Category Archives: Sports
Toronto Maple Leafs sign ex-Anaheim Ducks defenceman to one-year deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Simon Benoit to a one-year contract worth US$775,000. Benoit spent three seasons with the Anaheim Ducks, scoring four goals and notching seven ...
Aug 28, 2023
The Huddle returns for second year in southern Ontario
TORONTO - Another NFL season, another year of The Huddle. The Huddle was launched last year by NFL Canada as its first-ever pop-up sports bar to cater to the league's fans in southern Ontario. NFL Can...
Aug 28, 2023
Short turnaround from Tokyo to Paris has Canada's para athletes working hard
Three years between Paralympic Games instead of four has Paris 2024 coming at high speed for champion swimmer Aurelie Rivard. A double gold medallist in Tokyo's Games, which were postponed from 2020 t...
Aug 28, 2023
Canadian athletes to watch in 2024 Paralympic Games
With the 2024 Paralympics a year away, here is a look at 10 Canadian athletes who could find themselves on the podium in Paris: Aurelie Rivard, swimming Five-time Paralympic freestyle champion and dou...
Aug 28, 2023
U.S. Open starts Monday with Swiatek, Gauff, Djokovic in action
NEW YORK (AP) - The season's last Grand Slam tournament, the U.S. Open, gets started on Monday with some of the biggest names in tennis - about a year after two even bigger names walked away from the ...
Aug 27, 2023
Cleveland cuts Syndergaard after Sunday's start in Toronto
TORONTO (AP) - Cleveland right-hander Noah Syndergaard was designated for assignment following Sunday's extra-inning win over Toronto after pitching six innings against the Blue Jays. Syndergaard allo...
Aug 27, 2023
Elks beat Redblacks 30-20, snap 22-game home losing skid
EDMONTON - Canadian quarterback Tre Ford threw for 317 yards, a touchdown and ran one in himself as the Edmonton Elks ended a massive drought and finally got a win at home, defeating the Ottawa Redbla...
Aug 27, 2023
CP NewsAlert: Megan Khang of the United States wins CPKC Women's Open
VANCOUVER - Megan Khang of the United States has won the CPKC Women's Open tonight in a first hole playoff victory with Jin Young Ko of South Korea. It is the first victory of her LPGA Tour career. Mo...
Aug 27, 2023
Simone Biles wins a record 8th US Gymnastics title a full decade after her first
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - A decade later, Simone Biles is still on top. The gymnastics star won her record eighth U.S. Championship on Sunday night, 10 years after she first ascended to the top of her s...
Aug 27, 2023
Henderson buoyed by fan support at CPKC Women's Open as up-and-down season continues
VANCOUVER - The fans at the CPKC Women's Open don't care, Brooke Henderson is still their favourite. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., was greeted with cheers or chants at every hole around Shaughne...
Aug 27, 2023