Category Archives: Sports
Love game: Tennis star Wozniacki engaged to hoopster Lee
Caroline Wozniacki is engaged again and showing off her new ring. The Danish tennis player says on Twitter that she accepted a marriage proposal from David Lee, who recently played for the San Antonio...
Nov 03, 2017
Scotties to return to Nova Scotia as Sydney named host of 2019 curling event
ORLEANS, Ont. - The Canadian women’s curling championship will return to Nova Scotia in 2019, its first appearance in the province in over 25 years. Sydney, N.S., was named Scotties Tournament o...
Nov 03, 2017
World Series champion Astros hold off on White House talk
HOUSTON - The World Series champion Houston Astros have not made the decision yet on whether they will visit the White House to meet with President Donald Trump if an invitation is extended. “We...
Nov 03, 2017
Kolyada dominant in short program at Cup of China
BEIJING - Canada’s Gabrielle Daleman was in first place after Friday’s women’s short program at the Cup of China, the third event of the International Skating Union’s Grand Pri...
Nov 03, 2017
'It's where I belong,' Canada's Rebecca Marino ready for return to tennis
TORONTO - The road back to tennis prominence will not be a glamorous one for Rebecca Marino and she’s just fine with that. Her comeback trail will include several stops at low-level tournaments,...
Nov 03, 2017
St. Pierre set for comeback fight vs. Bisping at UFC 217
NEW YORK - Georges St. Pierre waved his hands as a conductor would to a chorus of “G-S-P” chanted by fans wrapped in Rising Sun headbands inside Madison Square Garden. “These are you...
Nov 03, 2017
Next year in Jerusalem: Giro riders face political hurdles
JERUSALEM - When the world’s cycling elite converge on Israel next year for the storied Giro d’Italia race, they will grapple with the rugged hills of Jerusalem, speed by the shimmering Me...
Nov 03, 2017
Roughriders want to complete return to respectability with win Saturday
Returning to the CFL playoffs for the first time since 2014 has been a slow, uphill climb for the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The team went 3-15 two years ago and made only marginal gains last season to...
Nov 03, 2017
French charge IOC member Fredericks in Rio corruption probe
PARIS - IOC member Frankie Fredericks was handed preliminary charges on Friday in a French investigation into vote-buying around the decision to award the 2016 Olympics to Rio de Janeiro. An official ...
Nov 03, 2017
NYC circles the wagons around marathon after truck attack
NEW YORK - In a city shaken by its deadliest terrorist attack since 9-11, police are promising an unprecedented security effort to try to secure a soft target spanning five boroughs and 26.2 miles: th...
Nov 03, 2017