Category Archives: Sports

Canada's Dabrowski advances to women's doubles quarters at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the women's doubles quarterfinals on Sunday. The duo defeated China's Xinyu Jiang and Hanyu Guo 4-6, 6-1...
Jan 21, 2024

Shiffrin gets career win 95 in first World Cup slalom after season-ending injury for rival Vlhova
JASNA, Slovakia (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin earned her record-extending career win 95 by triumphing in a women's World Cup slalom Sunday, a day after the American ski star's main rival sustained a season-...
Jan 21, 2024

German skier Strasser takes Kitzbuehel slalom for 1st win in 2 years. Feller leads season standings
KITZBUEHEL, Austria (AP) - German skier Linus Strasser got down on his knees and kissed the snow on an Austrian slope he has known since he was a child, with his wife Maria and their one-year-old daug...
Jan 21, 2024

Challenger Dricus du Plessis wins split decision over Sean Strickland at UFC 297
TORONTO - South African challenger Dricus (Stillknocks) Du Plessis dethroned middleweight champion Sean Strickland, winning a split decision after a five-round gruelling battle in the main event of UF...
Jan 20, 2024

Oilers win 13th straight by dousing Flames 3-1
CALGARY - Sam Gagner's fluke goal was the game winner and Stuart Skinner made 26 saves as the Edmonton Oilers won their 13th game in a row with a 3-1 victory on Saturday night over the Calgary Flames....
Jan 20, 2024

Homan, Bottcher advance to Grand Slam finals
RED DEER, Alta. - Rachel Homan of Ottawa will be playing in Sunday night's Grand Slam championship final at the Co-op Canadian Open. Homan, and her crew of third Tracy Fleury, second Emma Miskew and l...
Jan 20, 2024

Rouge nets shootout winner as Toronto edges Poulin, Montreal 4-3
MONTREAL - Lauriane Rougeau scored the shootout winner as Toronto edged Montreal 4-3 in the first Professional Women's Hockey League game between the two rival cities on Saturday night at Verdun Audit...
Jan 20, 2024

Randle's triple-double leads Knicks over Raptors 126-100
NEW YORK (AP) - Julius Randle had 18 points, 16 rebounds and 10 assists in his 14th career triple-double, and the New York Knicks routed the Toronto Raptors 126-100 on Saturday night in the first meet...
Jan 20, 2024

Canada's Jasmine Jasudavicius dominates Zombie Girl in UFC 297 undercard win
TORONTO - Canadian bantamweight Jasmine Jasudavicius dominated Brazil's Priscila (Zombie Girl) Cachoeira on the ground en route to a third-round submission win Saturday night on the undercard of UFC 2...
Jan 20, 2024

Heinen nets first hat trick as Bruins whip Canadiens 9-4
BOSTON (AP) - Brad Marchand set a club record by scoring his 20th goal for the 11th consecutive season, Danton Heinen got his first career hat trick and the Boston Bruins rolled to a 9-4 win over the ...
Jan 20, 2024