Category Archives: Sports

Sinclair scores goal No. 181 as Canada heads to World Cup on winning note
TORONTO - Canada leaves for the Women's World Cup on a winning note, dispatching an outmatched Mexico side 3-0 on Saturday with captain Christine Sinclair adding to her legacy with career goal No. 181...
May 20, 2019

Lyon beats Barcelona 4-1 to win Women's Champions League
BUDAPEST, Hungary - All Ada Hegerberg asks of her teammates is to put the ball in front of the goal. She'll do the rest. "We know each other's strengths," Hegerberg said of her champion Lyon side. Heg...
May 20, 2019

Redemption for Gasol as Spanish big man helps Raptors rally against Bucks
TORONTO - Marc Gasol threw himself on his sword after the Raptors' lopsided Game 2 loss in Milwaukee, offering the kind of mea culpa that is all too rare today. "I played really bad and that set ...
May 20, 2019

Pro women hockey players form union in step toward league
PHILADELPHIA - More than 200 of the world's top female players have taken the next step toward a viable professional league by forming a union. The Professional Women's Hockey Association said Monday ...
May 20, 2019

Governing body of English rugby league approves franchise move to Ottawa
TORONTO - The governing body of English rugby league has accepted a bid to put a franchise in Ottawa. Toronto's Eric Perez, who helped bring the sport to North America via the Toronto Wolfpack, is par...
May 20, 2019

Hutchinson, Davies highlight's Canada's preliminary Gold Cup roster
TORONTO - Veteran Atiba Hutchinson and teenager Alphonso Davies highlight Canada's preliminary 40-man roster for this summer's Gold Cup. CONCACAF, the governing body for North and Central America...
May 20, 2019

B.C. Lions sign former Edmonton Eskimos linebacker Adam Konar
KAMLOOPS, B.C. - The B.C. Lions have scooped up Canadian linebacker Adam Konar. The club announced Monday that it signed the 25-year-old Vancouver native, who spent four seasons with the Edmonton...
May 20, 2019

Canada's Brown and De Grasse finish 1-2 in 200 metres at Shanghai meet
SHANGHAI - Canada's Aaron Brown finished just ahead of teammate Andre De Grasse to win the men's 200 metres at the Shanghai Diamond League on Saturday. Brown, from Toronto, was first&nb...
May 20, 2019

Kawhi Leonard ailing but still scoring in double-overtime win over Milwaukee
TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard's teammates had long gone by the time he emerged from the nether-regions of the Raptors locker-room to get dressed. It was 11:29 p.m. local time. Treatment beckoned after leadi...
May 20, 2019

Koepka keeps 7-shot lead at PGA Championship
FARMINGDALE, N.Y. - Brooks Koepka is on the cusp of some elite company at the PGA Championship - in the record book, not on the leaderboard. He is all alone on Bethpage Black, the public course he has...
May 20, 2019