Category Archives: Sports

France's Benzema drops appeal over sex tape conviction
PARIS (AP) - France and Real Madrid forward Karim Benzema has dropped his appeal against a conviction for complicity in blackmail in a sex-tape case that rocked French soccer, French media reported Sa...
Jun 04, 2022

Stampeders stomp past Elks 37-7 in pre-season test
EDMONTON - Dedrick Mills had two touchdown strikes as the Calgary Stampeders improved to 2-0 in CFL pre-season play Friday with a convincing 37-7 victory over the Edmonton Elks. The Elks dropped to 1-...
Jun 03, 2022

Rangers beat Lightning 3-2, take 2-0 series lead
NEW YORK (AP) - Mika Zibanejad scored in the third period, Igor Shesterkin stopped 29 shots and the New York Rangers beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 on Friday night to take a 2-0 series lead in the E...
Jun 03, 2022

Eight is Enough: Twins dump Blue Jays 9-3 to end Toronto's eight-game win streak
TORONTO - Kyle Garlick and Jose Miranda hit two homers apiece as the Minnesota Twins beat Toronto 9-3 on Friday night to end the Blue Jays' eight-game winning streak. Byron Buxton also went deep for t...
Jun 03, 2022

Alouettes save best for last in 27-26 pre-season win over Redblacks
MONTREAL - Quarterback Davis Alexander engineered the Montreal Alouettes' game-winning drive on Friday that capped off a 27-26 comeback win over the visiting Ottawa Redblacks in CFL pre-season action....
Jun 03, 2022

Smith ignores history, takes lead at Memorial
DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - Cameron Smith believes he is playing the best golf of his life, and it shows. He is in the lead at Memorial, a tournament where the Australian doesn't have a great history. Smith e...
Jun 03, 2022

Canadian soccer team tweaking play ahead of World Cup in Qatar
VANCOUVER - With Canada's spot at the 2022 World Cup clinched, the men's national soccer team is looking at how it can tweak its game before taking the field in Qatar. The team came together in Vancou...
Jun 03, 2022

After a solid run in May, Vancouver Whitecaps look to continue climb against RSL
VANCOUVER - Despite a lacklustre start to the season, the Vancouver Whitecaps didn't give up. Now the club's resiliency is starting to pay off. A 3-1-1 record in May dug the 'Caps (4-7-2) out of Major...
Jun 03, 2022

Cale Makar raising the bar for Avalanche
DENVER - Connor McDavid collected the puck inside in his own blue line and was off to the races. Less than a minute into Game 2 of the Western Conference final, the only thing standing in the way of t...
Jun 03, 2022

Raptors start petition to create national gun violence awareness day
TORONTO, Australia - The Toronto Raptors have started a petition to recognize the first Friday of June as National Gun Violence Awareness Day in Canada. The petition published on Change.org asks Canad...
Jun 03, 2022