Category Archives: Sports

OAKVILLE, Ont. - Bill Paul was like any other golf fan, watching as Brooks Koepka seized control on No. 16 at Shinnecock Hills to win the U.S. Open. But as tournament director for the upcoming RBC Can...

TOKYO - A Japanese mayor who suffered a stroke at a sumo event and was given first aid by a female nurse who entered the male-only ring has said the sport’s ancient ban on women is outdated. Ryo...

JAKARTA, Indonesia - The Olympic Council of Asia says North and South Korea will field combined teams in three sports - canoeing, rowing and women’s basketball - at the Asian Games in the latest...

LONDON - Eugenie Bouchard has qualified for the main draw at Wimbledon. The Canadian upset No. 2 qualifying seed Mariana Duque-Marino of Colombia 6-3, 6-2 in the final round of qualifying on Thursday ...

Wednesday’s Games World Cup At Ekaterinburg, Russia Sweden 3 Mexico 0 At Kazan, Russia South Korea 2 Germany 0 At Novgorod, Russia Costa Rica 2 Switzerland 2 At Moscow Brazil 2 Serbia 0 — ...

BEIJING - A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called exc...

Ottawa Fury FC has earned itself a meeting with Toronto FC. Carl Haworth scored in the 21st minute as Ottawa beat AS Blainville 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Canadian Championship semifinal where...

CALGARY - With both quarterbacks throwing a lot of passes to a lot of receivers just days ago, Thursday’s game between the Ottawa Redblacks and host Calgary Stampeders will be a stiff test of ea...

TORONTO - Cricket Canada has high hopes for the Global T20 Canada tournament. “I believe this is a beginning of building Canada as a cricket nation,” said Canada Cricket president Ranjit S...

HOUSTON - It isn’t very often that Alex Bregman whiffs on two straight fastballs, so when he did so in the ninth inning on Wednesday it left Houston’s third baseman a bit upset. Fortunatel...