Category Archives: Sports

Dominant second set leads Auger-Aliassime over McDonald in Halle
HALLE, NORTH RHINE-WESTPHALIA, GERMANY - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime rode a dominant second set to a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over American Mackenzie McDonald on Wednesday at the Halle Open...
Jun 15, 2022

Hockey Canada names coaches for under-18 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
CALGARY - Hockey Canada has announced Stephane Julien will lead its men's under-18 team at the upcoming Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Head coach and general manager of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's Sh...
Jun 15, 2022

Racing on the edge: Hamelin says short-track and Formula One have similarities
MONTREAL - Charles Hamelin was a couple of days removed from becoming Canada's most decorated winter Olympian and was on his flight home from Beijing. Connecting to the airplane's wifi midflight, the ...
Jun 15, 2022

Canada's Andreescu eliminated from German Open with second-round loss to Pliskova
BERLIN - Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated form the German Open grass-court tennis tournament with a 6-5, 2-6, 7-6 (7) loss to fourth seed Karolina Pliskova in second-round action Wednesday. An...
Jun 15, 2022

Johnny Gaudreau tops NHL's potential UFA class with free agency four weeks away
NHL general managers get the opportunity to open their chequebooks four weeks from Wednesday. This year's list of potential unrestricted free agents - as always - offers some intriguing opportunities ...
Jun 15, 2022

Shapovalov's losing streak reaches five matches with Queen's Club loss to Paul
LONDON - Canadian tennis player Denis Shapovalov had his losing streak extended to five matches Wednesday with a 6-4, 2-6, 6-4 loss to Tommy Paul at the Queen's Club grass-court event. Shapovalov hasn...
Jun 15, 2022

Oleksiak withdraws from Canada's swim team for Commonwealth Games
BUDAPEST, Hungary - Decorated Olympian Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from Canada's swim team for the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. Swimming Canada announced Oleksiak's withdrawal Wedn...
Jun 15, 2022

Senators sign forward Dylan Gambrell to one-year contract extension
The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Dylan Gambrell to a one-year contract extension worth US$950,000. The 25-year-old had three goals and four assists in 63 games with the Senators in 2021-22 afte...
Jun 15, 2022

IPL fetches staggering media rights for over $6 billion
NEW DELHI (AP) - U.S. media giant Walt Disney and India's Reliance Industries have won the broadcasting rights for the Indian Premier League for more than $6 billion, making the Twenty20 cricket compe...
Jun 14, 2022

Canadian Evan Dunfee takes first in race walk at Harry Jerome Classic
BURNABY, B.C. - Evan Dunfee's biggest competitor Tuesday was someone he couldn't even see. A year after smashing his own national record in the 10,000-metre race walk at the Harry Jerome Classic in Bu...
Jun 14, 2022