Category Archives: Sports
F1 champ Verstappen wins Hungarian GP to extend overall lead, give Red Bull record 12th straight win
BUDAPEST (AP) - Formula One champion Max Verstappen needed only a few seconds to stamp his authority on the Hungarian Grand Prix on Sunday and win his seventh straight race of a crushingly dominant se...
Jul 23, 2023
Canada essentially alone when it comes to World Cup teams without a women's league
MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada may be Olympic champion but it trails Vietnam, the Philippines and the rest of the field at the FIFA Women's World Cup in one important category: Canada does not have a w...
Jul 23, 2023
Toronto Arrows part ways with head coach Peter Smith after 1-13-2 MLR season
The Toronto Arrows have parted ways with head coach Peter Smith after an injury-plagued season that saw the lone Canadian entry in the 12-team Major League Rugby finish last with a 1-13-2 record. The ...
Jul 22, 2023
B.C. Lions slowed by penalties in 19-9 win over Saskatchewan Roughriders
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions beat the Saskatchewan Roughriders 19-9 on Saturday night with both teams committing a number of fouls in a lacklustre night for offences at B.C. Place. Lions backup quarterb...
Jul 22, 2023
CF Montreal salvages win after beating Pumas 4-2 in Leagues Cup penalties
MONTREAL - A dramatic last-minute comeback from Pumas Unam that tied the match 2-2 and forced a penalty shootout wasn't enough for the visitors as CF Montreal opened their Leagues Cup account, winning...
Jul 22, 2023
New Zealand Women's World Cup team evacuated due to hotel fire
New Zealand's Women's World Cup squad had to be evacuated from a downtown hotel on Saturday night after several small fires broke out. New Zealand have police charged a 34-year-old man with burglary a...
Jul 22, 2023
Knight, Szokol hold on to win LPGA Tour’s lone team event
MIDLAND, Mich. (AP) - Cheyenne Knight and Elizabeth Szokol held off Matilda Castren and Kelly Tan by a stroke Saturday to win the Dow Great Lakes Bay Invitational, the LPGA Tour's lone team event. Kni...
Jul 22, 2023
Mariners score 5 in seventh, rally past Blue Jays for 9-8 win
SEATTLE (AP) - J.P. Crawford and Teoscar Hernndez both had two-run doubles as part of Seattle's five-run seventh inning against Toronto's bullpen, and the Mariners rallied for a wild 9-8 win over the ...
Jul 22, 2023
Stampeders, Redblacks ride momentum of narrow wins into McMahon Stadium clash
Calgary Stampeders middle linebacker Micah Awe took football trash talk to outer space ahead of the Ottawa Redblacks in town Sunday. Redblacks quarterback and aeronautical engineer Dustin Crum was the...
Jul 22, 2023
Canadian diving team hopes to use world championships near misses as motivation
The Canadian diving team didn't win as many medals as it might've liked at the FINA World Aquatics Championships, but that's not necessarily a bad thing, says one of its coaches. Canada finished with ...
Jul 22, 2023