Category Archives: Sports

Newcomer Jake Maier gets the start for Redblacks in season opener versus Elks
The Jake Maier era in Ottawa begins Saturday night. Maier will start at quarterback when the Ottawa Redblacks host the Edmonton Elks in the CFL season opener for both teams. Maier came to the Canadian...
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Canada captain Alphonso Davies trains individually as World Cup preparations continue
MONTREAL - Canada captain Alphonso Davies trained on his own Wednesday as the men's national team continued preparations for the FIFA World Cup. Davies, unlikely to play in Canada's tournament-opener ...
1h ago

Canada's Auger-Aliassime loses to Cobolli in French Open quarterfinals
PARIS - Canada's Flix Auger-Aliassime missed out on a golden opportunity to advance to his first Grand Slam title match after falling 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to Italy's Flavio Cobolli in quarterfinal actio...
1h ago

U Sports to introduce women's flag football as a pilot sport
ST. JOHN'S - Canadian university sport will introduce women's flag football as a pilot sport. U Sports and Football Canada will collaborate on flag football's introduction and execution for the 2027-2...
2h ago

Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka goes out of the French Open after quarterfinal defeat to Diana Shnaider
PARIS (AP) - Top-ranked Aryna Sabalenka wasted a lead of a set and two breaks to lose 3-6, 7-5, 6-0 to Diana Shnaider in the French Open quarterfinals on Wednesday. The four-time major winner led 4-1 ...
5h ago

Olympic medallists Kingsbury and Sarault to lead Calgary Stampede parade
CALGARY - Olympic medallists Mikael Kingsbury and Courtney Sarault are used to getting cheers on the ice, but come July, they'll be lauded while riding horseback to launch the Calgary Stampede. Kingsb...
5h ago

First woman to appear in NHL game continues to build legacy as a PWHL general manager
Manon Rhaume became emotional when she watched the inaugural Professional Women's Hockey League draft online and heard Taylor Heise's name called first in 2023. "I was so interested to see how this wh...
6h ago

FIFA lawyers force B.C. spinal injury charity to scrap World Cup ticket raffle
VANCOUVER - A British Columbia non-profit that supports people with spinal injuries was forced to cancel a raffle for a pair of World Cup tickets after receiving a nine-page letter from FIFA's lawyers...
9h ago

Hertl's late goal lifts Golden Knights past Hurricanes 5-4 to open Stanley Cup final
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - It took just one shot and 25 seconds worth of game action for the Vegas Golden Knights to find themselves in a hole in the Stanley Cup final. And by midway through the opening per...
14h ago

Olson homers, Elder bounces back to lead Braves past Blue Jays 4-3
ATLANTA (AP) - Matt Olson hit a tiebreaking homer, Bryce Elder bounced back from his worst start of the season, and the Atlanta Braves defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Tuesday night. Olson's towe...
15h ago