Category Archives: Sports
Hamilton to host Rugby World Cup qualifier in June between Canada and U.S.
TORONTO - Canada will host the U.S. at Hamilton’s Tim Hortons Field on June 24 in the first leg of their Rugby World Cup qualifying showdown. The 17th-ranked U.S. Eagles and No. 22 Canadians wil...
Apr 05, 2017
Canada's Gushue improves to 9-0 with 10-2 rout of Japan at world championship
EDMONTON - The numbers are in Brad Gushue’s favour at the Ford World Men’s Curling Championship. He posted impressive wins over Jaap Van Dorp of the Netherlands and Japan’s Yusuke Mo...
Apr 05, 2017
Rogers relishing glut of Canadian NHL teams headed to playoffs
What a difference a year makes. Last April, Scott Moore, president of Rogers’ (TSX:RCI.B) Sportsnet and NHL properties, was trying to put a positive spin on the fact that, for the first time sin...
Apr 05, 2017
Canada's Fleming makes mark at UCLA, looks to help national team in key matches
Jessie Fleming wasted little time introducing herself to NCAA soccer. In her UCLA debut on Aug. 28, the 19-year-old from London, Ont., scored a pair of goals in a 4-3 overtime loss to Florida. But it ...
Apr 05, 2017
Weightlifter Christine Girard appears another step closer to gold
Canada could be adding a second gold medal to its tally from the 2012 London Olympics as weightlifter Christine Girard appears one step closer to being promoted from third place to the top of the podi...
Apr 05, 2017
How and why the Leafs shield their historic rookies from the spotlight
TORONTO - Auston Matthews is finishing up the most impressive rookie season in the 100-year history of the Toronto Maple Leafs, but you won’t find his picture around the Air Canada Centre - not ...
Apr 05, 2017
Brad Marchand's mom says missing Olympics would be deep disappointment
HALIFAX - The mother of a Nova Scotia-born NHL player poised to make a bid to join Team Canada says the league’s decision to pass on the Olympics is a deep disappointment. Lynn Marchand, 54, sai...
Apr 05, 2017
Facelift of Calgary's '88 sliding track to bring change for bobsleigh team
Calgary’s Olympic sliding track is getting a makeover after three decades and a quarter of a million bobsled, luge and skeleton runs. A $20-million renovation scheduled for the summer of 2018 wi...
Apr 05, 2017
Scores and Schedule
Tuesday’s Games Women’s Hockey World Championship At Plymouth, Mich. Quarter-finals Finland 4 Sweden 0 Germany 2 Russia 1 — NHL Pittsburgh 4 Columbus 1 New Jersey 1 Philadelphia 0 (O...
Apr 05, 2017
Labanc, Ward score early, Sharks beat Canucks 3-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Kevin Labanc figured it was a good idea to get the first goal out of the way so quickly. He just wished the Sharks would have played the same way the rest of the game. Labanc and Jo...
Apr 04, 2017