Category Archives: Sports

Canada's Alphonso Davies handed two-game ban for red card in Bayern Munich win
MUNICH - Canadian Alphonso Davies has been suspended for two games in the wake of his red card in Bayern Munich's 4-0 win over VfB Stuttgart on Saturday. The 20-year-old fullback from Edmonton was yel...
Mar 22, 2021

Sandy Hawley to appear before House of Commons Committee on Justice and Human Rights
TORONTO - Hall of Fame jockey Sandy Hawley is scheduled to appear before a House of Commons committee Tuesday as part of its study of a private member's bill calling for the legalization of single-eve...
Mar 22, 2021

Court could reimpose Boston marathon bomber's death sentence
WASHINGTON - The Supreme Court said Monday it will consider reinstating the death sentence for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, presenting President Joe Biden with an early test of his opposi...
Mar 22, 2021

Canadian Calloo scores 15 as Oregon State bounces Oklahoma State, Cunningham from NCAAs
INDIANAPOLIS - Ethan Thompson scored 26 points and No. 12 seed Oregon State neutralized Oklahoma State and star freshman Cade Cunningham, rolling to an 80-70 upset in the second round of the NCAA Tour...
Mar 21, 2021

Kiana Williams sets Stanford 3s record in NCAA opening win
SAN ANTONIO - Kiana Williams became Stanford's career leader in made 3-pointers with a big night at home in the women's NCAA women's tournament. Not in California, but Texas, where this entire tournam...
Mar 21, 2021

South Carolina women open NCAA with Staley's 500th win
SAN ANTONIO - South Carolina coach Dawn Staley was already thinking ahead after getting her 500th career win in the first round of the women's NCAA Tournament. "Five hundred one sounds nice, and on an...
Mar 21, 2021

Sexton scores 36, Cavs hand Raptors eighth straight loss
CLEVELAND - Collin Sexton scored 23 of his 36 points in the second half, Jarrett Allen had 17 points and 15 rebounds and the Cleveland Cavaliers beat Toronto 116-105 on Sunday night, handing the Rapto...
Mar 21, 2021

Boeheim, Syracuse tops WVU, Montreal's Guerrier scores 12 as Orange reach Sweet 16
INDIANAPOLIS - Buddy Boeheim carried his father, Jim, to the Hall of Fame coach's 20th Sweet 16 appearance, scoring 22 of his 25 points after halftime to lead 11th-seeded Syracuse past third-seeded We...
Mar 21, 2021

CP NewsAlert: Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez wins first ever WTA title at Monterrey
MONTERREY, Mexico - Canadian teenager Leylah Annie Fernandez has won her first ever WTA title after defeating Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic 6-1, 6-4. The 18-year-old from Laval, Que., needed 89 minu...
Mar 21, 2021

Jones wins Honda Classic by 5 shots, Hadwin finishes in tie for eighth place
PALM BEACH GARDENS, Fla. - When Matt Jones won his first PGA Tour title seven years ago, he needed a 45-foot birdie putt just to get into a playoff and then a 40-yard chip-in to take the victory. This...
Mar 21, 2021