Category Archives: Sports
'Massive lift': Toronto businesses, industry groups welcome Blue Jays playoff boost
TORONTO - As the Toronto Blue Jays prepare to host the New York Yankees in the first game of the American League Division Series on Saturday, local businesses and industry groups say they welcome the ...
Oct 04, 2025
Auger-Aliassime bounces Tabilo to advance at Shanghai Masters
SHANGHAI - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime needed only 87 minutes to beat Chile's top player Alejandro Tabilo 6-3, 6-3 in second-round men's singles action at the Shanghai Masters tennis tournament o...
Oct 03, 2025
WHL roundup: Broncos bounce back to topple Giants 7-5
SWIFT CURRENT - Jace McFaul and Hudson Darby each scored twice, and the Swift Current Broncos rebounded from a 3-0 first-period deficit to beat the visiting Vancouver Giants 7-5 in Western Hockey Leag...
Oct 03, 2025
NHL pre-season roundup: Jets rally to beat Flames 5-4 in shootout
CALGARY - Tanner Pearson scored the winner in the seventh round of a shootout as the visiting Winnipeg Jets erased a 4-2 third-period deficit to beat the Calgary Flames 5-4 in NHL pre-season action on...
Oct 03, 2025
OHL roundup: O'Reilly scores in OT as Knights beat Firebirds 5-4
LONDON - Sam O'Reilly's second goal of the game, scored 58 seconds into overtime, lifted the London Knights to a 5-4 Ontario Hockey League victory over the visiting Flint Firebirds on Friday at Canada...
Oct 03, 2025
Akie Iwai leads at windy Hoakalei, with 8 players a shot back
HONOLULU (AP) - Akie Iwai fought through gusting wind Friday at Hoakalei Country Club to take the third-round lead in the LOTTE Championship, with eight players a stroke back and Nelly Korda two behin...
Oct 03, 2025
Roughriders snap losing streak, Redblacks' playoff hopes with 20-13 victory
OTTAWA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders held off the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night, grinding out a 20-13 win to snap their two-game losing skid and get back in the win column. The loss officially elimin...
Oct 03, 2025
QMJHL roundup: Hernandez nets shutout as Sagueneens blank Eagles 3-0
SYDNEY - Maxim Schafer and Alexandre Desmarais each scored in the second period, Mathias Hernandez made 24 saves, and the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens blanked the Cape Breton Eagles 3-0 in Quebec Ma...
Oct 03, 2025
Veteran CP sports reporter Donna Spencer wins 2025 Randy Starkman Award
CALGARY - Donna Spencer, a prominent voice in amateur sports coverage and the longtime leader of The Canadian Press's Olympic team, is the winner of this year's Randy Starkman Award for leadership in ...
Oct 03, 2025
Texas Rangers hire Skip Schumaker as manager, signing former Marlins skipper to 4-year deal
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - The Texas Rangers hired Skip Schumaker as their manager, agreeing Friday night on a four-year contract with the former NL Manager of the Year. Schumaker's deal was announced af...
Oct 03, 2025