Sports

Football Canada to stage summit with the aim of helping grow the game nationally

TORONTO - It's dramatically impacted tackle football in Canada, but Jim Mullin feels the COVID-19 pandemic gives national organizers a chance to identify and address the challenges facing the game. On...

Oct 01, 2020

Winger Michael Petrasso signs two-year extension with York 9 FC of the CPL

TORONTO - Winger Michael Petrasso has re-signed with York 9 FC for the 2021 and 2022 Canadian Premier League seasons. The 25-year-old from Woodbridge, Ont., joined the Toronto-based side in January af...

Oct 01, 2020

Raptors: Scotiabank Arena won't host U.S. voter registration due to COVID-19

TORONTO - Scotiabank Arena won't be used for voter registration for the Nov. 3 U.S. presidential election due to concerns around COVID-19.The Toronto Raptors had planned to open their home arena so Am...

Oct 01, 2020

Former Wales rugby coach Rob Howley grateful for second chance, thanks to Canada

Rob Howley is in lockdown at home in Wales these days, thanks to recent heightened COVID-19 restrictions. But the former Wales star scrum half and coach sees a brighter future. And for the first time ...

Oct 01, 2020

Kenin takes a while to win, Djokovic breezes into 3rd round

PARIS - Once Australian Open champion Sofia Kenin got going, she kept going - right into the third round of the French Open. The fourth-seeded American started slowly Thursday under a closed roof on C...

Oct 01, 2020

Ottawa to host fanless Skate Canada International Grand Prix, Oct. 30-Nov. 1

OTTAWA - Nam Nguyen and ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier headline the field for Skate Canada International that will be held with no fans due to COVID-19. The Grand Prix event will ...

Oct 01, 2020

Leylah Annie Fernandez advances, while Denis Shapovalov eliminated at French Open

PARIS - Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the third round, while fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov has been eliminated at the French Open. Fernandez, an 18-year-old from Laval, Que., beat world No. ...

Oct 01, 2020

Tampa Bay Rays beat Toronto Blue Jays in Game 2 to sweep wild-card series

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - An unexpected return to the playoffs didn't last long for the Toronto Blue Jays. They surprised many by getting to the wild-card series. The top-seeded Tampa Bay Rays surprised ...

Sep 30, 2020

QMJHL players to be handed 15-minute penalties for fighting

LONGUEUIL, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has approved new rules that dole out stiffer punishments for fighting. All players involved in a fight will now receive a 10-minute miscon...

Sep 30, 2020

Canadian rower Silken Laumann drawn to paratriathlete's story, backs her with cash

CALGARY - Leanne Taylor was born the same year Silken Laumann overcame long odds to stand on the Olympic podium. Laumann rowing to a bronze medal with a mangled leg at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barc...

Sep 30, 2020