Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - As a spirited Toronto Wolfpack practice continued around him Wednesday, forward Dan Fleming received medical attention for a nose that refused to stop bleeding. Winger Liam Kay exited a litt...

The hardest part for Colton Orr was pretending. After duking it out dozens of times over an NHL career that spanned almost 500 games, Orr was now trying to pretend he was fighting in front of the came...

LONDON - The English Football Association has banned a player for influencing a betting market when he ate a meat pie during his team’s landmark FA Cup game against Arsenal. A newspaper’s ...

EDMONTON - Receiver Derel Walker is back with the Edmonton Eskimos. Walker rejoined the CFL club Wednesday. He was released by the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Saturday. Edmonton released Walke...

DETROIT - The choice of Kid Rock as the opening act for a new sports arena in mostly black Detroit has injected the musician into the national debate over race and culture because of his embrace of th...

REGINA - Val Sweeting scored a single point in an extra end for an 8-7 victory over China’s Bingyu Wang, then topped Rachel Homan 6-4 in the late draw on Wednesday to race out to a 2-0 record at...

Although Adam Hadwin still hasn’t come to grips with being Canada’s top-ranked male golfer, he’s happy to be part of the international team for the upcoming Presidents Cup. Hadwin ea...

MOSCOW - The International Paralympic Committee has eased a ban on Russian athletes, allowing them to compete in qualifying events for next year’s winter games in South Korea. The IPC banned all...

LOS MACHUCOS, Spain - Chris Froome lost some of his Spanish Vuelta lead in a brutal climb that challenged riders in a 17th stage won by Stefan Denifl of Austria on Wednesday. Canadian Michael Woods fi...

NEW YORK - So much for the first U.S. Open matchup between Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal. Federer failed to live up to his end of the bargain. Hours after Nadal did his part with an easy-as-can-be vi...