Category Archives: Sports
IBL's Maple Leafs sign Ayami Sato, widely considered baseball's top female pitcher
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Baseball League have signed Ayami Sato, making the Japanese pitcher the league's first female player. The team announced the signing in a release T...
Dec 03, 2024
Canadian women wrap up eventful year with lopsided 5-1 win over South Korea
MURCIA - Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Olivia Smith scored to help the Canadian women's soccer team wrap up a tumultuous year with a lopsided 5-1 win over 19th-ranked South Korea in an international friend...
Dec 03, 2024
Jets place forward Ehlers on injured reserve, recall Lambert from AHL
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets placed have forward Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the NHL club said Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Friday, when Ehlers left Winnipeg's 4...
Dec 03, 2024
Alouettes sign defensive back Najee Murray for 2025 CFL season
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed American defensive back Najee Murray for the 2025 season, the CFL team announced Tuesday. Murray recorded 44 defensive tackles in 11 games last season and...
Dec 03, 2024
Patrik Laine to return from knee injury, make Canadiens debut against Islanders
MONTREAL - Patrik Laine's long-awaited Montreal Canadiens debut - and first game in nearly a year - has arrived. The Finnish winger is back from a knee injury as the Canadiens host the New York Island...
Dec 03, 2024
Double Olympic champion cyclist Evenepoel in hospital after training crash
ANDERLECHT, Belgium (AP) - Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel was taken to hospital following a crash during training in Belgium on Tuesday. Belgian media reported Evenepoel was unable to avoid t...
Dec 03, 2024
Ski great Marcel Hirscher's comeback season ended by serious knee injury
SALZBURG, Austria (AP) - Ski great Marcel Hirscher's comeback season after five years away from the sport is over when it had barely begun. The Austrian star tore the ACL in his left knee "during a ha...
Dec 03, 2024
Alpine Canada eyes Panorama or Whistler, B.C., for future men's World Cup downhills
Whistler and Panorama, B.C., are candidates to host men's World Cup downhill ski races in the future. Alpine Canada president and chief executive officer Therese Brisson intends to find a replacement ...
Dec 03, 2024
McMillian's pick-6 helps Broncos spoil career nights by Winston, Jeudy and beat Browns 41-32
DENVER (AP) - Ja'Quan McMillian returned an interception 44 yards for a game-sealing touchdown with 1:48 remaining, and the Denver Broncos spoiled career-best performances by Cleveland quarterback Jam...
Dec 02, 2024
McMillian's pick-6 helps Broncos spoil career nights by Winston, Jeudy and beat Browns 41-32
DENVER (AP) - Ja'Quan McMillian returned an interception 44 yards for a game-sealing touchdown with 1:48 remaining, and the Denver Broncos spoiled career-best performances by Cleveland quarterback Jam...
Dec 02, 2024