Category Archives: Sports

Canada Soccer amends labour statement at request of women's players association
ORLANDO, Fla. - Canada Soccer has amended a statement it issued Friday and removed it from Twitter at the request of the Canadian Soccer Players' Association (CSPA), which represents the players on th...
Feb 16, 2023

Einarson chases rare fourth straight title at Canadian women's curling championship
Winning four Canadian women's curling championships in a row was "bloody hard to do in hindsight," says Colleen Jones. Nova Scotia's Jones, Kim Kelly, Nancy Delahunt and Mary-Anne Arsenault comprise t...
Feb 16, 2023

Vancouver Whitecaps will sport a new look this MLS season
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will have a new look and a new sponsor when they open the Major League Soccer season later this month. The team unveiled its 2023 "Bloodlines" jersey on Thursday, s...
Feb 16, 2023

Toronto Six named co-host of Premier Hockey Federation semifinals
Toronto's Mattamy Athletic Centre will co-host the semifinals of the Premier Hockey Federation's Isobel Cup next month. The PHF announced Thursday that Toronto and Boston would each host a best-of-thr...
Feb 16, 2023

Olympic champion weightlifter Christine Girard named Pan Am Games chef de mission
MONTREAL - Olympic champion weightlifter Christine Girard has been named Canada's chef de mission for the Pan American Games in Chile later this year. The 38-year-old from Rouyn-Noranda, Que., will le...
Feb 16, 2023

Canadian lightweight Anthony (The Genius) Romero looks to land PFL contract
ORLANDO, Fla. - Canadian lightweight Anthony (The Genius) Romero looks for a second chance to make a first impression Friday when he takes on Australian Antonio (The Spartan) Caruso in the PFL Challen...
Feb 16, 2023

Canada's Auger-Aliassime reaches quarterfinals at Rotterdam Open
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime defeated Grgoire Barrre of France 6-4, 6-3 to reach the quarterfinals of the Rotterdam Open on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime, the tournament's thir...
Feb 16, 2023

Suter's shootout winner lifts Red Wings past Oilers for fourth straight victory
EDMONTON - Pius Suter scored the shootout winner as the Detroit Red Wings kept up their second-half surge with a 5-4 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday. Dylan Larkin, Moritz Seider, Robby F...
Feb 15, 2023

Panarin, Zibanejad score twice as Rangers extend streak with 6-4 win over Canucks
VANCOUVER - Artemi Panarin scored twice and notched an assist as the New York Rangers stretched their win streak to six games Wednesday, downing the Vancouver Canucks 6-4. Mika Zibanejad also had two ...
Feb 15, 2023

Canada's Shapovalov drops second-round match to Mmoh at Delroy Beach Open
DELRAY BEACH, Fla. - Canada's Denis Shapovalov has fallen out of the Delray Beach Open, losing 7-5, 3-6, 6-3 to American Michael Mmoh in second-round action on Wednesday. The Richmond Hill, Ont., nati...
Feb 15, 2023