Category Archives: Sports

Alaphilippe wins crash-marred first stage of Tour de France
LANDERNEAU, France - The mass return of Tour de France fans coincided with chaos and crashes while world champion Julian Alaphilippe avoided most of the carnage to win the opening stage with a punchy ...
Jun 26, 2021

Braves' Soroka tears Achilles tendon again, lost for season
Atlanta Braves right-hander Mike Soroka is facing season-ending surgery after again tearing his right Achilles tendon. The Braves said Saturday Soroka suffered the new tear on Thursday while walking t...
Jun 26, 2021

Decathlete Warner wins the Canadian 110-hurdles title in pouring rain
MONTREAL - Decathlon star Damian Warner won the 110-metre hurdles in pouring rain at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials on Saturday. Warner, who's using the trials as finetuning for the Tokyo...
Jun 26, 2021

Riders report loss of $7.5 million after 2020 CFL season cancelled due to COVID-19
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders reported a loss of $7.5 million at their 2020-21 annual general meeting as the club deals with the financial fallout from the cancellation of the 2020 CFL season....
Jun 26, 2021

Victoria organizers get green light to have fans at Olympic basketball qualifying
Victoria will feel like home court for Canada's men's basketball team after all. Organizers for Canada's last-chance Olympic qualifying tournament which tips off Tuesday in Victoria have been given th...
Jun 26, 2021

COVID-19 restrictions could still limit celebrations as Habs try to win Stanley Cup
Montrealers won't be the only ones to start celebrating next week as the Habs make a run for Canada's first Stanley Cup in 28 years. Fans and beer drinkers from across the country will be lifting thei...
Jun 26, 2021

Vasilevskiy shines again, Lightning blank Islanders 1-0
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Andrei Vasilevskiy had 18 saves and Yanni Gourde scored a short-handed goal to help the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the New York Islanders 1-0 in Game 7 of their NHL playoff semifinal ...
Jun 25, 2021

Orioles rally, beat Blue Jays 6-5 to end 20-game road skid
BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Austin Hays drove in two runs to cap an eighth-inning rally, and the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 in 10 innings Friday night to snap a 20-game road losing stre...
Jun 25, 2021

Canada rugby coach awaits word on players on final weekend ahead of July tour
Canada coach Kingsley Jones will be watching this weekend's Major League Rugby games with particular interest, hoping that members of his July touring squad who play emerge unscathed. He has already h...
Jun 25, 2021

Montreal Canadiens' magical playoff run helped inspire Lawson in naming of yearling
Next year, Henri Richard and Joe Zuger will be roommates. Not the former hockey and football standouts. Rather, their horse-racing namesakes. Pocket Rocket and Zuger are currently yearlings and Woodbi...
Jun 25, 2021