Category Archives: Sports
Matsuyama's caddie returns home to Japan after passport stolen after Olympics
MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) - Hideki Matsuyama is starting the PGA Tour's lucrative post-season without his caddie and coach after they were victims of a robbery during a stopover in London from the Paris Oly...
Aug 14, 2024
Quarterback Rourke returns to Lions eager to play and win
VANCOUVER - The time was right for Nathan Rourke to return to the Canadian Football League. After spending more than 18 months bouncing around with four NFL teams, the 26-year-old from Victoria decide...
Aug 14, 2024
Taiwan no-hits Canada in dominant 8-0 LLWS victory
WILLIAMSPORT - The Kuei-Shan Little League team from Taiwan finished fourth in last year's Little League World Series. Back in Williamsport for the second straight year, the team has more depth and sk...
Aug 14, 2024
Football Canada appoints Peter Baxter to its board of directors
OTTAWA - Peter Baxter, the longtime athletic director at Wilfrid Laurier, has been appointed to Football Canada's board of directors. The governing body of amateur football in Canada made the announce...
Aug 14, 2024
Montreal sends midfielder Lassiter to Fire for general allocation money
MONTREAL - CF Montral has acquired up to US$150,000 in general allocation money from the Chicago Fire in return for midfielder Ariel Lassiter, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. Montral...
Aug 14, 2024
Former Nordiques executive, Oilers scout Gilles Leger dead at 83
TORONTO - Gilles Leger, who spent 11 seasons as an executive with the NHL's Quebec Nordiques, has died at age 83. The NHL confirmed Leger's death in a statement Wednesday. A cause of death was not giv...
Aug 14, 2024
Stampeders look to stay unbeaten at home, avenge Week 8 loss as Redblacks visit
CALGARY - When the Calgary Stampeders step onto the field at McMahon Stadium on Thursday night to face the Ottawa Redblacks, they'll have something to prove. Intent on keeping their perfect home recor...
Aug 14, 2024
Kylian Mbappé scores on debut for Real Madrid in a 2-0 win over Atalanta in UEFA Super Cup
WARSAW, Poland (AP) - A goal and a trophy. How about that for a debut by Kylian Mbapp for Real Madrid? The France captain pulled on the famous white jersey of the Spanish champions for the first time ...
Aug 14, 2024
Veteran Jeremiah Masoli to make his 2024 debut for Ottawa Redblacks
Jeremiah Masoli has again completed the long trek back into the Ottawa Redblacks' starting lineup. The veteran quarterback will make his 2024 debut when Ottawa (5-2-1) visits the Calgary Stampeders (4...
Aug 14, 2024
Plenty of international golfers on Weir's radar as Presidents Cup approaches
CALGARY - Mike Weir has plenty of tough decisions leading up to the 2024 Presidents Cup at Royal Montreal Golf Club in late September. As captain of the International Team, Weir has been keeping tabs ...
Aug 14, 2024