Category Archives: Sports

Canadian women expect stiff challenge from Italy at Rugby World Cup in New Zealand
Having opened the Rugby World Cup with a win despite losing a key player on the eve of the game, the Canadian women face a stiff challenge in Italy on Saturday in Auckland, New Zealand. Third-ranked C...
Oct 14, 2022

Drake's owl logo on Barcelona jersey for clásico at Madrid
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Barcelona's players will have the owl-shaped logo of Canadian rapper Drake on their jerseys at Real Madrid on Sunday in the first "clsico" of the season in the Spanish league. ...
Oct 14, 2022

Canadian star Alphonso Davies back training with Bayern Munich after blow to head
MUNICH - Canadian star Alphonso Davies, who had to be helped off the field last weekend after taking a boot to the head, was back training Friday with Bayern Munich. While Friday was officially a day ...
Oct 14, 2022

Just a Number: Group of Skydivers Over Age 80 Break Record
Featured in Ripley's Believe It or Not! A group of eight skydivers lept into the Central Florida skies to prove age really is just a number by breaking a world record for the largest formation of...
Ripley's Believe It or Not! Oct 14, 2022

Laurent Dubreuil blazes way to national title in men's 500m long track speedskating
QUEBEC - Laurent Dubreuil blazed his way to being national champion in the men's 500-metre long track speedskating race on Thursday. The Lvis, Que., native, who holds the Canadian record in the event ...
Oct 13, 2022

Calgary Flames end season-opening drought with 5-3 win over Colorado Avalanche
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames won their season opener for the first time in well over a decade with a 5-3 victory over the defending Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche on Thursday. The Flames halt...
Oct 13, 2022

Canada's Bianca Andreescu falls in three sets to Coco Gauff at San Diego Open
SAN DIEGO - Canada's Bianca Andreescu lost 4-6, 6-4, 3-6 to sixth-seeded Coco Gauff in the second round of the San Diego Open on Thursday. Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont., saved 9-of-14 break points wh...
Oct 13, 2022

Auston Matthews leads Maple Leafs over Capitals in home opener
TORONTO - Auston Matthews scored the winner in the third period as the Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Washington Capitals 3-2 in their home opener Thursday. John Tavares and Calle Jarnkrok had the o...
Oct 13, 2022

Toronto Arrows re-sign wing Kobe Faust for 2023 Major League Rugby season
TORONTO - Canadian youth international wing Kobe Faust has re-signed with the Toronto Arrows for the 2023 Major League Rugby season. The 20-year-old has spent three seasons with the Arrows but was ham...
Oct 13, 2022

Sabres rally to 4-1 season-opening win over Senators
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Rasmus Dahlin and rookie JJ Peterka scored 2:54 apart in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres rallied to beat the Ottawa Senators 4-1 in the teams' season opener on Thursday ...
Oct 13, 2022