Category Archives: Sports
Veterans Tancredi, Wilkinson and Nault retire from Canadian women's soccer team
VANCOUVER - The first time Melissa Tancredi and Rhian Wilkinson trained together for the national women’s soccer team was at a camp in Costa Rica prior to the 2004 Olympic qualifying tournament....
Jan 13, 2017
Chelsea drops Diego Costa amid rift, unsettling Chinese link
LONDON - Diego Costa’s Chelsea career could be coming to a fiery abrupt end, in a setback to the English Premier League leaders’ pursuit of the title. The league top-scorer has not travell...
Jan 13, 2017
Blue Jays say pitching, not slugging, could be key to success in 2017
REGINA - Scoring runs has rarely been an issue for the Toronto Blue Jays the past several seasons, as Edwin Encarnacion and Jose Bautista have slugged it out with the best power hitters in the game an...
Jan 13, 2017
Canadian Brandon Bridge to compete for Roughriders' starting position
Canadian Brandon Bridge is ready to tackle the challenge of being a CFL starting quarterback. On Friday, Saskatchewan dealt the rights to veteran Darian Durant to the Montreal Alouettes for two draft ...
Jan 13, 2017
Canadian players figure in first and second rounds of MLS SuperDraft
LOS ANGELES - Canadians Kwame Awuah and Brian Wright went in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft on Friday, followed by teenagers Adonijah Reid and Shamit Shome in the second round. The haul was in ...
Jan 13, 2017
Calgary's Kevin Koe, North America maintain lead at Continental Cup of Curling
LAS VEGAS - Calgary’s Kevin Koe has Team North America in the lead at the halfway point of the 2017 Continental Cup. Koe, backed up by vice-skip Marc Kennedy, second Brent Laing and lead Ben Heb...
Jan 13, 2017
Canada advances to women's U18 hockey final with 6-2 win over Sweden, will face US
ZLIN, Czech Republic - Canada will play for gold at the IIHF U18 women’s world hockey championship after defeating Sweden 6-2 in the semifinal on Friday. Sophie Shirley and Sarah Fillier each sc...
Jan 13, 2017
Toronto Argos re-sign veteran offensive lineman Tyler Holmes to extension
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts signed veteran Canadian offensive lineman Tyler Holmes to a contract extension Friday. Holmes was slated to become a free agent next month. The Ottawa native’s ne...
Jan 13, 2017
Laurent Duvernay-Tardif looking forward to Chiefs rematch with Steelers
Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and the Kansas City Chiefs will get a second shot at the Pittsburgh Steelers on Sunday. Kansas City hosts Pittsburgh in the AFC divisional playoff game at Arrowhead St...
Jan 13, 2017
Meet Cam Atkinson, the Blue Jackets' unlikely leading scorer and power-play ace
Cam Atkinson laid out his dream to become an NHL player on Career Day when he was in the fourth grade. But by the time he got to Avon Old Farms, a private all-boys high school in Connecticut, his coac...
Jan 13, 2017