Category Archives: Sports

Star Canadian centre Zach Edey starring in NCAA with mother supporting nearby
Zach Edey has been a driving force for the top-ranked Purdue Boilermakers, but it's been his mother's presence that has helped carve out his journey to NCAA basketball stardom. The seven-foot-four, 30...
Feb 03, 2023

Toronto Six player founds hockey club in Canada to inspire, support young Black girls
Growing up in Oshawa, Ont., professional hockey player Saroya Tinker was often the only Black player on the ice. "I was always a little bit of an outsider in hockey in regards to the comments I would ...
Feb 03, 2023

Canada's Kingsbury continues torrid pace with World Cup silver in moguls
DEER VALLEY RESORT, Utah - Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury continued his torrid pace at the World Cup season earning a silver medal on Thursday. It's the third medal of 2023 alone for the Deux-M...
Feb 02, 2023

Kyrgios pleads guilty to assault, has no conviction recorded
CANBERRA, Australia (AP) - Nick Kyrgios had suffered severe depression, suicidal ideation and insomnia in the past, a psychologist told a court on Friday when the Australian tennis star pleaded guilty...
Feb 02, 2023

Ian Millar tabbed as technical advisor of Canadian show jumping team
OTTAWA - Ian Millar has been named the newest technical advisor of the national show jumping team, Equestrian Canada announced Thursday. Millar of Perth, Ont., is a 12-time national champion and compe...
Feb 02, 2023

Lebioda leads on a day of ever-changing conditions at Pebble
PEBBLE BEACH, Calif. (AP) - Changes in weather and fortunes can happen without notice in the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which seems to suit Hank Lebioda just fine these days. Playing his sixth diff...
Feb 02, 2023

Canada's Gilgeous-Alexander gets first NBA all-star nod
Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Philadelphia's Joel Embiid, and Portland's Damian Lillard had to have known they were going to the all-star game. Players averaging more than 30 points per gam...
Feb 02, 2023

Bo Horvat, Elias Pettersson ready for 'last ride' together at NHL all-star game
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. - Bo Horvat and Elias Pettersson ran the gamut of emotions starring for the Vancouver Canucks. Playoff highs. Crushing defeats. And a miserable 2022-23 season. Despite this week'...
Feb 02, 2023

Curling Canada says pregnancy exemption to be expanded in 2024
Curling Canada says it is opening up its pregnancy exemption eligibility to all teams competing at next year's Canadian women's and men's championships, with the announcement coming a day after the or...
Feb 02, 2023

Canada Soccer parts ways with chief marketing officer Sandra Gage
Sandra Gage, who was front and centre with the Canadian team at the recent World Cup in Qatar, has been let go as chief marketing officer of Canada Soccer. Gage had been with the governing body since ...
Feb 02, 2023