Category Archives: Sports

Galvis, Bichette lead Blue Jays over Royals 4-1 for sweep
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bo Bichette's first career homer helped lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals. Bichette's big moment came at the start of the eighth inning agai...
Aug 02, 2019

Gimme five: Canadians to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games: SAMUEL MURRAY (RACQUETBALL) The native of Baie-Comeau, Que., faces Argentina's Fernando Kurzbard in p...
Aug 02, 2019

Canada earns Olympic berth in artistic swimming with duet gold in Lima
LIMA, Peru - Jacqueline Simoneau and Claudia Holzner developed a pre-swim routine to calm their nerves when they joined forces as an artistic swimming tandem. It involves a declaration of trust and a ...
Aug 02, 2019

'Incredible players': Sweden's Raymond, Holtz ready for big season
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Lucas Raymond took a pass, cut to the middle and roofed his third goal of the game to send Sweden into a euphoria. Somewhere in the mass of humanity that swarmed the diminu...
Aug 02, 2019

Teenage winger Jacob Shaffelburg rapidly making his name at Toronto FC
Coach Greg Vanney recalls the first time he saw Jacob Shaffelburg training with the Toronto FC first team. Defender Chris Mavinga went to retrieve a ball with Shaffelburg, playing on his wrong wing,&n...
Aug 02, 2019

Calgary Flames buy out final year of defenceman Michael Stone's contract
CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have agreed to buy out Michael Stone's contract after the defenceman clears waivers. Stone, 29, had a US$3.5 million cap hit in 2019-20, the final year of a three-year dea...
Aug 02, 2019

Injured Petra Kvitova drops out of Rogers Cup
TORONTO - Two-time Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova has dropped out of the Rogers Cup because of an arm injury. The native of the Czech Republic won the annual Canadian stop on the WTA Tour in 2012. K...
Aug 02, 2019

Montreal Impact look for another strong performance in Colorado
MONTREAL - Impact coach Remi Garde saw something special in his team last week when Montreal recorded its biggest win of the season. Now he wants to see it again. Coming off a resounding 4-0 victory a...
Aug 02, 2019

Quarterback Zach Collaros returns to Toronto Argonauts in deal with Roughriders
TORONTO - Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson didn't mince words when asked what Toronto's 0-6 start to the season has been like. "It's horrible. Losing is horrible. It's been very tough," sa...
Aug 02, 2019

Toronto Blue Jays trade Aaron Sanchez, Joe Biagini to Houston Astros
Ross Atkins believes new acquisition Derek Fisher will be a complementary piece for the rebuilding Blue Jays, but time will tell whether the outfielder will be worth the high price Toronto paid f...
Aug 02, 2019