Category Archives: Sports

Whitecaps change management structure, removing president from current role
VANCOUVER - Longtime Vancouver Whitecaps president Bob Lenarduzzi is out of his current role after the club announced it will begin a search for a sporting director. The Major League Soccer team,...
Aug 16, 2019

Bombers QB Nichols leaves game in fourth quarter with apparent injury
WINNIPEG - Blue Bombers quarterback Matt Nichols left the field early in the fourth quarter of Winnipeg's game against the Lions Thursday night after he was sacked by B.C. defensive lineman Shawn Lemo...
Aug 16, 2019

Canadian Tyler Mislawchuk wins World Triathlon Olympic test event
TOKYO - Tyler Mislawchuk became the first Canadian man to win a World Triathlon Series race when he claimed gold in an Olympic test event on Friday. The 23-year-old from Oak Bluff, Man....
Aug 16, 2019

Former star of Carleton Ravens basketball team charged with sexual assault
Ottawa police have charged a former Carleton Ravens basketball player with multiple offences stemming from a sexual assault investigation. Police said in a release Friday that Eddie Ekiyor, 22, has be...
Aug 16, 2019

Nick Arbuckle set to start at quarterback for Calgary Stampeders
CALGARY - Nick Arbuckle will start at quarterback, while Bo Levi Mitchell is slated to remain out when the Calgary Stampeders host the Montreal Alouettes on Saturday. Arbuckle was only a partial parti...
Aug 16, 2019

Canada's Minister of Sport Kirsty Duncan: More anti-abuse work to be done
TORONTO - Kirsty Duncan knows there's still work to be done. Canada's Minister of Sport and Persons with Disabilities has made ending abuse and harassment in sport her priority since taking over the p...
Aug 16, 2019

Wayne Rooney, D.C. United a tough test for struggling Vancouver Whitecaps
VANCOUVER - Wayne Rooney is expected to draw a crowd in Vancouver this weekend, but the Whitecaps aren't letting the soccer superstar change their game plan. Rooney is set to make ...
Aug 16, 2019

Whan: Henderson a marketable star, but LPGA needs more exposure to close pay gap
Even with Canada's Brooke Henderson emerging as a marketable superstar, LPGA Tour commissioner Mike Whan says women's golf needs more exposure to grow the game and close the pay gap with mal...
Aug 16, 2019

Soccer star Sala exposed to harmful carbon monoxide in plane
LONDON - Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala and his pilot were exposed to dangerous levels of carbon monoxide before their small plane crashed in the English Channel, killing them both, British acc...
Aug 16, 2019

Harris sets record, Nichols leaves with injury as Bombers top Lions
WINNIPEG - Running back Andrew Harris moved up in the CFL record book and the Blue Bombers remained in first place in the West Division by beating the B.C. Lions 32-16 Thursday in a game that saw...
Aug 15, 2019