Category Archives: Sports

Injuries, illness have plagued Canada through three days at world track and field
LONDON - Down two of its biggest stars, and now battling a stomach bug. Through three days of the world track and field championships, luck hasn’t been on the beleaguered Canadian team’s s...
Aug 06, 2017
Canada's Frank Dancevic fails to advance into Rogers Cup main draw
MONTREAL - Canada’s Frank Dancevic failed to advance to the Rogers Cup main draw on Sunday after falling 7-6(1), 2-6, 2-6 to American Tim Smyczek. The match, played at Uniprix Stadium, took two ...
Aug 06, 2017
B.C. Lions agree to terms with free agent defensive end Ricky Foley
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions agreed to terms with free agent Ricky Foley on Sunday, bringing the defensive lineman back to the organization that drafted him 11 years ago. Foley, of Courtice, Ont., was s...
Aug 06, 2017

Clippers' Willie Reed arrested on domestic violence charge
MIAMI - New Los Angeles Clippers centre Willie Reed was jailed Sunday in Miami on a battery charge. His wife told police that he dragged her across the apartment while wrestling for a purse and later ...
Aug 06, 2017

Spain's Gomez cruises to Montreal triathlon win ahead of Blummenfelt
MONTREAL - Javier Gomez Noya eased up to wave to the crowd as he cruised through the final 100 metres to win the ITU Montreal World Triathlon Series race on Sunday. There was no beating the five-time ...
Aug 06, 2017

Stomach bug that has struck Canadian team knocks Gillis out of marathon
LONDON - Running on empty, Canada’s Eric Gillis only had 30 kilometres in him on Sunday. The victim of a stomach virus that has struck Canada’s team at the world track and field championsh...
Aug 06, 2017

Lepchenko downs top qualifier Rybarikova to reach main draw at Rogers Cup
TORONTO - American Varvara Lepchenko downed top-seeded qualifier Magdalena Rybarikova of Slovakia 7-5, 6-0 on Sunday to advance to the main draw of the Rogers Cup. Lepchenko, who defeated Canadian Gab...
Aug 06, 2017
Argos say quarterback Ray listed as day to day with shoulder injury
TORONTO - Argonauts quarterback Ricky Ray is day-to-day with a shoulder injury and could play Friday when Toronto visits the Montreal Alouettes. Ray worked the starting offence during Toronto’s ...
Aug 06, 2017
Netherlands wins women's European soccer championship
ENSCHEDE, Netherlands - Striker Vivianne Miedema scored twice Sunday as the Netherlands beat Denmark 4-2 to win its first Women’s European Championship title and set off a huge party among thous...
Aug 06, 2017
Wolfpack rebound from loss with 68-0 win over Workington in second round
WORKINGTON, United Kingdom - The Toronto Wolfpack rebounded from their first loss of the season in dominant fashion, downing Workington Town 68-0 on Sunday in the second round of the Kingstone Press L...
Aug 06, 2017