Category Archives: Sports

Redblacks hope to put slow starts behind them when they face visiting Elks
OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have made a habit of starting slow this season, with their struggles to put points on the board in the first half becoming a big problem late in close games. They'll try ...
Aug 21, 2025

Former captain Tyler Ardron looks to help get Canada back to Rugby World Cup
Some four years after his last outing for Canada, Tyler Ardron is happy to be back in the fold. The 34-year-old forward from Peterborough, Ont., is set to earn cap No. 39 in Calgary on Friday when the...
Aug 21, 2025

WNBA breaks single-season attendance record that had stood since 2002
NEW YORK (AP) - With 2 1/2 weeks left in the WNBA's regular season, the league has already broken its single-season attendance record. League officials announced Thursday that the league's 13 teams ha...
Aug 21, 2025

MMA still full of lessons for Canadian fighter Jasmine Jasudavicius
VANCOUVER - A decade into her career as a mixed martial arts fighter, Jasmine Jasudavicius is still learning. Now the world is starting to learn about the Canadian, too. Proof that Jasudavicius is gra...
Aug 21, 2025

Japan's Akie Iwai takes lead at CPKC Women's Open, with large group tied for second
MISSISSAUGA - Akie Iwai is picking up where she left off at the CPKC Women's Open. The Japanese player fired four birdies in her back nine for a total of seven to take a two-stroke lead at the Canadia...
Aug 21, 2025

Rising Canadian tennis star Victoria Mboko draws veteran Krejcikova at U.S. Open
NEW YORK - Rising tennis star Victoria Mboko will face two-time Grand Slam winner Barbora Krejcikova in the opening round of the U.S. Open. Meanwhile, fellow Canadians Leylah Fernandez and Felix Auger...
Aug 21, 2025

Canadian angler Chris Johnston in hunt for consecutive Bassmaster Elite Series crowns
Chris Johnston isn't surrendering his Bassmaster Elite Series overall title without a fight. Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., opened the season-ending tournament Thursday on the Mississippi River at L...
Aug 21, 2025

Whitecaps beef up backline by adding Belgium's Pupe, Germany's Schonlau
VANCOUVER - Sebastian Schonlau didn't expect to become Thomas Muller's teammate when he signed with the Vancouver Whitecaps. Getting to play with the soccer legend is an added bonus, the German centre...
Aug 21, 2025

Canadian women show off their depth in lineup for Rugby World Cup opener against Fiji
The second-ranked Canadian women open their Rugby World Cup campaign Saturday in England with a display of their depth. Coach Kevin Rouet's starting 15 enter their game against No. 14 Fiji in York wit...
Aug 21, 2025

Canada's Leylah Fernandez ousted from Monterey Open
MONTERREY - Canada's Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated from the Monterey Open after falling 6-2, 3-6, 2-6 to Rebecca Sramkova of Slovakia on Wednesday. The 22-year-old from Laval, Que., took the fi...
Aug 20, 2025