Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC already seeing ticket boost after successful MLS playoff run
Toronto FC may have fallen just short in the MLS Cup final but the team’s playoff run is already being felt at the ticket window. While the club won’t make a profit this season, thanks in ...
Dec 13, 2016
Thompson wins gold, Leman takes silver at ski cross World Cup stop
AROSA, Switzerland - Canada’s freestlye ski team continued its early success on the World Cup ski cross circuit this season, as Marielle Thompson won a gold medal and Brady Leman claimed a silve...
Dec 13, 2016
Arsenal caves in at Everton, misses out on top spot in EPL
LIVERPOOL, England - With the tackles flying in and the noise levels ramping up inside Goodison Park, Arsenal’s players faced a huge test of their Premier League title credentials in the final m...
Dec 13, 2016
Vancouver Whitecaps acquire defender Sheanon Williams from Houston Dynamo
VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired right back Sheanon Williams from the Houston Dynamo for general allocation money, the club announced Tuesday. The deal for the 26-year-old hinges on t...
Dec 13, 2016
Canadian junior team makes first cuts: Mete, Merkley, Howden, Wagner
BOISBRIAND, Que. - The first cuts came quickly for four players at the Canadian junior team selection camp. Defenceman Victor Mete and forwards Nick Merkley, Brett Howden and Austin Wagner were given ...
Dec 13, 2016
Boucher says he's ready to bruise a few egos to end Senators' bad habits
OTTAWA - Guy Boucher says he doesn’t mind bruising a few egos if it stops the bad habits that have been creeping into the Ottawa Senators’ play lately. Practising for the first time since ...
Dec 13, 2016
MLS teams wheel and deal around Atlanta, Minnesota expansion draft
TORONTO - Goalkeeper Clint Irwin and fullback Donny Toia were briefly members of expansion Atlanta United on Tuesday. Both were taken in Tuesday’s MLS draft that saw Atlanta and Minnesota United...
Dec 13, 2016
Speers wrist looks fine as Canadian juniors blank U Sports selects 3-0
BOISBRIAND, Que. - Blake Speers was anxious heading into camp over whether the wrist he broke in October would hold up enough for him to make Canada’s team for the world junior championship. All...
Dec 13, 2016
Swimmer Penny Oleksiak wins Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's top athlete
TORONTO - Swimmer Penny Oleksiak is the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada’s athlete of the year. The Toronto Star award is selected annually by a panel of sports journalists from across t...
Dec 13, 2016
Toronto FC striker Sebastian Giovinco raises issue of BMO Field pitch
TORONTO - The issue of Toronto FC sharing a stadium with the CFL Argonauts, which had seemingly been put to bed, has returned to the forefront just days after the MLS team’s painful penalty shoo...
Dec 13, 2016