Category Archives: Sports
Former CFL player Klassen offering scholarship for post-secondary students
Michael Klassen is giving back in a rather unique way. The former CFL player has launched an unconventional scholarship contest through his company, strEATS, a Calgary-based restaurant chain. The prom...
Oct 17, 2023
Canada beats Poland and New Zealand to lock down playoff spot at mixed curling worlds
ABERDEEN, United Kingdom - Canada qualified for the playoffs at the world mixed curling championship with wins over Poland and New Zealand on Tuesday. Skip Felix Asselin and his crew out of the Glenmo...
Oct 17, 2023
Canadian Premier League announces nominees for Best Under-21 Player Award
Vancouver FC's James Cameron, Valour FC's Matteo De Brienne and Forge FC's Kwasi Poku are up for the Canadian Premier League Best Canadian Under-21 Player Award. The winner, decided in a vote by CPL c...
Oct 17, 2023
Canadian Don Burgess's legacy on display at Rugby World Cup with kicking tee
A piece of plastic made headlines at the Rugby World Cup in France recently when Samoan fly halfLima Sopoaga took to social media for help finding his lost kicking tee. The former All Black left it on...
Oct 17, 2023
Homan tops Grandy 4-3 in opening draw of Grand Slam's Tour Challenge
NIAGARA FALLS, Ont. - Rachel Homan opened the Grand Slam season on Tuesday with a 4-3 victory over fellow Canadian Clancy Grandy at the HearingLife Tour Challenge. Homan, the defending champion from B...
Oct 17, 2023
Canada men's rugby team to play in new four-team tournament in Spain in November
Canada will join host Spain, Brazil and the U.S. in the La Vila International Rugby Cup next month. The new men's tournament will run Nov. 11 to 18 at the El Pantano stadium in the coastal town of Vil...
Oct 17, 2023
Data now plays a role in changing Canadian sport culture
Data science is holding a mirror up to Canadian sport. Boxing Canada and Sail Canada were among the first half a dozen national sports organizations (NSO) to adopt a Culture Audit and Assessment Tool,...
Oct 17, 2023
Canada's Leylah Fernandez wins first-round match at Jiangxi Open
JIANGXI, China - Canada's Leylah Fernandez continues her winning ways on the WTA Tour in Asia. Fernandez scored a 6-1, 6-3 win over wild-card Hanyu Guo of China in the first round of the Jiangxi Open ...
Oct 17, 2023
Police shoot dead suspected extremist accused of killing 2 Swedish soccer fans on a Brussels street
BRUSSELS (AP) - Police in Belgium on Tuesday shot dead a suspected Tunisian extremist accused of killing two Swedish soccer fans in a brazen shooting on a Brussels street before disappearing into the ...
Oct 17, 2023
Harper, Schwarber, Castellanos power Phillies past Diamondbacks 5-3 in Game 1 of NLCS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Bryce Harper smashed the first pitch he saw on his 31st birthday into the seats, Kyle Schwarber hit his first homer of the postseason and Nick Castellanos also went deep again to p...
Oct 16, 2023