Category Archives: Sports
Stampeders kicker René Paredes rising to the occasion in big moments to start season
CALGARY - Ren Paredes resumed his reliability for the Calgary Stampeders with game-winning field goals in the team's two comeback wins to start the CFL season. The 37-year-old kicker in his 11th seaso...
Jun 24, 2022
Canada's Liendo wins second medal at worlds with bronze in 100 butterfly
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Canadian swimmer Joshua Liendo claimed his second medal at the world aquatics championships with a bronze in the men's 100-metre butterfly Friday. Liendo, from Markham, Ont., poste...
Jun 24, 2022
NBA star Gilgeous-Alexander headlines Canada roster for upcoming World Cup qualifiers
TORONTO - Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander headlines the 16-player roster for next week's Canadian men's national team training camp ahead of the third window of FIBA Basketball Worl...
Jun 24, 2022
Auger-Aliassime seeded sixth at Wimbledon, Fernandez confirmed out
LONDON - Montreal's Flix Auger-Aliassime has been given the sixth seed in men's competition as four Canadians are set to compete in the main singles draws at Wimbledon. The draws for the grass-court G...
Jun 24, 2022
Andreescu in Bad Homburg final after Halep withdraws
BAD HOMBURG, Germany - Canada's Bianca Andreescu reached her first final in more than a year after Simona Halep withdrew ahead of their semifinal match at the Bad Homburg Open on Friday with a neck in...
Jun 24, 2022
Former CFL player Joshua Boden to be sentenced for second-degree murder
VANCOUVER - A former Canadian Football League wide receiver convicted of killing his ex-girlfriend is expected to be sentenced in B.C. Supreme Court today. Joshua Boden was found guilty last fall of s...
Jun 24, 2022
Avalanche on the cusp of dethroning Lightning and winning third Stanley Cup
The Stanley Cup will be in the building tonight when the Colorado Avalanche welcome the Tampa Bay Lightning to Denver's Ball Arena for Game 5 of the NHL final. The Avalanche lead the best-of-seven ser...
Jun 24, 2022
Toronto Raptors draft centre Christian Koloko 33rd overall
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Christian Koloko is the newest member of the Toronto Raptors. Toronto took the seven-foot-one centre 33rd overall in Thursday night's NBA Draft. The Raptors had only one pick this yea...
Jun 23, 2022
Alouettes score early, cruise to 37-13 victory over Roughriders in home opener
MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes scored in the first 15 seconds of play and never looked back on their way to a 37-13 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders Thursday. The Alouettes (1-2) had a complet...
Jun 23, 2022
Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe go sixth and seventh in NBA draft
BROOKLYN, N.Y. - Canadians Bennedict Mathurin and Shaedon Sharpe were selected back-to-back in the first round of Thursday's NBA draft. Mathurin, a 20-year-old from Montreal, was selected sixth by the...
Jun 23, 2022