Category Archives: Sports

Canadian athletes hopeful Tokyo Games can still happen if no vaccine
Some Canadian athletes feel confident the Tokyo Games can happen next summer without a COVID-19 vaccine, but not necessarily because the head of the organizing committee and the Internationa...
Sep 10, 2020

Tour de France rookie Hirschi wins longest stage
SARRAN, France - Tour de France rookie Marc Hirschi won the longest stage of this year's race with a bold solo breakaway Thursday on a previously unused sharp ascent, making up for two previous near m...
Sep 10, 2020

Former Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller on the job in his native Denmark
While Canada continues its search for his replacement as women's soccer coach, Kenneth Heiner-Moller is back at work in his native Denmark. His home in Fredensborg, just north of Copenhagen, is availa...
Sep 10, 2020

Lance Stroll says he won't play sidekick to Sebastien Vettel next season
Coming off a career-best result, Canada's Lance Stroll is confident he won't simply be Sebastian Vettel's sidekick for Aston Martin next season in Formula One. Racing Point, which will be renamed...
Sep 10, 2020

Curling schedule loses six more events because of COVID-19
Curling Canada has cancelled six more events in 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization announced Thursday it has cancelled the Continental Cup in Oakville, Ont., the Canadian under-18...
Sep 10, 2020

Highs, lows of a Canadian hockey team goaltender exposed in "The Role I Played"
Sami Jo Small often felt conflicted about her role on the Canadian women's hockey team. The goaltender started 51 games for Canada over her decade on the national team. The on...
Sep 10, 2020

Kucherov scores late; Lightning take 2-0 lead over Islanders
EDMONTON - Nikita Kucherov scored with 8.8 seconds left to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 2-1 victory over the New York Islanders on Wednesday night and a 2-0 series lead in the Eastern Conference fin...
Sep 09, 2020

Altidore's late tally leads Toronto FC to important win over Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - Jozy Altidore scored in the 89th minute and Toronto FC snapped a two-game losing skid with a 2-1 victory over the Montreal Impact on Wednesday night. Toronto (6-2-3) fired 10 shots on ...
Sep 09, 2020

García 1st MLB win, Yankees end 5-game skid, top Blue Jays
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Deivi Garca earned his first major league win, Gleyber Torres drove in four runs and the New York Yankees snapped a five-game losing streak, beating the Toronto Blue Jays 7-2 on Wednes...
Sep 09, 2020

Lowry and Toronto Raptors force Game 7 with double-overtime thriller
LAKE BUENA VISA, Fla. - The Toronto Raptors' second-round playoff series against the Boston Celtics has come down to just one game. But after a thriller that took double overtime to decide, Friday's d...
Sep 09, 2020