Category Archives: Sports

WINNIPEG - Weston Dressler had people telling him he was probably too small to play football ever since he was about 10 years old. It’s a good thing the Winnipeg Blue Bombers receiver didn’...

LONDON - Fulham signalled its determination to stay in the Premier League by becoming the first promoted team to spend over 100 million pounds ($128 million) in the summer transfer window. In an abbre...

TORONTO - The NACAC Championships will feature athletes from 28 countries in North America, Central America, and the Caribbean, including 22 athletes who are ranked in the top five in the world, and f...

CALGARY - When Courtney Kessel was named head coach of the Toronto Furies, general manager Sami Jo Small says she received Twitter messages asking her why she hired Phil Kessel’s sister. So to c...

TORONTO - Kate Van Buskirk turned down a chance to race the 5,000 metres at the 2015 Pan American Games in her hometown. Instead, she flew to Europe to chase the Olympic standard in the 1,500 metres a...

TORONTO - This time last year, Greek teenager Stefanos Tsitsipas had yet to record a victory on the ATP World Tour. His breakthrough season reached another level Thursday when he stunned one of the sp...

CAIRNS, Australia - Canadian swimming star Aurelie Rivard broke her own world record in the women’s S10 400-metre freestyle Thursday at the Pan Pacific Para-Swimming Championships. The 22-year-o...

Canadian women’s basketball star Kia Nurse has signed a one-year deal with the University of Canberra Capitals of Australia’s WNBL. The club confirmed the move Thursday on its website. The...

MONTREAL - Sloane Stephens says she isn’t overly excited about the hard court tennis season even if it leads to the tournament that brought her biggest victory - the U.S. Open. The 25-year-old&#...

VANCOUVER - While the Vancouver Whitecaps didn’t like the decision to send Brazilian Felipe off for a tackle on Toronto FC’s Marky Delgado in the first leg of the Canadian Championship fin...