Category Archives: Sports

Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright moves on at Olympic boxing qualifier in Bangkok
BANGKOK - Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright won a 5-0 decision over Argentina's Aldana Florencia Lopez on Friday to advance to the round of eight in the women's 50-kilogram division at a last-ditch Olymp...
May 31, 2024

Toronto FC gets Laryea back but no firm word on Insigne's availability for D.C. game
Toronto FC gets Richie Laryea back after a three-month injury absence but Lorenzo Insigne's status is uncertain ahead of Saturday's game at D.C. United. Insigne missed Wednesday's scoreless draw in Ph...
May 31, 2024

Yuka Saso and Minjee Lee set a target below par at tough Women's Open
LANCASTER, Pa. (AP) - Minjee Lee and Yuka Saso, recent champions of the strongest test of golf, set the target Friday morning with a few mistakes, a few birdies and a steady diet of pars to share the ...
May 31, 2024

UVA to pay $9 million related to shooting that killed 3 football players, wounded 2 students
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. (AP) - The University of Virginia will pay $9 million in a settlement related to a 2022 campus shooting that killed three football players and wounded two students, a lawyer repre...
May 31, 2024

NBA's Mavs and NHL's Stars chase a Dallas double with their deepest playoff run together
DALLAS (AP) - Dereck Lively II of the Dallas Mavericks tossed the question back at the reporter when the rookie centre was asked if he knew why so many fans shouted "Stars" during the national anthem ...
May 31, 2024

Stars forward Jason Robertson feeling brotherly love in Western Conference final
DALLAS - Jason Robertson is feeling the love in the Stanley Cup playoffs. The Dallas Stars winger scored his first post-season hat trick in Game 3 of the Western Conference final earlier this week. Hi...
May 31, 2024

Canadian women's soccer coach says foiled plan to attack Olympic matches 'a concern'
MONTREAL - Canadian women's national team coach Bev Priestman says news of a foiled plan to attack soccer matches at the Paris Olympics is "a concern." French authorities on Friday handed preliminary ...
May 31, 2024

MacIntyre takes second-round clubhouse lead at RBC Canadian Open; Hughes low Canadian
HAMILTON - Scotland's Robert MacIntyre had a 4-under 66 to take the clubhouse lead in the second round of the RBC Canadian Open. He's at 10-under overall to sit three shots clear of the pack with the ...
May 31, 2024

Hockey Canada announces women's and girls' steering committee
WINNIPEG - Hockey Canada has formed a committee of stakeholders to help structure the organization's next women's and girls' hockey strategic plan. The governing body made the announcement at a news c...
May 31, 2024

Panthers set team attendance record, fuelled by another deep Stanley Cup playoff run
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - The on-ice success story for the Florida Panthers is easy to see: They're one win away from a second consecutive trip to the Stanley Cup Final. The off-ice success isn't hard to f...
May 31, 2024