Category Archives: Sports

CALGARY - Former Calgary Stampeder player and team president Bill Britton has died at 82. Britton died at his Calgary home on Monday, the Stampeders said Thursday in a statement. He played seven CFL s...

Winnipeg head coach Paul Maurice has no problem with Jets goaltender Ondrej Pavelec’s decision to pull himself from a game. Pavelec headed to the bench six minutes into the second period of Winn...

REGINA - Saskatchewan Roughriders head coach Chris Jones has denied a report that the Saskatchewan Roughriders illegally worked out former NFL quarterback Johnny Manziel. “The Saskatchewan Rough...

TORONTO - Rob Gale’s search for young soccer talent knows no borders, as evidenced by the Canadian under-20 coach’s squad for the CONCACAF Men’s Under-20 Championship later this mont...

EDMONTON - Shamawd Chambers returned to the Edmonton Eskimos on Thursday. The veteran receiver re-signed with the Eskimos after being released by the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Chambers began his CFL c...

MOSUL, Iraq - After months of fighting, Mosul residents can finally practice their favourite game again at a soccer field in the eastern part of the city - and this time without the restrictions impos...

SURREY, B.C. - The B.C. Lions signed receiver Nick Moore on Thursday to a contract extension through the 2017 season. The 30-year-old from Westerville, Ohio, was set to become a free agent Tuesday. Mo...

HAMILTON - Kent Austin will have three new faces this season on his Hamilton Tiger-Cats coaching staff. Austin, Hamilton’s head coach/vice-president of football operations, unveiled his staff fo...

CALGARY - Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference is taking on a new role helping Alberta athletes. Ference has been named chairman of Alberta Sport Connection, a provincial agency that promotes spo...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American defensive end Tristan Okpalaugo to a two-year contract Thursday. The six-foot-six, 250-pound Okpalaugo returns to the CFL after signing with the NF...