Category Archives: Sports

Canada to host South Korea in first Davis Cup tie in Montreal since 2012
Montreal will host a Davis Cup qualification tie between Canada and South Korea in February, Tennis Canada announced Thursday. The tie, scheduled for Feb. 2-3 at IGA Stadium, will determine which coun...
Dec 14, 2023

Tim Hortons, Telus reinstate support for Hockey Canada following scandal
TORONTO - Two sponsors who previously pulled support for Hockey Canada, when it was embroiled in scandal last year, say they are backing the organization once more. Fast food chain Tim Hortons and tel...
Dec 14, 2023

2010 Olympics an inspiration to Whistler slider in second senior luge event
WHISTLER, B.C. - Embyr-Lee Susko describes taking part in the upcoming second leg of the 2023 Luge World Cup in Whistler, B.C., as a "full circle moment." Susko, 18, grew up in Whistler and got into t...
Dec 14, 2023

Messi, MbappĂ© or Haaland to be FIFA best player in 2023. Women's best is BonmatĂ, Hermoso or Caicedo
ZURICH (AP) - The FIFA best men's player award for 2023 will be another contest between Lionel Messi, Kylian Mbapp and Erling Haaland. FIFA announced the shortlist on Thursday with the same top three ...
Dec 14, 2023

The Dodgers are ready to welcome Shohei Ohtani to Hollywood
LOS ANGELES (AP) - The Los Angeles Dodgers are ready to welcome Shohei Ohtani to Hollywood. The biggest superstar in baseball will be formally introduced by the team at a news conference Thursday. A u...
Dec 14, 2023

Richard Norman driving Canadian curling's quest for more diversity
When Richard Norman was invited to a celebrity fundraising curling bonspiel at Toronto's Cricket Club several years ago, he went scratching his head. "I'm like 'what's curling? Curling's not for Black...
Dec 14, 2023

American skier Bennett surprises favorites Kilde, Odermatt to win Val Gardena downhill again
SELVA DI VAL GARDENA, Italy (AP) - American skier Bryce Bennett surprised the favorites by winning the Val Gardena downhill with a late start number as the men's World Cup speed season finally opened ...
Dec 14, 2023

Captain Lautaro and Inter Milan keen to upgrade contract in season
MILAN (AP) - World Cup winner Lautaro Martnez has two targets: To score 100 goals this season and to renew his contract with Inter Milan. One is more realistic than the other. Inter is in discussions ...
Dec 14, 2023

Hodgson, 76, falling out of love with soccer as Crystal Palace plummets in EPL
If this is to be Roy Hodgson's final stint in his long, itinerant coaching career, then the oldest manager in the English Premier League is going out swinging. As Crystal Palace plummets in the standi...
Dec 14, 2023

Champions League: England flops, Spain surges while PSV and Copenhagen provide nice surprises
So much for the English taking over European soccer. The final Champions League group stage in its current format ended with representation from the supposedly all-powerful Premier League cut in half ...
Dec 14, 2023