Category Archives: Sports

HAMILTON - The annual Canadian Football Hall of Fame game is returning to Hamilton. The 2016 induction class - which includes builder Don McDonald and former players Doug Brown, Rodney Harding, Derrel...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Joao Havelange, who as president of FIFA for two decades transformed soccer’s governing body into a multibillion-dollar business and a hotbed for subsequent corruption that dama...

RIO DE JANEIRO - As the pole vault bar fell 5.65 metres to the ground, Shawn Barber’s Olympic dreams came crashing down with it. It was a bitter but fitting end to Day 10 of the Rio Olympics for...

NEW YORK - This youth movement has brought a new feeling to the New York Yankees. It’s put them in a new position in the pennant race, too. Chad Green struck out 11 in six dominant innings, fell...

NEW YORK - Alex Rodriguez says he won’t play again this season. The three-time AL MVP was released Saturday by the New York Yankees, who owed him about $27 million for the rest of his contract, ...

BRISTOL, Conn. - ESPN will televise the European Championship in 2020 for the fourth straight time. The network said Monday it had acquired U.S. English-language broadcast rights to the tournament, wh...

LOS ANGELES - Multiple Grammy Award-winning singer Adele says she turned down an offer to perform at the 2017 Super Bowl halftime show. The British singer told an audience Saturday at her Los Angeles ...

RIO DE JANEIRO - Andre De Grasse proved once again that he can run with the best sprinters in the world. The Canadian flew to a personal best time of 9.91 seconds to take the bronze medal in the men&#...

HOUSTON - Jozy Altidore scored his third goal in four games and Toronto FC played to a 1-1 tie with the 10-man Houston Dynamo on Sunday night in a game postponed Saturday because of rain. Toronto (10-...

Sunday’s Games MLB American Toronto 9 Houston 2 Tampa Bay 12 N.Y. Yankees 3 Cleveland 5 L.A. Angels 4 Kansas City 11 Minnesota 4 Detroit 7 Texas 0 Seattle 8 Oakland 4 — National N.Y. Mets ...