Category Archives: Sports
Tiger-Cats won't have coach Austin on sidelines for key game with Stampeders
HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats are determined not to let the disciplinary action taken against head coach Kent Austin hinder their ability to compete against the best team in the CFL. Austin was b...
Sep 30, 2016

Toronto FC skipper urges fans, club to resolve differences and come together
Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley is urging feuding fans to get behind the MLS club in the stretch drive of the regular season. Some of Toronto’s supporters groups joined forces in going silent...
Sep 30, 2016
Interim coach Michael Findlay names young Canada squad for October friendlies
TORONTO - Interim Canadian men’s soccer coach Michael Findlay, continuing Canada’s rebuilding job, has called up a young squad for a pair of October friendlies in Morocco. Anthony Jackson-...
Sep 30, 2016
Canada comes back for 3-2 win over Cameroon in U17 women's World Cup opener
IRBID, Jordan - Canada kicked off the U17 Women’s World Cup on Friday with a 3-2 comeback win over Cameroon. Hannah Taylor scored the winner on a header in the 83rd minute, just five minutes aft...
Sep 30, 2016

California governor OKs sex crime bill tied to Stanford case
SACRAMENTO, Calif. - California Gov. Jerry Brown has signed two sexual assault laws in response to national outrage over the six-month jail sentence given to a former Stanford University swimmer for a...
Sep 30, 2016

Japan approves $1.5b deal for new Tokyo Olympic stadium
TOKYO - The Japanese government approved a 150 billion yen ($1.5 billion) contract Friday to build a new main stadium for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, a project that has been delayed by more than a year. ...
Sep 30, 2016
Canada has been truly dominant during six-plus years of perfection
TORONTO - Five players from the last Canadian team to lose in the best-on-best format have retired. Another spent last season playing in Germany. Indeed, it’s been a while since Team Canada drop...
Sep 30, 2016
Thursday's Games
Thursday’s Games World Cup of Hockey Game 2 of Final Canada 2 Europe 1 (Canada wins best-of-three final 2-0) — NHL Pre-season Buffalo 1 Toronto 0 (SO) Ottawa 4 Montreal 3 (OT) Winnipeg 4 M...
Sep 29, 2016

Late collapse costly as Team Europe's unexpected run to final ends with 2-1 loss
TORONTO - Team Europe wasn’t given much of a chance at the start of the World Cup of Hockey. Round-robin wins over the United States and the Czech Republic got people’s attention and an ov...
Sep 29, 2016
Perreault scores on power play, Jets beat Wild 4-1 for first pre-season victory
WINNIPEG - It’s been so far so good for Winnipeg Jets defenceman Josh Morrissey. The left-shooting rookie wants to improve every time he steps on the ice. He thinks he’s doing that after t...
Sep 29, 2016