Category Archives: Sports
CF Montreal acquires midfielder Caden Clark from Minnesota United FC
MONTREAL - CF Montreal acquired midfielder Caden Clark from Minnesota United FC on Thursday. In return, the Major League Soccer club will send US$50,000 in general allocation money and a second-round ...
Aug 08, 2024
Canada will play for gold medal in beach volleyball at Paris Olympics
PARIS - The Canadian women's beach volleyball team will play for gold at the Paris Olympics after defeating Switzerland 14-21, 22-20, 15-12 in semifinal play at Eiffel Tower Stadium. After dropping th...
Aug 08, 2024
Charron earns silver in weightlifting, Canadian relay teams are finals-bound at track
PARIS - Maude Charron lifted Canada to a silver medal Thursday in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Paris Olympics. The 31-year-old from Rimouski adds a second Olympic medal to her co...
Aug 08, 2024
Canada's Maude Charron wins silver in weightlifting at Paris Games
PARIS - Canada's Maude Charron won a silver medal in the women's 59-kilogram weightlifting event at the Summer Olympics on Thursday. She lifted 106kg in the snatch and 130kg in the clean and jerk for ...
Aug 08, 2024
Top court nixes Jordan Peterson's appeal of professional college's remedial orders
OTTAWA - Canada's top court has closed the door on Jordan Peterson's legal fight against an order that he enter a remedial coaching program. The author and University of Toronto professor has not had ...
Aug 08, 2024
Toronto's new WNBA franchise turns to fans for help in creating team's name, identity
TORONTO - Toronto's new WNBA team wants your help. The expansion franchise has issued a "call for inspiration," asking fans from across Canada to "share ideas, hopes and suggestions" for everything fr...
Aug 08, 2024
Canadians split on FIFA’s Olympics penalty for soccer drone spying, new poll says
OTTAWA - Most Canadians are not exactly outraged by the punishment meted out to the Canadian women's soccer team over its Olympic drone spying scandal, according to the results of a new poll released ...
Aug 08, 2024
Pumas eliminate Whitecaps from Leagues Cup with 2-0 win in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Pumas UNAM forward Cesar Huerta scored in the first half then helped set up another goal in the second, leading the Mexican club to a 2-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps in Leagues Cu...
Aug 07, 2024
Blue Jays fall to Orioles 7-3 as Guerrero extends hit streak to 19 games
TORONTO - Anthony Santander's two homers and Jackson Holliday's monster two-run shot in the seventh inning pushed the Baltimore Orioles to a 7-3 comeback win against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday...
Aug 07, 2024
Canada's Marina Stakusic wins National Bank Open debut; Rebecca Marino eliminated
TORONTO - Marina Stakusic has advanced to the second round of the National Bank Open. The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., came back to defeat Russia's Erika Andreeva 6-7 (5), 6-1, 6-4 on Wednesday...
Aug 07, 2024