Category Archives: Sports

Kings acquire goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Kings acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Washington Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade of high-priced, underachieving players on Wednesday. Ku...
Jun 19, 2024

Canada's Alena Sharp excited for major return at KPMG Women's PGA Championship
It's been three years since Hamilton's Alena Sharp played in a major and she feels like her game has evolved to better suit the best-on-best women's golf tournament. The 43-year-old Sharp joins Brooke...
Jun 19, 2024

Flashback: No Messi back in 2010 but Argentina firepower still too much for Canada
Canada and Argentina, who meet in Thursday's Copa America curtain-raiser in Atlanta, have history - albeit in the form of a lopsided 5-0 defeat in their only other meeting at the senior level. The Can...
Jun 19, 2024

Gilgeous-Alexander, Wiggins headline Canada men's Olympic basketball roster
TORONTO - NBA stars Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Andrew Wiggins and Jamal Murray will lead the Canadian men's basketball team at the Paris Olympics in July. Canada Basketball made the announcement Wednesd...
Jun 19, 2024

Alouettes focused on winning ahead of Grey Cup banner reveal against Redblacks
MONTREAL - Cody Fajardo knows watching the Grey Cup banner rise at Molson Stadium will stir up his emotions. But deep down, the Montreal Alouettes quarterback has one thing on his mind heading into th...
Jun 19, 2024

Two-time Olympic medallist Dion retires from Canada's short-track speedskating team
MONTREAL - Pascal Dion has retired from Canada's short-track speedskating team after a 10-year career that included two Olympic medals. The 29-year-old from Montreal announced his decision in a Speed ...
Jun 19, 2024

CFL to begin augmented broadcasts of games Thursday on TSN+
TORONTO - CFL broadcasts are going to look a little different now. Starting Thursday night, broadcasts of CFL games on TSN+ will be available as augmented live streams. Viewers will see locators to he...
Jun 19, 2024

Canada's Raonic loses second-round match to Fritz at Queen's Club
LONDON - Canada's Milos Raonic lost to fourth-seeded American Taylor Fritz 7-6 (5), 6-4 in second-round action Wednesday at the Queen's Club Championships tennis tournament. The 33-year-old from Thorn...
Jun 19, 2024

Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Mark Friedman to one-year deal
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Mark Friedman to a one-year contract worth US$775,000, the NHL club announced Wednesday. The 28-year-old from Toronto had an assist, 21 penalty...
Jun 19, 2024

Fernandez through to quarterfinals in Birmingham with win over Golubic
BIRMINGHAM - Canada's Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday. F...
Jun 19, 2024