Category Archives: Sports

Six events to kick off Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association season
PHILADELPHIA - The Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association that includes national team players from Canada and the United States opens its season Oct. 14. The PWHPA rose from the ashes of the...
Aug 18, 2022

Opportunistic Medvedev converts key breaks in win over Shapovalov
CINCINNATI - Denis Shapovalov gave up a pair of 11th-game breaks in a 7-5, 7-5 loss to world No. 1 Daniil Medvedev in third-round action Thursday at the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tenni...
Aug 18, 2022

Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's roster for World Cup qualifiers
TORONTO - Oklahoma City guard Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada's men's basketball roster for the next World Cup qualifying window. Canada plays Argentina on Aug. 25 in Victoria and then travel...
Aug 18, 2022

Reports: Flames closing in on signing UFA forward Nazem Kadri
The Calgary Flames are closing in on a deal to sign unrestricted free agent Nazem Kadri, according to multiple media reports. TSN reported that the deal is for seven years. The 32-year-old Kadri was o...
Aug 18, 2022

Negotiations with the Canadian men's soccer team could go on beyond the World Cup
The countdown to the World Cup in Qatar is ticking. And at the same time, pressure is building on Canada Soccer to seal a compensation deal with the men's national team. There is plenty on the negotia...
Aug 18, 2022

AP source: Browns QB Watson settles for 11-game suspension
Deshaun Watson has reached a settlement with the NFL and will serve an 11-game suspension and pay a $5 million fine rather than risk missing his first season as quarterback of the Cleveland Browns, a ...
Aug 18, 2022

Elks running back James Wilder Jr. says his CFL season is over due to injury
EDMONTON - Running back James Wilder Jr. of the Edmonton Elks says his 2022 CFL season is over. Wilder Jr. wrote on his Instagram account that he's been told his '22 campaign is done and the only way ...
Aug 18, 2022

Pospisil brings the heat in gritty VanOpen singles win over Australian Thompson
VANCOUVER - It's difficult to talk about the Vancouver tennis scene without the names of Rebecca Marino and Vasek Pospisil popping up. They are lovable underdogs, passionate players, gritty fighters a...
Aug 17, 2022

Gauld scores twice to steer playoff-seeking Whitecaps past Rapids 2-1
VANCOUVER - Midfielder Ryan Gauld scored a pair of first half goals as the Vancouver Whitecaps kept their Major League Soccer playoff hopes alive with a 2-1 win over the Colorado Rapids Wednesday nigh...
Aug 17, 2022

G'day for Canada Little Leaguers in beating Australia at World Series
WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - It started with a lengthy weather delay, but it turned out to be a g'day at Volunteer Stadium for Canada at the 75th Little League World Series. The Little Mountain Little Leaguers...
Aug 17, 2022