Sports

Versatile Canadian Makonzo playing leadership role with Coastal Carolina Chanticleers

It's been a long road to NCAA football success for Enock Makonzo. The five-foot-11, 195-pound linebacker/defensive back from Lachine, Que., is playing a big role with upstart Coastal Carolina (6-0). T...

Nov 05, 2020

Winnipeg Jets bring back journeyman forward Marko Dano on one-year, two-way contract

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets signed forward Marko Dano to a one-year, two-way contract worth US$700,000 in the NHL on Thursday. Dano was held off the scoresheet in three games with the Columbus Blue J...

Nov 05, 2020

Alpine Canada recalls some national-team athletes from Europe due to pandemic

CALGARY - Alpine Canada is recalling some of its national-team athletes from Europe because of the deteriorating COVID-19 pandemic situation there. The organization did not identify which athletes wer...

Nov 05, 2020

Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime parts ways with longtime coach

Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime is parting ways with longtime coach Guillaume Marx. The 20-year-old from Montreal made the announcement Thursday on his Twitter feed. While no reason was giv...

Nov 05, 2020

Canada's Milos Raonic through to quarterfinals at Paris Masters

PARIS - Canada's Milos Raonic advanced to the quarterfinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament with a 7-6 (1), 6-2 win over American qualifier Marcos Giron on Friday. The big server from Thornhill...

Nov 05, 2020

ESPN announces 300 layoffs, citing 'disruption' amid virus

ESPN announced Thursday it is laying off about 300 employees and cutting about 500 jobs from its global workforce. The cuts amount to about 10% of the employees at the sports network and are due large...

Nov 05, 2020

Like the NHL, Electronic Arts forced to adapt to pandemic in making hockey game

TORONTO - Like the NHL, EA Sports was forced to adapt to the pandemic. While the league opted to finish out its season in a bubble, the video game developer moved to remote production. "It's been inte...

Nov 05, 2020

Vancouver council waits until staff report in 2021 before making Olympic bid decision

VANCOUVER - City council will wait until early 2021 before deciding whether Vancouver should make a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics. In a message posted on social media, Coun. Melissa De Genova says ...

Nov 05, 2020

UEFA asks FIFA for handball law change to stop harsh calls

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has received a request from UEFA to adjust the handball law again to provide more flexibility for referees and prevent players being unfairly punished. In a letter to I...

Nov 05, 2020

In virus era, bubbles provide game-changing lessons learned

The NBA wants to be back in December. The NHL is aiming at games resuming in January. Baseball's spring training may begin in February, like normal. They almost certainly won't be in bubbles if and wh...

Nov 04, 2020