Category Archives: Sports

SAQUAREMA, Brazil - Teenage surfer Erin Brooks, whose bid for Canadian citizenship was denied this week, won the Corona Saquarema Pro on Saturday. The 16-year-old Brooks defeated Australia Sophie McCu...

PARIS (AP) - Argentina is serious about the Rugby World Cup third-place game that nobody likes to play. The Pumas were lumped with the unwanted playoff after losing their semifinal against New Zealand...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Bobby Charlton, an English soccer icon who survived a plane crash that decimated a Manchester United team destined for greatness to become the heartbeat of his country's 196...

SANTIAGO, Chile - Mountain biker Gunnar Holmgren of Orillia, Ont., has won Canada's first gold medal at the Pan American Games. Holmgren took the men's cross-country race in Santiago, Chile, in a time...

Over the past week, the Indian city of Dharamsala received the season's first snowfall. As television cameras pan out behind the stadium, the Himalayan mountaintops are noticeable in their pristine wh...

ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada's first loss at the world mixed curling championship was a costly one. The Montreal-area rink, skipped by Felix Asselin fell 7-4 to Sweden in the tournament's semifin...

NANCHANG, China - Leylah Fernandez's eight-match win streak came to an end on Saturday as she fell 7-5, 6-4 to Katerina Siniakova in the semifinal of the Jiangxi Open. The meeting was a rematch of las...

CHILLIWACK - Caden Cranston had two goals and one assist to lead the Surrey Eagles to a 3 - 1 victory in Chilliwack Friday in BCHL action.Cranston opened the scoring on a first period powerplay and th...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - Captain Sophie de Goede scored 17 points as Canada defeated Wales 42-22 in its opening game at the new WXV women's 15s rugby tournament Saturday. De Goede, named player of th...

VANCOUVER - The Calgary Stampeders earned a dominant 41-16 victory over the B.C. Lions Friday night at B.C. Place to hold control of their destiny for the post-season. The Stampeders (6-11) can clinch...