Sports

CFL regional, national combines to go ahead amid concerns over COVID-19 spread

TORONTO - The CFL announced Wednesday it's going ahead with its regional combines as well as its national combine in Toronto as worries over the spread of COVID-19 caused the cancellation of sporting ...

Mar 11, 2020

Overwatch League opts to play esports games online due to COVID-19 outbreak

TORONTO - The Toronto Defiant esports team has cancelled its planned Overwatch League event in Toronto next month because of concerns over the COVID-19 outbreak. "In the spirit of acting responsibly a...

Mar 11, 2020

SMU's Dickerson, Alcorn's McNair selected to college hall

Eric Dickerson from SMU, Heisman Trophy winner Eric Crouch from Nebraska and the late Steve McNair from Alcorn State are among 17 players selected for induction into the College Football Hall of Fame....

Mar 11, 2020

CP NewsAlert: World figure skating champs in Montreal cancelled due to COVID-19

MONTREAL - The world figure skating championships in Montreal have been cancelled because of the spread of COVID-19. The championships were scheduled to run March 18-22 at the Bell...

Mar 11, 2020

Raptors guard Norman Powell named Eastern Conference player of the week

NEW YORK - Toronto Raptors guard Norman Powell has been named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week. Powell averaged a conference-best 31.3 points last week as the Raptors picked up thr...

Mar 11, 2020

Canucks rookie Hughes putting together banner season: 'We're lucky to have him'

Bo Horvat needed to see less than two periods of Quinn Hughes to realize he was different. Playing in his first NHL game towards at the end of another lost Vancouver Canucks' season last March, the th...

Mar 11, 2020

Cavalry FC signs centre back Robert Boskovic on loan from Toronto FC 2

CALGARY - Cavalry FC has acquired Robert Boskovic from Toronto FC on a season-long loan. The 21-year-old centre back from Mississauga, Ont., played more than 50 games for Toronto FC 2 p...

Mar 11, 2020

Canadian boxing team in holding pattern after Olympic trial event cancelled

Canada's boxing team is in limbo after the cancellation of the Americas Olympic qualifying event in Argentina amid the threat of COVID-19, the condition caused by an outbreak of the novel co...

Mar 11, 2020

Mariners move home games out of Seattle thru end of March

SEATTLE - The Mariners will move home games out of Seattle through end of March following the state of Washington's decision to ban large group events in response to the coronavirus outbreak. Seattle ...

Mar 11, 2020

Ex-CFL football player to plead guilty in U.S. college admissions scam

BOSTON - A former Canadian Football League player will plead guilty to paying US$200,000 to have someone take a college entrance exam in place of his two sons as part of an admissions cheating scheme,...

Mar 11, 2020