Category Archives: Sports
Jessie Fleming, Kris Twardek named Canada's under-20 soccer players of the year
TORONTO - Jessie Fleming and Kris Twardek have been named Canadian under-20 soccer players of the year. It’s the third straight year winning the award for Fleming, a 19-year-old from London, Ont...
Dec 12, 2017
Montreal Impact trade star defender Laurent Ciman to Los Angeles FC
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact shook up their backline Tuesday, trading star defender Laurent Ciman to expansion Los Angeles FC for Canadian wingback Raheem Edwards and Finnish defender Jukka Raitala....
Dec 12, 2017
Canada's Van Landeghem, Bouchard retire from competitive swimming
OTTAWA - Chantal Van Landeghem has retired from competitive swimming after helping Canada win a relay bronze in the Rio Olympics and Pan American gold in Toronto. Her Canadian teammate Dominique Bouch...
Dec 12, 2017
Short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin relaxes with video games
When Olympic short-track speedskating champion Charles Hamelin isn’t training or racing, chances are he’s in front of a video game console. The 33-year-old from Sainte-Julie, Que., says it...
Dec 12, 2017
Packed Ice: Hockey Canada's world juniors selection camp begins with 33 players
ST. CATHARINES, Ont. - There are so many players at Hockey Canada’s world junior championship selection camp that the ice was completely torn up after just one practice, with pucks bouncing over...
Dec 12, 2017
Bruce Brown, whose 'Endless Summer' redefined surfing, dies
LOS ANGELES - Bruce Brown, whose 1966 surfing documentary “The Endless Summer” moulded the image of the surfer as a seeker and transformed the sport, has died. He was 80. Brown died of nat...
Dec 12, 2017
Headley, Mitchell dealt by Yankees to Padres in payroll dump
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - The New York Yankees made a rare payroll dump, creating flexibility to add starting pitching. Third baseman Chase Headley and pitcher Bryan Mitchell were dealt to San Diego on...
Dec 12, 2017
MLS champion Toronto FC says search for trophies will continue next season
Toronto FC says the hunt for trophies will continue next season. And it is willing to spend more money to do so. Team president Bill Manning says the newly crowned MLS champions will use the extra US$...
Dec 12, 2017
Reds star Joey Votto voted winner of Toronto Star's Lou Marsh Trophy
TORONTO - Given Canada’s love for all things hockey, Cincinnati Reds star Joey Votto was as surprised to win the Lou Marsh Trophy a second time as he was the first. The 34-year-old first baseman...
Dec 12, 2017
NFL Network suspends analysts over sexual misconduct suit
NEW YORK - Hall of Fame player Marshall Faulk and two other NFL Network analysts were suspended after a woman who worked as a wardrobe stylist at the network accused them of sexual misconduct in a law...
Dec 12, 2017