Category Archives: Sports

Redblacks aim to keep rolling against visiting Roughriders
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks are looking to pick up right where they left off. Coming off a bye week, the Redblacks (5-2) will look to extend their four-game home winning streak when they host the Sa...
Aug 07, 2024

Rafael Nadal withdraws from the US Open, the 3rd Grand Slam tournament he'll miss this year
Rafael Nadal pulled out of the U.S. Open on Wednesday, making it the third Grand Slam tournament he's missed this season and raising more questions about his future in tennis at age 38. Nadal's announ...
Aug 07, 2024

Canada's Newman wins bronze in Olympic women's pole vault
PARIS - Alysha Newman has won Canada's first-ever Olympic medal in women's pole vault, claiming bronze on Wednesday with a Canadian-record height of 4.85 metres. Newman, from Delaware, Ont., finished ...
Aug 07, 2024

Buoyed by three straight wins, a confident Toronto FC looks to extend Leagues Cup run
It's been three weeks and three wins for Toronto FC since a 3-1 loss at Inter Miami CF in MLS play. The teams renew acquaintances Thursday in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., in round-of-32 Leagues Cup action, ...
Aug 07, 2024

Jake Dolegala to start for Lions in game against Edmonton Elks
TORONTO - Jake Dolegala will be tasked with ending the B.C. Lions losing ways. Dolegala gets the start Sunday when B.C. (5-3) visits the Edmonton Elks (1-7). He replaces veteran Vernon Adams Jr., who ...
Aug 07, 2024

Americans Paul, Shelton move on to second round at National Bank Open
MONTREAL - Seeded Americans got off to a good start at the men's National Bank Open tennis tournament as Tommy Paul and Ben Shelton posted first-round wins Wednesday. Paul, seeded 10th in Montreal, fi...
Aug 07, 2024

Canadian featherweight Kyle Nelson gets new opponent for UFC Fight Night card
American Steve (Mean Machine) Garcia has replaced the injured Calvin (The Boston Finisher) Kattar as the opponent for Canadian featherweight Kyle (The Monster) Nelson on a Sept. 7 UFC Fight Night card...
Aug 07, 2024

Canada's Haumana-Parades, Wilkerson a win away from women's beach volleyball medal
PARIS - Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson were staring down an early exit from the Paris Games. Now they are one win away from delivering Canada's first-ever medal in women's beach volleyba...
Aug 07, 2024

Ford 'happy as punch' about Walz as running mate pick, two months after meeting
MISSISSAUGA, Ont. - Ontario Premier Doug Ford says he is "happy as punch" that Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz has been chosen as Vice-President Kamala Harris' running mate on the Democratic presidential tick...
Aug 07, 2024

Two former NHLers charged in world junior sexual assault case sign with KHL teams
Two of the five former Team Canada world junior hockey players awaiting trial for an alleged group sexual assault in 2018 have signed contracts with teams in the Kontinental Hockey League (KHL), accor...
Aug 07, 2024