Category Archives: Sports

Maple Leafs winger Wayne Simmonds to miss six weeks with broken wrist
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without Wayne Simmonds until mid-March. The team has announced the bruising winger is set to miss six weeks after suffering a broken wrist in Saturday's 5-1 v...
Feb 08, 2021

Women's world curling championship cancelled for a second straight year
SCHAFFHAUSEN, Switzerland - The women's world curling championship has been cancelled for a second straight year due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The World Curling Federation says it had to cancel the Ma...
Feb 08, 2021

Canada's Bianca Andreescu wins opening match at Australian Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - When faced with adversity in her first competitive match in 15 months, Bianca Andreescu recalled how she persevered in some of her big victories in her breakout 2019 season. It ...
Feb 08, 2021

Edmonton Football Team asks fans to vote on seven possible names
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Football Team says it has a shortlist of seven candidates for its new name. Elk, Evergreens, Evergolds, Eclipse, Elkhounds, Eagles and Elements are listed as possibilities on a...
Feb 08, 2021

Bad weather halts Pakistani army search for missing climbers
ISLAMABAD - Bad weather on Monday forced Pakistani army helicopters to temporarily halt their search for three mountaineers who went missing while attempting to scale K2, the world's second-highest mo...
Feb 08, 2021

Backstrom, who won 6 Stanley Cups with Montreal, dies at 83
WINDSOR, Colo. - Ralph Backstrom, a six-time Stanley Cup winner with the Montreal Canadiens, college coach and founder of a minor-league team, died Sunday. He was 83. The Colorado Eagles announced the...
Feb 07, 2021

Tom Brady wins Super Bowl No. 7, Buccaneers beat Chiefs 31-9
TAMPA, Fla. - Tom Brady made his seventh Super Bowl title look familiar - despite moving south to a new team and conference during a pandemic. Brady threw two touchdown passes to old friend Rob Gronko...
Feb 07, 2021

Raonic defeats Coria, Marino wins in first Grand Slam match since 2013 at Aussie Open
MELBOURNE, Australia - A pair of Canadians are already off to a winning start at the Australian Open. Milos Raonic cruised to a 6-3, 6-3, 6-2 victory over Argentina's Federico Coria in his opening rou...
Feb 07, 2021

Brooks Koepka eagles 17, rallies to win Phoenix Open, Conners finishes 17th
SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. - Brooks Koepka chipped in from 32 yards for eagle on the 17th hole to break a tie for the lead and then parred the last for a one-stroke victory Sunday in the Waste Management Phoen...
Feb 07, 2021

Canada's Jonathan David scores twice for Lille in win over Nantes
PARIS - Canadian international Jonathan David continued his torrid scoring pace, accounting for both goals Sunday as Lille won 2-0 at struggling Nantes to top the French league. The 21-year-old from O...
Feb 07, 2021