Category Archives: Sports
Canadian women drawn with Britain, Fiji and U.S. for HSBC SVNS stop in Perth
PERTH - The Canadian women have been drawn in Pool B alongside Britain, Fiji and the U.S. at the HSBC SVNS Perth in Australia later this month. The Perth event, the third round of the seven-stop rugby...
Jan 09, 2025
Northleaf Capital Partners joins with Altor Equity Partners in CCM Hockey deal
TORONTO - Canadian investment firm Northleaf Capital Partners has partnered with Swedish private equity firm Altor Equity Partners to invest in CCM Hockey. Financial terms of the agreement were not di...
Jan 09, 2025
WNBA's Toronto Tempo joins forces with Sephora Canada in first sponsor partnership
TORONTO - Toronto Tempo president Teresa Resch believes the WNBA expansion team has found a kindred spirit in Sephora Canada as the basketball franchise's "founding partner and official beauty partner...
Jan 09, 2025
West Ham hires former Chelsea coach Graham Potter
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - West Ham hired Graham Potter as manager on Thursday, a day after Julen Lopetegui was fired. Potter has been out of management since he was fired by Chelsea in 2023 after jus...
Jan 09, 2025
'It's just special': Vancouver PWHL game unique experience for players, coaches
VANCOUVER - Memories of the 2010 Olympics came rushing back for Marie-Philip Poulin as she stepped onto the ice at Rogers Arena on Wednesday. It was nearly 15 years since the hockey legend helped Cana...
Jan 08, 2025
Capitals beat Canucks 2-1 in overtime
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday night desp...
Jan 08, 2025
Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime into semifinals of Adelaide International
ADELAIDE - Felix Auger-Aliassime reached the semifinals of the Adelaide International with a straight sets win over Marcos Giron of the United States on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime of ...
Jan 08, 2025
Montreal Victoire edge Toronto Sceptres 4-2 in first PWHL game in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Marie-Philip Poulin scored twice as her Montreal Victoire downed the Toronto Sceptres 4-2 Wednesday in the first Professional Women's Hockey League game in Vancouver. Mikyla Grant-Mentis a...
Jan 08, 2025
Towns has 27 points, 13 rebounds as Knicks beat Raptors 112-98
NEW YORK (AP) - Karl-Anthony Towns had 27 points and 13 rebounds, OG Anunoby scored 27 points, and the New York Knicks beat the Toronto Raptors 112-98 on Wednesday night. Josh Hart added 21 points and...
Jan 08, 2025
Pierre-Luc Dubois scores twice as the Capitals beat the Canucks 2-1 in overtime
WASHINGTON (AP) - Pierre-Luc Dubois scored his second goal of the game late in overtime, Logan Thompson made 30 saves and the Washington Capitals beat the Vancouver Canucks 2-1 on Wednesday night desp...
Jan 08, 2025