Sports

Tsitsipas cruises into National Bank Open semifinals with win over Ruud

Stefanos Tsitsipas is through to the semifinals at the National Bank Open in Toronto after beating Casper Ruud of Norway 6-1, 6-4. The No. 3 seed from Greece jumped out to an early 5-0 lead, winning 2...

Aug 13, 2021

Atletico Ottawa finally gets to play at home, offering fans a deal on tickets

More than 18 months after joining the Canadian Premier League, Atletico Ottawa finally gets to play at home Saturday. Atletico hosts HFX Wanderers FC at TD Place Stadium, the latest stop on an expansi...

Aug 13, 2021

Youth movement for Little League World Series broadcasters

ESPN will be using young broadcasters as part of the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania. The first of two KidsCast presentations will be the MLB Little League Classic between the...

Aug 13, 2021

Ohtani hurls 6 innings, doubles in Angels' 6-3 win over Jays

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Shohei Ohtani pitched six innings of three-hit ball to win his third consecutive start, and he also doubled and scored an early run in the Los Angeles Angels' 6-3 victory over t...

Aug 12, 2021

Lions defence combines for four picks on Stampeders QB Mitchell in 15-9 win

CALGARY - A game-time decision to start for the B.C. Lions on Thursday, quarterback Mike Reilly led his team to a 15-9 win over the Calgary Stampeders. Reilly completed 26-of-33 passes for 342 yards a...

Aug 12, 2021

CPL champion Forge FC defeats El Salvador's CD FAS in CONCACAF League opener

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador - Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC opened its Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign Thursday with a comfortable 3-1 victory over El Salvador's CD FAS. Tristan Borges, ...

Aug 12, 2021

Canada welcomes home Olympians after Tokyo Games with an outdoor drive-in celebration

TORONTO - Team Canada's athletes are being welcomed home now that the torch at the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games has been extinguished. The athletes spent more than two weeks in Japan competing, while over...

Aug 12, 2021

Canada's Mike Weir excited to make Shaw Charity Classic debut

CALGARY - Mike Weir made history at the 1999 Air Canada Championship at Northview Golf and Country Club in Surrey, B.C. More than 20 years later, the 51-year-old golfer from Sarnia, Ont., is hoping fo...

Aug 12, 2021

Chisox, Yanks awed at Field of Dreams, MLB promises repeat

DYERSVILLE, Iowa (AP) - As the bus carried the New York Yankees through the cornfields blanketing this serene, rolling farmland of northeast Iowa, Aaron Judge noticed a difference from the usual arriv...

Aug 12, 2021

Rory MacDonald looks to put controversial loss behind him as he returns to PFL action

It's been some eight weeks since Rory (The Red King) MacDonald lost to Gleison Tibau, and the Canadian welterweight still can't believe it. MacDonald remains incredulous that he was at the wrong end o...

Aug 12, 2021