Category Archives: Sports

Canada's Fernandez retires due to injury during first-round match at San Diego Open
SAN DIEGO - Canada's Leylah Fernandez retired from her first-round match at the San Diego Open due to injury on Tuesday against Germany's Tatjana Maria. Fernandez, the eighth seed at the tournament, h...
Feb 27, 2024

Canadians down Trinidad 3-0 to qualify for CONCACAF U-20 Championship
PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago - Canada booked its ticket to the CONCACAF U-20 Championship with a 3-0 win over Trinidad and Tobago on Tuesday, completing a perfect 3-0-0 run in Group D qualifying...
Feb 27, 2024

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a 'strong NHL market'
WINNIPEG - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman says Winnipeg is a strong NHL market where "hockey matters," and that he believes the attendance issues affecting the team will be resolved. Bettman spoke to r...
Feb 27, 2024

Canada women look to keep rolling at CONCACAF W Gold Cup against Costa Rica
Having won twice already, the Olympic champion Canadian women are assured of making the quarterfinals of the CONCACAF W Gold Cup. But a victory Wednesday over No. 43 Costa Rica in its final Group C ga...
Feb 27, 2024

Lu Dort thinks more high school programs will help grow basketball in Montreal
OKLAHOMA CITY - Luguentz Dort likes the direction that basketball in Montreal is headed, but he would make just one tweak. Dort is having an excellent season as the starting small forward for the West...
Feb 27, 2024

Canada's Pamela Ware looks for redemption at diving World Cup in Montreal
MONTREAL - Top Canadian diver Pamela Ware is looking for redemption this weekend after a world championship to forget earlier this month. Following a stellar 2023 season that included five World Cup m...
Feb 27, 2024

Canada men's rugby coach Kingsley Jones looks forward to busy 2024 fixture list
The Canadian men's rugby team could play as many as nine test matches this year, starting in July with games against sixth-ranked Scotland and No. 20 Romania in Ottawa. The 21st-ranked Canadian men wi...
Feb 27, 2024

Sean Payton hints at moving on from Russell Wilson, says Broncos have to hit on 'the next one' at QB
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) - Sean Payton isn't providing anything definitive on Russell Wilson's time in Denver but he did hint at the Broncos moving on from him when he suggested the team cannot afford to...
Feb 27, 2024

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah struggles in first pre-season start
LAKELAND, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah allowed four earned runs over 1 2/3 innings in his first start of the pre-season Tuesday afternoon against the Detroit Tigers. Manoah, who w...
Feb 27, 2024

Chiefs coach Andy Reid expresses sorrow over parade shooting, offers hope to avoid future tragedies
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Kansas City Chiefs coach Andy Reid walked to the podium Tuesday in Indianapolis with a message that went beyond the football world. He paid tribute to the woman who was killed two ...
Feb 27, 2024