Category Archives: Sports
Fourteen clubs from five leagues to contest Canadian Championship soccer tournament
TORONTO - Fourteen clubs, including three newcomers, will take part in the 2024 Canadian Championship, a four-round competition set to kick off in April. The winner hoists the Voyageurs Cup and advanc...
Feb 22, 2024
Canada's Clarke leads halfway through women's world skeleton championship
WINTERBERG, Germany - Canada's Hallie Clarke was the leader at the halfway point of the women's skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont...
Feb 22, 2024
Dabrowski, Routliffe move on to women's doubles semifinals in Dubai
DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - The second-seeded team of Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-4, 6-4 q...
Feb 22, 2024
Peiyun Chien leads by two strokes after first round of the LPGA Thailand tournament
CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) - Peiyun Chien shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour event in Thailand, the first of three tournaments on the LPGA's A...
Feb 22, 2024
Barcelona court finds Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves guilty of sexual assault
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves was found guilty of sexually assaulting a young woman in a Barcelona nightclub, a Spanish court ruled on Thursday. The three-judge panel senten...
Feb 22, 2024
Auston Matthews becomes fastest US-born player to reach 50 goals
TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) - Auston Matthews scored his 50th and 51st goals of the season in his hometown to become the fastest U.S.-born player to reach 50 and help the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the crumbling ...
Feb 21, 2024
McAvoy scores in OT as Bruins edge Oilers in dramatic overtime win
EDMONTON - Charlie McAvoy scored the overtime winner as the Boston Bruins won their second game in a row, emerging with a thrilling 6-5 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. McAvoy sent a bac...
Feb 21, 2024
Orlando stroll to 3-0 win over Cavalry in Champions Cup first leg
LANGFORD, B.C. - Orlando City SC beat the Cavalry FC 3-0 in CONCACAF Champions Champions Cup action at Starlight Stadium on Wednesday. Facundo Torres had two goals while Duncan McGuire scored the open...
Feb 21, 2024
Lionel Messi gets an assist, Inter Miami opens MLS season with 2-0 win over Real Salt Lake
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Lionel Messi had two Real Salt Lake defenders on either side of him, two more a few yards in front of him. He quickly tapped the ball away from them all with his left foot...
Feb 21, 2024
Leafs centre Matthews scores 50th goal of the season
TEMPE, Ariz. - Toronto centre Auston Matthews has scored his 50th goal of the season in 54 games in the Maple Leafs' NHL contest at Arizona. Matthews beat Coyotes netminder Karel Vejmelka glove side w...
Feb 21, 2024