Category Archives: Sports

Ottawa to host 2025 world junior hockey championship for first time in 16 years
OTTAWA - The world junior hockey championship is returning to the nation's capital. Hockey Canada has announced that Ottawa will host the tournament from Dec. 26, 2024 to Jan. 5, 2025. It will mark th...
Jun 22, 2023

Canadian men face stiff challenge in August with two rugby tests against Tonga
The Canadian men's rugby team will play two test matches in Tonga in August, its first action since facing the Netherlands and Namibia in Amsterdam in November. Canada, currently ranked 23rd in the wo...
Jun 22, 2023

Canada's Rebecca Marino wins second-round match at Wimbledon warm-up tournament
BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom - Canada's Rebecca Marino outlasted American Emina Bektas 6-4, 4-6, 7-6 (1) on Thursday to reach the quarterfinals at the Rothesay Classic. Marino, from Vancouver, needed tw...
Jun 22, 2023

Overshadowed by Bedard's exploits, Fantilli primed for NHL draft after banner season
Adam Fantilli was on the ice at a suburban rink just outside Detroit. It was the summer of 2021, and the prospect was in talks with the University of Michigan about committing to its decorated NCAA pr...
Jun 22, 2023

Wizards trading Porzingis to Celtics in 3-team deal with Smart headed to Grizzlies, AP sources say
The Washington Wizards have agreed to trade center Kristaps Porzingis to the Boston Celtics as part of a three-team trade that also includes Marcus Smart heading to the Memphis Grizzlies, two people w...
Jun 21, 2023

Whitecaps-Rapids game postponed due to severe weather in Colorado
COMMERCE CITY, Colo. - Wednesday night's game between the Vancouver Whitecaps and the Rapids was postponed due to severe weather in Colorado. The game will be replayed at a later, yet-to-be-announced ...
Jun 21, 2023

CF Montreal make it eight in a row at home with 1-0 win over Nashville SC
MONTREAL - CF Montreal won their eighth consecutive home game in all competitions, beating Nashville SC 1-0 at Stade Saputo on Wednesday night. Bryce Duke scored the lone goal for Montreal (7-9-1) in ...
Jun 21, 2023

FC Cincinnati downs Toronto FC, enters MLS record book with 10th straight home win
CINCINNATI - League-leading FC Cincinnati entered the MLS record book Wednesday, defeating Toronto FC 3-0 to run its home record to 10-0-0 this season. Santiago Arias, Luciano Acosta and Dominique Bad...
Jun 21, 2023

Toronto Six sign Breanne Wilson-Bennett to contract extension
TORONTO - The Isobel Cup champion Toronto Six have signed Breanne Wilson-Bennett to a one-year contract extension. The 27-year-old forward from Markham, Ont., scored the second of Toronto's four goals...
Jun 21, 2023

Canucks defend Ekman-Larsson buyout; aim to fill spot in draft, free agency
VANCOUVER - The decision to buy out the contract of defenceman Oliver Ekman-Larsson was "too good to pass up" and offered the Vancouver Canucks a chance to move on from a player whose performance didn...
Jun 21, 2023