Category Archives: Sports

Major League Rugby champion New England Free Jacks add to Canadian content
QUINCY - The MLR champion New England Free Jacks have added to their Canadian content, signing Brock Webster and Josiah Morra for the 2025 season. The two join a New England roster already featuring C...
Oct 31, 2024

Canada's Gushue tops China's Xu 7-4 at Pan Continental curling championship
LACOMBE, Alta. - Canada's Brad Gushue tuned up for the playoffs Thursday by posting a 7-4 victory over China's Xiaoming Xu at the Pan Continental curling championship. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., c...
Oct 31, 2024

Musse, Bekker repeat as finalists for CPL Players' Player of the Year Award
Cavalry FC's Ali Musse, last year's winner, and Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker, runner-up in 2023, are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Players' Player of the Year award, the lon...
Oct 31, 2024

Canadian goalkeeper Rylee Foster back in top-flight football after near-death crash
Players who have worn the colours of both Liverpool and Everton form a select club. But Canadian Rylee Foster's journey from one Merseyside rival to the other is painfully unique. The 26-year-old goal...
Oct 31, 2024

Einarson adapts to constant lineup shuffling on her curling team
Kerri Einarson has come to terms with flux in her curling team's lineup. The four-time Canadian champion recruited Joanne Courtney out of the broadcast booth to play second in both the Saville Grand P...
Oct 31, 2024

Oliveira, Mitchell named as finalists for CFL outstanding player award
TORONTO - Running back Brady Oliveira of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and Hamilton Tiger-Cats quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell are the finalists for the CFL's outstanding player award. Oliveira led the CFL i...
Oct 31, 2024

Canada's Carleton happy to be part of WNBA's 'wave' as league enjoys huge success
Bridget Carleton was in Minneapolis this summer when a WNBA fan stopped her on the street. The fan rolled up a sleeve to reveal a tattoo of Carleton's name and her Minnesota Lynx jersey number on thei...
Oct 31, 2024

Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches quarterfinals at Hong Kong Open.
HONG KONG - Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open, defeating Australia's Kimberly Birrell 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. Fernandez, the tournament's third seed, needed j...
Oct 31, 2024

Hana Wakimoto of Japan shoots 9-under 63 to lead after the first round of LPGA's Toto Classic
SHIGA, Japan (AP) - Hana Wakimoto of Japan shot a bogey-free 9-under 63 on Thursday to lead by two shots after the first round of the LPGA's Toto Classic in Japan. Jin Young Ko of South Korea was two ...
Oct 31, 2024

'Just work harder': Canucks look to reset after ugly loss to Devils
VANCOUVER - Tyler Myers felt a loss like this could be brewing. The Vancouver Canucks had points in five straight games but the big defenceman knew his team wasn't playing the way it should. Then came...
Oct 31, 2024