Category Archives: Sports
Auger-Aliassime voted Canadian Press male athlete of the year
MONTREAL - Tennis player Flix Auger-Aliassime, who shone on some of the sport's biggest stages in 2022, is the winner of the Lionel Conacher Award as The Canadian Press male athlete of the year. Auger...
Dec 29, 2022
Huberdeau breaks tie in third, Flames beat Kraken 3-2
SEATTLE (AP) - Jonathan Huberdeau broke a tie with eight minutes left in the third period and the Calgary Flames beat the Seattle Kraken 3-2 on Wednesday night. Huberdeau found himself unmarked in the...
Dec 28, 2022
Andrei Vasilevskiy earns 11th straight win over Canadiens
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves to beat Montreal for the 11th consecutive time, Brayden Point had two goals, and the Tampa Bay Lightning defeated the Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday nig...
Dec 28, 2022
Bedard shines as Canada gets back on track at world juniors with 11-2 rout of Germany
HALIFAX - Connor Bedard had a hat trick and four assists as Canada got back on track at the world junior hockey championship Wednesday with an emphatic 11-2 victory over Germany. Dylan Guenther also h...
Dec 28, 2022
Slovakia upsets United States 6-3 at world junior hockey championship
MONCTON, N.B. - Slovakia got goals from a half-dozen skaters in a 6-3 upset of the United States on Wednesday at the world junior hockey championship. Libor Nemec, Dalibor Dvorsky, Robert Baco, Filip ...
Dec 28, 2022
Canada Soccer joins federal government's safe sport program
Canada Soccer is the latest national sports organization to sign an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. The governing bod...
Dec 28, 2022
Maple Leafs fined $100,000 for Boxing Day travel, Keefe docked $25k for ref abuse
NEW YORK - The Toronto Maple Leafs have been hit in the pocketbook for travelling over the holidays. The NHL said Wednesday that the Maple Leafs have been fined US$100,000 for travelling to St. Louis ...
Dec 28, 2022
Whitecaps extend midfielder Caio Alexandre's loan to Brazilian team for a year
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have extended midfielder Caio Alexandre's loan to Fortaleza EC for another year, with an obligation for the Brazilian side to purchase his contract if he hits undis...
Dec 28, 2022
Professional goalies work together to develop mindset in weekly meetings
Every week some of the top goalies in North America get together to talk about their feelings. The Zoom meetings are divided, with goalies from Canada's major junior leagues, the American Hockey Leagu...
Dec 28, 2022
Canadian sprint star De Grasse has moved to Orlando to work with Irish coach Coghlan
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse has a new home and a new coach. The six-time Olympic medallist and partner Nia Ali, an American hurdler, have moved to Orlando to work with Irishman John Coghlan, ...
Dec 28, 2022