Sports

Victoria to remain host of Olympic basketball qualifying tournament

VICTORIA - Canada's men's basketball team will still get a chance to qualify at home for an Olympic berth. FIBA announced Thursday that four Olympic qualifying tournaments for the Tokyo Games, includi...

May 14, 2020

UFC fighter Anthony Smith takes a beating, loses tooth and then hands it to ref

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - UFC light-heavyweight contender Anthony (Lionheart) Smith lived up to his nickname Wednesday, taking a beating that included him handing one of his teeth to the referee mid-fight....

May 14, 2020

Mackenzie Tour waiting for border to reopen as golf courses allowed to start play

TORONTO - Golf may be returning to Canada soon, but the nation's professional golf tour is still waiting to see what happens next. Scott Pritchard, executive director of the Mackenzie Tour, says ...

May 14, 2020

Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back saves woman and her dog from Red River

WINNIPEG - A quick reaction from a football player in the Canadian Football League may have saved a woman and her dog from a watery fate. Running back Brady Oliveira from the Grey-Cup-champion&nb...

May 13, 2020

Referee boss says officials will be ready when Major League Soccer resumes play

Referees and their assistants are confident the game will be safe when soccer resumes in North America, says former top referee Howard Webb. But there inevitably will be some changes in behaviour in t...

May 13, 2020

Leafs' Clifford: 'Playing for a Stanley Cup is better than not playing'

TORONTO - Kyle Clifford has twice felt the euphoria of raising the Stanley Cup over his head. The first time with the Los Angeles Kings back in 2012, he suited up for just three playoff games as&...

May 13, 2020

Florida governor willing to host teams for restart of sports

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - Florida is willing to be a restart site for professional sports leagues, just like Arizona, when play resumes following shutdowns caused by the new coronavirus. "One thing I am goi...

May 13, 2020

Miller, the first player back at Raptors' OVO Centre, happy to be back on floor

TORONTO - It was unlike any NBA practice he'd ever attended. But two months to the day after the league closed shop due to COVID-19, Malcolm Miller was happy just to be back on the floor wit...

May 13, 2020

Liberal MP Bratina suggests CFL take different approach with federal government

TORONTO - An MP with a long history with the CFL is hoping the league has called an audible in its approach to securing financial help from the federal government. Liberal MP Bob Bratina, who spe...

May 13, 2020

After profitable 2019, Blue Bombers brace for austerity in 2020

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have reported an overall operating profit of $3.5 million for the 2019 season, but their bottom line for 2020 is looking far darker. A rosy report for 2019 wa...

May 13, 2020