Category Archives: Sports

Quarterback Masoli, Redblacks agree to restructured CFL contract
OTTAWA - Veteran quarterback Jeremiah Masoli has a new deal with the Ottawa Redblacks. Masoli, 35, was due a $100,000 bonus Monday as part of his previous agreement with the CFL club. Ottawa could hav...
Jan 15, 2024

Everton facing further punishment for breaking Premier League financial rules. Forest also charged
LONDON (AP) - Everton could be facing another costly punishment for breaking the Premier League's financial rules. The competition said Monday that both Everton and Nottingham Forest were being referr...
Jan 15, 2024

Source: Edmonton Elks re-sign veteran defensive back Loucheiz Purifoy
EDMONTON - Loucheiz Purifoy will return for a second season with the Edmonton Elks. The veteran defensive back signed a one-year contract extension Monday with the CFL club, according to a league sour...
Jan 15, 2024

Toronto Argonauts sign veterans Daniels, Orimolade to extensions
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts signed receiver DaVaris Daniels and defensive lineman Folarin Orimolade to contract extensions Monday. Daniels, 31, had 52 catches for a career-high 1,009 yards and eig...
Jan 15, 2024

Ukraine's Anna Voloshyna named new head coach of Canadian artistic swim team
MONTREAL - Anna Voloshyna is the new head coach of Canada's artistic swim team, but doesn't start the job until after February's world aquatics championships. The Ukrainian is an assistant coach for t...
Jan 15, 2024

Gymnastics body gives neutral status to 30 Belarusians but path to Paris Olympics is still unclear
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - The International Gymnastics Federation has granted neutral status to 30 athletes and officials from Belarus allowing them to take part in international competitions, alth...
Jan 15, 2024

Canada men thumped by Germany in opening game at Olympic field hockey qualifier
STOCKHOLM - The Canadian men's field hockey team's bid for Olympic qualification got off to a tough start Monday with a 9-0 loss to Germany at an FIH Olympic Qualifier. The fifth-ranked Germans are th...
Jan 15, 2024

Shapovalov swept aside by teen qualifier in Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - Denis Shapovalov's return to competitive tennis didn't go as planned Sunday night as the 24-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., was bounced from the Australian Open in straight s...
Jan 14, 2024

Sorensen named to Canadian figure skating team for Four Continents
CALGARY - Nikolaj Sorensen and Laurence Fournier Beaudry have been named to Canada's figure skating team for the Four Continents championship later this month. Sorensen and Fournier Beaudry withdrew f...
Jan 14, 2024

NHL roundup: Rangers end four-game skid with 2-1 win over Capitals
NEW YORK (AP) - Artemi Panarin and Alexis Lafreniere scored first-period goals and Igor Shesterkin made 24 saves as the New York Rangers snapped a four-game NHL losing streak with a 2-1 win over the W...
Jan 14, 2024