Category Archives: Sports

Messi tops MLS salary list at US$20.45 million, Toronto's Insigne at US$15.4 million
Lionel Messi continues to lead Major League Soccer, on the field and off it, with a league-high salary of $20,446,977 (all figures in U.S. dollars) this season. According to figures released Thursday ...
May 16, 2024

Schauffele gets another major scoring record and sets the pace at PGA Championship
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) - Xander Schauffele broke the PGA Championship scoring record, seizing on the rain-softened conditions at Valhalla on Thursday with a 9-under 62 to set the early target. Schauffel...
May 16, 2024

Quarterback Kelly formally announces his withdrawal from Toronto Argonauts camp
GUELPH, Ont. - Toronto Argonauts quarterback Chad Kelly has formally withdrawn from the CFL club's training camp. Kelly made the announcement Thursday in a statement provided to The Canadian Press. Th...
May 16, 2024

Sweden beats Kazakhstan to keep perfect record at hockey worlds, Austria upsets Finland
PRAGUE (AP) - Sweden kept a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship by beating Kazakstan 3-1 on Thursday. Linus Johansson, Marcus Johansson Fabian Zetterlund scored as the Swedes earned a ...
May 16, 2024

Local legend Streveler happy to be back in Winnipeg after three seasons in NFL
WINNIPEG - Chris Streveler won't be flying to football games in a luxury private plane this season, but he's fine with that. The backup quarterback is grateful for the glitz and growth he experienced ...
May 16, 2024

Calgary businessman Kien Tran named Bobsleigh Skeleton Canada CEO
Calgary businessman Kien Tran has been named chief executive officer of Bobsleigh Canada Skeleton and will lead the search for a new high-performance director. The organization announced Tran's appoin...
May 16, 2024

Nashville SC fires veteran coach Gary Smith hours after 2-0 win over Toronto FC
Nashville SC has fired coach Gary Smith, just hours after his MLS team defeated Toronto FC 2-0. Nashville (3-4-5) stands 10th in the Eastern Conference and has won two of its last thee matches after a...
May 16, 2024

Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen dead at 57
Long-time TSN broadcaster Darren Dutchyshen has died, the network announced Thursday. TSN said Dutchyshen died Wednesday at age 57. The cause of death was not provided, but his family said in a statem...
May 16, 2024

Canadian health tech entrepreneur boosts Canadian medallists' money in Paris
Canada's medallists in Paris will get a bump in podium prize money. A donation by Canadian health-care technology entrepreneur Sanjay Malaviya of Hespeler, Ont., will make a gold medal worth a total o...
May 16, 2024

FIFA reveals promised anti-racism pledge and urges all soccer bodies to mandate abuse as an offense
BANGKOK (AP) - FIFA will urge all 211 national federations to mandate racist abuse in soccer as a disciplinary offense. Soccer's world body also suggests "a global standard gesture for players to comm...
May 16, 2024