Category Archives: Sports
Matteo Mancosu scores as Impact take MLS semifinal opener 1-0 over Red Bulls
MONTREAL - For a team of veterans playing a second playoff game in three days, the Montreal Impact showed plenty of life. Matteo Mancosu got the only goal in the second half and the defence held off t...
Oct 30, 2016
Stojko lends Patrick Chan some advice in his quest for another Olympic medal
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Imagine running a 1,500-metre cross-country race up and down hills, while leaping over barriers and carrying a sack of potatoes. That’s how Elvis Stojko describes the long pr...
Oct 30, 2016
Alouettes end Stampeders' win streak; Calgary falls short of record
MONTREAL - At this point in the season the Montreal Alouettes aren’t playing for wins, they’re playing for their careers. Montreal stunned the league-best Stampeders 17-8 at Stade Percival...
Oct 30, 2016
Rejuvenated Hazard shines in another Chelsea win
MANCHESTER, England - Every goal and stand-out performance by Chelsea winger Eden Hazard in the Premier League makes his insipid form of last season even more of a mystery. The Belgium international t...
Oct 30, 2016
Drogba not in Impact lineup for playoff game against Red Bulls due to sore back
MONTREAL - Striker Didier Drogba, nursing a sore back, was not in the Montreal Impact lineup for a playoff game Sunday against the New York Red Bulls. Drogba was to miss a third straight game, althoug...
Oct 30, 2016
Bailey Bram lifts Canada over Finland 4-1 in Four Nations Cup tune-up game
VIERUMAKI, Finland - Bailey Bram scored the eventual winner near the midway point of the second period as Canada’s national women’s team topped Finland 4-1 on Sunday in a tune-up match ahe...
Oct 30, 2016
China's Shanshan Feng wins Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia - Shanshan Feng won the Sime Darby LPGA Malaysia on Sunday to cap a string of high finishes that started with an Olympic bronze medal. The 27-year-old Chinese star beat Suzann P...
Oct 30, 2016
Bale agrees to new contract with Madrid until 2022
MADRID - Real Madrid says Gareth Bale has agreed to a contract extension that will tie the Wales winger to the European champions through 2022. The 27-year-old Bale has helped Madrid win two Champions...
Oct 30, 2016
Cibulkova upsets Kerber to win WTA Finals title
SINGAPORE - Dominka Cibulkova put on a stunning show of unflappable tennis to upset top-ranked Angelique Kerber 6-3, 6-4 to win the WTA Finals title on Sunday. The seventh-seeded Cibulkova, making her...
Oct 30, 2016
Scores and Schedule
Saturday’s games World Series Cleveland 7 Chicago 2 (Cleveland leads series 3-1) — CFL Ottawa 23 Winnipeg 10 B.C. 24 Saskatchewan 6 — NHL Buffalo 3 Florida 0 Boston 1 Detroit 0 Montr...
Oct 29, 2016