Category Archives: Sports

Canada's AWA Racing prepares for 24 Hours of Le Mans after automatic invitation
Orey Fidani has a simple formula for preparing for an endurance car race. He just drives. Fidani is a driver for AWA Racing, an IMSA SportsCar Championship team that has qualified for next year's edit...
Nov 05, 2024

The Kids are All Right: Next-gen wave arrives on world curling scene
When veteran curlers Brad Gushue and Mark Nichols entered the locker room at the Stu Sells Oakville Tankard for their season-opening bonspiel, they were expecting to see many of their usual opponents....
Nov 05, 2024

Alex Ovechkin is scoring and helping teammates and the Washington Capitals are off to a hot start
ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin approached linemates Dylan Strome and Aliaksei Protas after the second game of the Washington Capitals' season to do some film study. The trio who had never before ...
Nov 05, 2024

Former world title contender Troy Amos-Ross headed to Boxing Canada Hall of Fame
Twelve years after his last fight, former world title contender Troy (The Boss) Amos-Ross is headed to the Boxing Canada Hall of Fame. Egerton Marcus, his cousin and 1988 Olympic silver medallist as a...
Nov 05, 2024

Andreescu withdraws from Canada's BJK Cup team ahead of its title defence in Spain
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu has withdrawn from Canada's team in the Billie Jean King Cup finals. Tennis Canada said in a release that Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., is focusing on her health after ...
Nov 05, 2024

Fatality inquiry into Alberta boxer's knockout death recommends better oversight
EDMONTON - The judge leading a fatality inquiry into the knockout death of a boxer is recommending changes to how the sport is regulated and how head injuries are monitored. Timothy Hague, who was 34,...
Nov 05, 2024

Gushue tops Carruthers in opening draw at Grand Slam of Curling's Co-op Canadian Open
NISKU, Alta. - Brad Gushue defeated Reid Carruthers 6-1 on Tuesday morning in a matchup of Canadian skips at the Co-op Canadian Open. Gushue, from St. John's, N.L., scored three in the sixth end for t...
Nov 05, 2024

Calgary rider Alex Volstad joins EF-Oatly-Cannondale pro cycling team
Calgary teenager Alex Volstad, a two-time Canadian junior road race champion, is joining the EF-Oatly-Cannondale cycling team next season. Volstad, 18, joins fellow Canadian Alison Jackson (Vermilion,...
Nov 05, 2024

Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews out day-to-day with upper-body injury
TORONTO - Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews will miss Tuesday's game against the Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury. The Toronto centre, who's listed as day-to-day, has five goals and 11 points...
Nov 05, 2024

Canada's Dabrowski and New Zealand's Routliffe pick up second win at WTA Finals
RIYADH - Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe remain undefeated in women's doubles at the WTA Finals. The 2023 U.S. Open champions, seeded second at the event, secured a 1-6, 7...
Nov 05, 2024