Category Archives: Sports
Soto hits tying homer before LeMahieu's single in 10th gives Yankees 4-3 win over Blue Jays
NEW YORK (AP) - DJ LeMahieu hit a game-winning single through a five-man infield in the 10th inning to give the New York Yankees a rain-delayed 4-3 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Juan S...
Aug 04, 2024
Canadians help New England Free Jacks retain Major League Rugby championship
SAN DIEGO - Jayson Potroz's boot accounted for 15 points Sunday as the New England Free Jacks defeated the Seattle Seawolves 20-11 to win the Major League Rugby championship for the second year in a r...
Aug 04, 2024
Canada's Ethan Katzberg wins Olympic gold in hammer throw with dominating performance
PARIS - Canada's Ethan Katzberg won the gold medal in the men's hammer throw at the Paris Olympics on Sunday with a dominating performance. Katzberg, from Nanaimo, B.C., opened with an Olympic record ...
Aug 04, 2024
Canadian sprinter De Grasse fails to qualify for men's 100-metre final in Paris
PARIS - Andre De Grasse will not be coming away with a medal in the men's 100 metres. The 29-year-old sprinter from Markham, Ont., ran a time a season-best time of 9.98 seconds to finish fifth in the ...
Aug 04, 2024
Bronze from boxing's Sanford extends Canada's medal streak in Paris to nine days
PARIS - Wyatt Sanford ended one streak and continued another on Day 9 of the Paris Olympics. The boxer from Kennetcook, N.S., was defeated in his 63.5-kilogram semifinal bout against France's Sofiane ...
Aug 04, 2024
Canada eliminated from women's basketball at Paris Olympics after loss to Nigeria
LILLE - Canada is out of the women's basketball tournament at the Paris Olympics after losing 79-70 to Nigeria on Sunday. The Canadians went winless across their three preliminary round matchups and f...
Aug 04, 2024
Sanford takes home bronze in Olympic men's 63.5-kilogram boxing
PARIS - Canada's Wyatt Sanford has taken home a bronze medal in Olympic men's boxing after falling to France's Sofiane Oumiha in the semifinals of the 63.5-kilogram category. The judges scored the mat...
Aug 04, 2024
Whitecaps rally to beat Tijuana 3-1, advance to Round of 32 in Leagues Cup
VANCOUVER - Forwards Levonte Johnson and Faba Picault each scored a goal and assisted on another in the second half as the Vancouver Whitecaps defeated Club Tijuana 3-1 Saturday night to advance into ...
Aug 03, 2024
Elks end long losing skid with 42-31 road win over Roughriders
REGINA - It took eight games but the Edmonton Elks are finally in the win column after a 42-31 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Saturday. The Elks entered the CFL contest with an 0-7 recor...
Aug 03, 2024
Andreescu, Fernandez learn NBO 1st-round opponents on home soil
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu will face Lesia Tsurenko of Ukraine to kick off the Canadian tennis star's National Bank Open. Tennis Canada held the draw for the country's national championship Saturday f...
Aug 03, 2024