Category Archives: Sports
Canada's Maltais earns bronze at speedskating World Cup in last race before Olympics
INZELL - Canada's Valerie Maltais earned bronze in the women's 3,000 metres at a speedskating World Cup on Saturday in her final race before the Milan Cortina Olympics. Maltais, from La Baie, Que., fi...
Jan 24, 2026
Personal leave puts hockey into perspective for Edmonton Oilers star Leon Draisaitl
EDMONTON - Time away from the Edmonton Oilers has clarified what's truly important for star forward Leon Draisaitl. The 30-year-old centre stepped away from the NHL team last week and returned to Germ...
Jan 24, 2026
Canada's Laurin, Ethier 5th in pairs figure skating at Four Continents championship
BEIJING - Canada's Kelly Ann Laurin and Loucas Ethier finished fifth in pairs figure skating on Saturday at the Four Continents Championship. Laurin of St-Jerome, Que., and Ethier of St-Alphonse-de-Gr...
Jan 24, 2026
Canada's Abigail Strate earns silver at ski jumping World Cup as Olympics approach
SAPPORO - Canada's Abigail Strate stayed hot heading to the Milan Cortina Olympics, earning a silver on the women's large hill at the Ski Jumping World Cup on Saturday. The 24-year-old Calgarian reach...
Jan 24, 2026
Man City wins after dropping Haaland and Liverpool loses on stoppage-time goal
Dropping Erling Haaland worked out just fine for Manchester City. The Premier League's most fearsome striker and top scorer was relegated to the bench on Saturday after scoring just one goal in his pr...
Jan 24, 2026
Surprising Augsburg hands Bayern Munich first defeat in the Bundesliga
BERLIN (AP) - The best team in Germany is not necessarily the best in Bavaria. Bayern Munich slumped to its first Bundesliga defeat of the season by 2-1 at home to Bavarian rival Augsburg on Saturday,...
Jan 24, 2026
West Ham beats Sunderland for back-to-back wins in Premier League survival bid
West Ham's bid to escape the Premier League's relegation zone gathered pace with a 3-1 win over Sunderland on Saturday. It was a second straight victory for West Ham, which surged into a three-goal le...
Jan 24, 2026
Skijoring: a sport you've likely never heard of pushed a resort town to its limit
BANFF - Cole Carey learned quickly to keep his mouth shut when skiing in the snowy wake of a galloping horse: there's the danger of snow, ice and the occasional flavour of animal droppings dusted into...
Jan 24, 2026
New Jersey Devils capture 5-4 road victory over the Vancouver Canucks
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks are finally getting healthier but that still wasn't enough for them to win consecutive games for the first time in more than a month. Two nights after snapping their ...
Jan 24, 2026
Capitals' Lapierre ends drought; Wilson, Thompson in form ahead of Olympic Games
CALGARY - Hendrix Lapierre was mobbed by his linemates on the ice and even those in the press box were roaring. The 23-year-old from Gatineau, Que., ended a 90-game drought without a goal by scoring W...
Jan 24, 2026