Category Archives: Sports

Roughriders hang on to beat resilient Lions 34-29 in wild finish
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders held off a furious fourth quarter comeback to edge the B.C. Lions 34-29 in CFL action on Sunday at Mosaic Stadium. The Riders took a 31-13 lead into the fourth qu...
Aug 20, 2023

Toronto FC's comeback falls short, beaten by Montreal for its ninth straight loss
TORONTO - Mathieu Choiniere scored twice as CF Montreal defeated Toronto FC 3-2 Sunday, handing TFC a franchise-record ninth straight loss in all competitions. Federico Bernardeschi had two goals in a...
Aug 20, 2023

Hovland sets Olympia Fields record with 61 to win BMW Championship
OLYMPIA FIELDS, Ill. (AP) - Viktor Hovland kept hitting every shot just the way he wanted on the back nine at Olympia Fields. Rory McIlroy was keeping his card and kept writing "3" in just about every...
Aug 20, 2023

Clutch birdie gives Duke first PGA Tour Champions title
CALGARY - Ken Duke birdied the par 5 finishing hole of the Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Sunday to win the 2023 Shaw Charity Classic. Duke sank a clutch four-foot putt on the 18th green to w...
Aug 20, 2023

Paramount Prince wins 164th running of $1-million King's Plate race
TORONTO - Patrick Husbands isn't one to mess with a winning formula. So, after guiding Paramount Prince to a convincing five-length, wire-to-wire win in last month's Plate Trial, the veteran jockey to...
Aug 20, 2023

Canada advances to pair of finals at rugby 7s Olympic qualification in Langford
LANGFORD, B.C. - Both the Canadian men's and women's rugby sevens squads have successfully advanced to Sunday night's finals of the Rugby Americas North (RAN) Olympic qualifying tournament. The Canadi...
Aug 20, 2023

Belt hits 2 of Blue Jays' 5 home runs off Hunter Greene in 10-3 rout of Reds
CINCINNATI (AP) - Brandon Belt had his second multihomer game this season, Hyun Jin Ryu won consecutive starts for the first time since his latest Tommy John surgery and Toronto Blue Jays routed the C...
Aug 20, 2023

Coco Gauff, 19, earns Cincinnati women's title by beating Muchova in straight sets
MASON, Ohio (AP) - Seventh-seeded Coco Gauff became the first teenager in more than 50 years to win the Western & Southern Open with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Karolina Muchova on Sunday. Gauff, the ...
Aug 20, 2023

Spain's World Cup winner Olga Carmona learns of father’s death after final
MADRID (AP) - Olga Carmona, whose goal won the Women's World Cup for Spain on Sunday, learned of her father's death after the final, the Spanish soccer federation said. The federation did not say when...
Aug 20, 2023

Canada ousted from Little League World Series following 10-1 loss to Mexico
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - Canada's run at the Little League World Series ended with a 10-1 loss to Mexico in an elimination-round game on Sunday The Canadians, represented by North Regina Little League, ope...
Aug 20, 2023