Category Archives: Sports

Maple Leafs goalie Stolarz leaves game after first period due to lower-body injury
TORONTO - Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Anthony Stolarz left Thursday's game against the Anaheim Ducks because of a lower-body injury. He did not return to the ice after the first intermission at Sco...
Dec 12, 2024

Flames prospect Zayne Parekh looking to keep Canadian world junior dream alive
OTTAWA - Zayne Parekh lived a strange week earlier this month. The Calgary Flames prospect was crushed after being left off Canada's list of selection camp hopefuls for the upcoming world junior hocke...
Dec 12, 2024

Veteran jockey Justin Stein retires again, this time to become horse-racing steward
TORONTO - This time, it feels right for Justin Stein to hang up his tack. The veteran jockey is retiring after 19 seasons riding thoroughbreds. Stein, 44, left horse racing after 2016 but returned to ...
Dec 12, 2024

Toronto FC sees pace and potential in newly acquired Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade
TORONTO - In acquiring Brazilian winger Thiago Andrade, Toronto FC picks up pace and potential - at a reasonable price. "An interesting addition to our current group," Toronto GM Jason Hernandez said ...
Dec 12, 2024

Star centre J.T. Miller set to return to Vancouver Canucks' lineup against Panthers
VANCOUVER - Star centre J.T. Miller will return to the Canucks' lineup on Thursday when Vancouver hosts the Florida Panthers. The 31-year old forward took an indefinite leave from the team last month ...
Dec 12, 2024

Lille's Jonathan David among nominees for Canada Soccer Player of the Year
Jonathan David, the leading scorer in the French league this season, highlights the list of men's nominees for Canada Soccer Player of the Year. Eight men's and eight women's nominees were chosen by C...
Dec 12, 2024

McIntosh sets another record, Kharun also wins gold at short-course championships
BUDAPEST - Canadian swimming star Summer McIntosh smashed another short-course world record with a dominant victory in the women's 200-metre butterfly at the world championships on Thursday. Minutes l...
Dec 12, 2024

Canada's Thompson victorious in ski cross World Cup opener, Drury wins bronze
VAL THORENS - Canada's Marielle Thompson raced to a gold medal at the opening event of the World Cup ski cross season. Thompson, who won the women's ski cross Crystal Globe as the overall winner last ...
Dec 12, 2024

Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth wastes little time getting back in the UFC cage
Canadian flyweight Jamey-Lyn Horth waited 11 months for her last UFC fight. This time it's taken just six weeks to get back into the cage. The 34-year-old from Squamish, B.C., looks for her third win ...
Dec 12, 2024

Wander Franco's sex abuse trial has been postponed 5 months
PUERTO PLATA, Dominican Republic (AP) - The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor...
Dec 12, 2024