many d...
Feb 02, 2025

'Here we are again': Death row Canadian waits as Montana looks at resuming executions
CALGARY - The fate of a Canadian who has been on death row in Montana for the past 42 years has been thrown into more uncertainty as state legislators try again to remove obstacles to resuming executi...
Feb 02, 2025

Frustrated Flames look to newcomers for offensive help
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames' scoring woes struck again on Saturday, but in the debut of Joel Farabee and Morgan Frost, both showed glimpses that they should be able to help in that area. The two forw...
Feb 01, 2025

NHL roundup: Jets trip Caps 5-4 in OT, overshadow Ovechkin goal
WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored the 877th goal of his career to move 18 away from breaking the NHL record, but the Washington Capitals lost 5-4 in overtime to the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday nigh...
Feb 01, 2025

Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says
Luka Doncic is being traded by the reigning Western Conference champion Dallas Mavericks to the Los Angeles Lakers for Anthony Davis, a person with knowledge of the agreement said early Sunday. Doncic...
Feb 01, 2025

Luka Doncic to the Lakers, Anthony Davis to the Mavs in blockbuster trade, AP source says
Luka Doncic led Dallas to the NBA Finals last season. Anthony Davis won a championship with the Los Angeles Lakers. They're switching teams now - in an absolute blockbuster. Doncic is being traded by ...
Feb 01, 2025