Category Archives: Sports

Haudenosaunee Lacrosse team one step away from achieving Olympic dreams
The Haudenosaunee Nationals are one step away from achieving a decades-long dream. Lacrosse was restored to the Olympics program on Monday, with men's and women's versions of the game to be played at ...
Oct 20, 2023

South Africa and England meet again at the Rugby World Cup in rematch of 2019 final
They're the reigning world champions. They're the No. 1 team in the world. They've just dumped out the highly fancied home nation in a Rugby World Cup epic. No wonder the Springboks are big favorites ...
Oct 20, 2023

CF Montreal looks to advance to MLS playoffs with road win over Crew on Decision Day
MONTREAL - After the departure of several key players and coach of the year nominee Wilfried Nancy, and a seemingly never-ending injury crisis, the odds were against CF Montreal entering Decision Day ...
Oct 20, 2023

Pan Am Games a Park family affair, three siblings coached by father in taekwondo
SANTIAGO, Chile - Jae Park has a family-sized job ahead of him at the Pan American Games. He'll coach his three children Skylar, Tae-Ku and Braven in taekwondo on opening weekend in Santiago, Chile. "...
Oct 20, 2023

Tributes pour in for Sinclair in wake of plans to retire from international game
The greatest ever. The goat. Tributes were quick to pour in Friday after news broke that Canada captain Christine Sinclair is retiring from international football at the end of the year. "Simply put, ...
Oct 20, 2023

Canada's Leylah Fernandez moves in semifinals at Jiangxi Open in China
NANCHANG, China - Canadian tennis player Leylah Fernandez moved closer to her second straight WTA Tour title Friday with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Aliaksandra Sasnovich in quarterfinal action at the Jiangxi...
Oct 20, 2023

Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson named Canada's flag-bearers for Pan Am opening ceremonies
SANTIAGO, Chile - The beach volleyball team of Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson have been named Canada's flag-bearers for the Pan American Games opening ceremonies. The Toronto athletes wi...
Oct 20, 2023

A look at Canada captain Christine Sinclair's honour roll
Canada captain Christine Sinclair has announced plans to retire from international soccer at the end of the year. A look at her glittering resume. - Sinclair is the world's all-time leading goal-score...
Oct 20, 2023

Goals, goals, goals: A timeline of Canada captain Christine Sinclair's career
A look at the career of Canadian soccer icon Christine Sinclair, who has announced she is retiring from international soccer at the end of the year: March 12, 2000 - A 16-year-old Sinclair, then Canad...
Oct 20, 2023

Canada's Christine Sinclair retiring from international soccer at end of the year
After leading Canada to gold at the Tokyo Olympics in August 2021, captain Christine Sinclair came to a realization. "After Tokyo, deep down inside, I knew I didn't want to play in Paris," she said, r...
Dave Barry Oct 20, 2023