Category Archives: Sports
With sexism in Spanish soccer being scrutinized, female players strike for higher league wages
BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - First, Spain's Women's World Cup winners said they would no longer play for their country as they fight sexism in the nation's soccer federation. Now, Spain's women's league pl...
Sep 09, 2023
Browns defensive star Myles Garrett chasing greatness, hoping for picture perfect season
BEREA, Ohio (AP) - Myles Garrett was in an unfamiliar, vulnerable position. Flat on his back. Accustomed to shedding blockers to knock down quarterbacks, Cleveland's All-Pro defensive end looked as if...
Sep 09, 2023
Phyllis Ellis, Michael Woods among winners at Canadian Sport Awards
VANCOUVER - The Canadian Soccer Players Association, former field hockey player Phyllis Ellis and cyclist Michael Woods were honoured at the Canadian Sport Awards on Friday night. AthletesCAN named th...
Sep 08, 2023
Novak Djokovic will face Daniil Medvedev in the US Open final. It's a rematch from 2021
NEW YORK (AP) - Novak Djokovic limited big-serving Ben Shelton to five aces and broke him five times in their U.S. Open semifinal Friday. Djokovic pushed back when the 20-year-old unseeded American pr...
Sep 08, 2023
Daniil Medvedev ousts US Open defending champion Carlos Alcaraz to reach the final. Djokovic awaits
NEW YORK (AP) - Daniil Medvedev ended Carlos Alcaraz's reign as the U.S. Open champion by eliminating him in the semifinals 7-6 (3), 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 on Friday night to set up a rematch in the final agai...
Sep 08, 2023
Hamilton Tiger-Cats hang on for 27-24 win over Ottawa Redblacks
OTTAWA - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats swept the season series against the Ottawa Redblacks with a 27-24 win at TD Place on Friday night. The Redblacks (3-9) dropped their sixth straight game and find thems...
Sep 08, 2023
Toronto Blue Jays kick off homestand with 5-4 victory over Kansas City Royals
TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s hit a two-run double in Toronto's four-run seventh inning and the Blue Jays hung on for a 5-4 victory over the Kansas City Royals on Friday. Bo Bichette drove in two ...
Sep 08, 2023
Belgium's De Lie wins Quebec cycling race, Canada's Boivin finishes 41st
QUEBEC - Belgium's Arnaud De Lie finished first in the UCI World Tour Quebec City Grand Prix men's road race on Friday. He had a time of four hours 47 minutes 36 seconds. New Zealand's Corbin Strong w...
Sep 08, 2023
Peiyun Chien posts 64 and builds 4-shot lead on LPGA in Cincinnati
CINCINNATI (AP) - Peiyun Chien of Taiwan holed out for eagle on the sixth hole and played bogey-free on Friday for an 8-under 64 to build a four-shot lead in the Kroger Queen City Championship as she ...
Sep 08, 2023
Bombers look to avenge OT loss to Roughriders in Banjo Bowl tilt
WINNIPEG - Zach Collaros heard from Pete Robertson this week and doesn't have any hard feelings toward him. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers quarterback was head-butted to the turf by Robertson after a play ...
Sep 08, 2023