Category Archives: Sports

Christian Eriksen marks 30th birthday by playing game again
LONDON (AP) - Christian Eriksen celebrated his 30th birthday on Monday with his first game action since suffering cardiac arrest at the European Championship. The Denmark playmaker featured in a pract...
Feb 14, 2022

Altidore departure from Toronto and arrival in New England finally confirmed
TORONTO - After months in limbo with Toronto FC, star striker Jozy Altidore's move to the New England Revolution was finally confirmed Monday. One minute after TFC issued a statement saying it had bou...
Feb 14, 2022

De Bruin wins monobob bronze, Canada roars into women's hockey final
BEIJING - Christine de Bruin wore an Olympic medal around her neck for the first time in her career, and the Canadian bobsledder liked the feeling. "It feels awesome," she said of the bronze medal she...
Feb 14, 2022

Russian skater Kamila Valieva cleared to compete at Olympics
BEIJING (AP) - Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva has been cleared to compete in the women's figure skating competition at the Winter Olympics despite failing a pre-Games drug test. The Court of Arb...
Feb 13, 2022

Canadian bobsledder Christine de Bruin wins bronze in monobob
YANQING, China - Canada's Christine de Bruin won silver in the inaugural Olympic monobob race at the Beijing Games on Monday. Kaillie Humphries - the Stony Plain, Alta., native's former Canadian teamm...
Feb 13, 2022

Super Bowl ads go heavy on nostalgia and star power
NEW YORK (AP) - On the field, the Los Angeles Rams are facing off against the Cincinnati Bengals in Super Bowl 56. Off the field, Super Bowl advertisers aim to deliver a night of ads heavy with celebr...
Feb 13, 2022

Tkachuk, Brown lead Senators past Capitals 4-1
WASHINGTON (AP) - Brady Tkachuk scored his team-leading 15th goal and added an assist, Connor Brown also had a goal and an assist and the Ottawa Senators completed a long-awaited 4-1 victory over the ...
Feb 13, 2022

Skinner scores four, Sabres snap losing skid with 5-3 win over struggling Canadiens
MONTREAL - Jeff Skinner had his first-ever four-goal performance and the Buffalo Sabres snapped a three-game winless streak with a 5-3 win over the Montreal Canadiens Sunday afternoon. Skinner also no...
Feb 13, 2022

Bayern Munich says Canadian star fullback Alphonso Davies is on road to recovery
MUNICH - Canadian star fullback Alphonso Davies is on the mend, according to Bayern Munich. The 21-year-old from Edmonton has been sidelined since early January due to symptoms of myocarditis, a heart...
Feb 13, 2022

Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime beats top-seeded Tsitsipas to win 1st title
ROTTERDAM, Netherlands (AP) - Felix Auger-Aliassime won his first career title at the ninth attempt, upsetting top-seeded Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-4, 6-2 in the Rotterdam final on Sunday to deny his oppon...
Feb 13, 2022