Category Archives: Sports
Habs leading scorer Galchenyuk out indefinitely with lower-body injury
ST. LOUIS - Montreal Canadiens forward Alex Galchenyuk is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The team said Galchenyuk suffered the injury in Montreal’s 5-4 shootout win at Los Angeles ye...
Dec 05, 2016
Rugby Canada names new $8-million training centre after former captain Al Charron
Rugby Canada’s new $8-million training facility in Langford, B.C., will be named after former captain and trailblazer Al Charron. The 1,765-square-metre two-storey facility, a major addition to ...
Dec 05, 2016

Benoit, Phillies finalize $7.5 million, 1-year contract
OXON HILL, Md. - Reliever Joaquin Benoit and the Philadelphia Phillies finalized a $7.5 million, one-year contract, part of the team’s efforts to rebuild its bullpen. “It’s important...
Dec 05, 2016
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett set to undergo neck surgery
Vancouver Canucks forward Derek Dorsett is set to undergo neck surgery, the club announced Monday. The cervical fusion surgery to repair disc degeneration will be performed at a spine clinic in Los An...
Dec 05, 2016

Crash-struck club Chapecoense given Copa Sudamericana title
ASUNCION, Paraguay - The Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship by the governing body of South Americ...
Dec 05, 2016
B.C. Lions re-sign kick returner/running back Chris Rainey through 2018 season
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have re-signed star kick returner and running back Chris Rainey to a contract extension through the 2018 season, the club announced Monday. The 28-year-old from Lakeland, Fl...
Dec 05, 2016
Canadian women unified via player association ahead of negotiations with CSA
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will enter into its next round of contract negotiations with the Canadian Soccer Association with an impressive hand. The first Canadian summer sports ...
Dec 05, 2016
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco, Montreal's Ignacio Piatti named to MLS Best XI
Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco got a consolation prize Monday when he was named to Major League Soccer’s 2016 Best XI. Giovinco, the 2015 MLS MVP and Golden Boot winner, was not one ...
Dec 05, 2016
Victims in British sex-abuse scandal unite, call for justice
MANCHESTER, England - The man whose harrowing testimony of being sexually abused by a youth coach sparked an ongoing crisis in English soccer wants to take the issue to a global level. “I can...
Dec 05, 2016

Bach, Reedie clear air over Russian doping scandal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - With another report on Russian doping looming at the end of this week, the presidents of the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency met Monday to clear the air over their “perc...
Dec 05, 2016