Category Archives: Sports

Toronto FC added some experience to its backline Friday, acquiring Jamaican international defender Kemar Lawrence from Belgium's Anderlecht. The 28-year-old played under Toronto FC GM Ali Curtis and c...

CLEVELAND - Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto was placed on the 10-day injured list Friday with a broken left thumb that could sideline him for a month. The Toronto native was struck on the thu...

Sharing training facilities in Marietta, Ga., it's not unusual for players from Rugby ATL and the Toronto Arrows to cross each others' path. And as co-captain of Rugby ATL, Canadian flanker Matt Heato...

CALGARY - Canada's Kerri Einarson defeated China's Yu Han 6-4 on Friday morning to improve her chances of reaching the weekend playoffs at the world women's curling championship. Einarson, who started...

For Toronto FC coach Chris Armas, Saturday's visit to face the New York Red Bulls represents a trip down Memory Lane - and a chance to see his family. "First and foremost I get to see my wife and my c...

MANCHESTER, England - Nine of the 12 Super League clubs have formally renounced the breakaway and committed to the existing European competitions but they will have to give up 5% of UEFA revenue for o...

MONTMEL, Spain - Lewis Hamilton did what he does best on Friday, and Max Verstappen didn't. Hamilton clocked the fastest time in the second practice session for the Spanish Grand Prix, while Verstappe...

TOKYO - The president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Friday that a visit to Japan this month by IOC President Thomas Bach seemed unlikely with a state of emergency order being extended...

TOKYO - Trains packed with commuters returning to work after a weeklong national holiday. Frustrated young people drinking in the streets because bars are closed. Protests planned over a possible visi...

BEIJING - China has opened Mount Everest's northern slope to a few dozen mountaineers who will be tested for the coronavirus and must keep their distance while ascending the world's highest peak. Both...