Category Archives: Sports
Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi to face former champion on UFC White House card
Canadian Aiemann Zahabi will face former bantamweight champion (Suga) Sean O'Malley on the UFC's White House card June 14. Zahabi (14-2-0) is currently ranked sixth among 135-pound contenders. The 38-...
Mar 08, 2026
Barger drives in three runs as Toronto split-squads earn shutout victories
DUNEDIN - Addison Barger hit a solo shot and added a two-run single to power the Toronto Blue Jays to a 5-0 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday in a split-squad game at TD Ballpark. Barger opened th...
Mar 08, 2026
Sarah Fillier and Taylor Girard score twice each and Sirens rout Charge 6-2 in PWHL
NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Sarah Fillier and Taylor Girard each scored twice and the New York Sirens defeated the Ottawa Charge 6-2 on Sunday in the PWHL. The Sirens won at home against the Charge for the fi...
Mar 08, 2026
Dunstone advances to Brier final, Olympic champ Jacobs ousted in semifinal
ST. JOHN'S - Winning a Canadian men's curling championship on the heels of an Olympic gold medal was a tall order. Brad Jacobs' curling team fell two wins short of repeating as national champions in a...
Mar 08, 2026
Pannek scores overtime winner to give Frost a 3-2 victory over Sceptres
TORONTO - Kelly Pannek scored the overtime winner as the Minnesota Frost beat the Toronto Sceptres 3-2 on Sunday. The Frost, who were without captain Kendall Coyne Schofield, picked up their first win...
Mar 08, 2026
Shiffrin extends World Cup overall lead in rare start in super-G won by 35-year-old Curtoni
VAL DI FASSA, Italy (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin moved closer to a sixth career World Cup overall title Sunday by scoring points in a rare start in super-G that her closest rival Emma Aicher did not finish...
Mar 08, 2026
India wins cricket's Twenty20 World Cup with 96-run victory over New Zealand
AHMEDABAD, India (AP) - India won the T20 World Cup for a record third time with a 96-run victory over New Zealand on Sunday to the delight of more than 100,000 fans at the largest cricket ground in t...
Mar 08, 2026
Wilkie wins Canada's first gold medal at Milan Cortina Paralympics
PREDAZZO - Natalie Wilkie won Canada's first gold medal at the Milan Cortina Paralympics on Sunday with a first-place finish in the women's standing para-biathlon competition. Wilkie, from Salmon Arm,...
Mar 08, 2026
Atle Lie McGrath wins first World Cup slalom since his Olympic exit into the forest
KRANJSKA GORA, Slovenia (AP) - From Olympic despair in a course-side forest to a joyous win in the World Cup. Atle Lie McGrath 's emotions came full circle Sunday when he protected his first-run lead ...
Mar 08, 2026
Roaring crowd of 8,992 sets a new Para ice hockey attendance record at Milan Cortina for US vs Italy
MILAN (AP) - The opening Para ice hockey match at the Milan Cortina Winter Games set a new record attendance for the sport at a major tournament. The preliminary round match between four-time defendin...
Mar 08, 2026