Sports

Hockey Canada interviews among evidence excluded from ex-junior players' jury trial

Three of the five hockey players accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a London, Ont., hotel room in 2018 spoke about the events of that night with an investigator hired by Hockey Canada, but thos...

May 16, 2025

Sceptres look to continue battling for Walter Cup after another early playoff exit

TORONTO - Toronto Sceptres head coach Troy Ryan says being unhappy with the result shouldn't mean being unhappy with where the team is headed. The Sceptres fell 4-3 in overtime on Wednesday to lose it...

May 16, 2025

Berube tweaks Leafs' forward group for Game 6; Matthews and Marner remain together

FORT LAUDERDALE - Craig Berube is going back for the future. The Maple Leafs head coach will dress forwards Calle Jarnkrok and Pontus Holmberg for Game 6 of their second-round playoff series against t...

May 16, 2025

Stars captain Benn fined for sucker-punching Jets centre Scheifele

NEW YORK - The NHL has fined Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn US$5,000 for punching Jets forward Mark Scheifele during Game 5 of the team's second-round playoff series. Benn sucker-punched Scheifele du...

May 16, 2025

Canadian women to face Costa Rica in 'Pride Celebration' friendly in June in Toronto

TORONTO - The Canadian women's soccer team will host Costa Rica in Toronto on June 27 in a "Pride Celebration" friendly. After the BMO Field game, the seventh-ranked Canadian women will travel to Wash...

May 16, 2025

Concerns over protesters, man with smart glasses raised during hockey players' trial

The sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team will now continue with a judge alone after the jury was dismissed. The move comes after a juror sent a note to the ...

May 16, 2025

Halifax Wanderers to host Wrexham AFC in under-21 series in Atlantic Canada in July

HALIFAX - Halifax Wanderers will play Wrexham AFC in a three-game under-21 series in July in Atlantic Canada. The series will kick off July 5 at the Wanderers Grounds in Halifax before moving to Charl...

May 16, 2025

Jury dismissed in sexual assault trial of five ex-world junior hockey players

Jurors in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team have been discharged. Ontario Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia did not give jurors reasons for her ...

May 16, 2025

Hellebuyck gets run support, posts shutout in must-win Game 5 for Jets

WINNIPEG - His sometimes-struggling netminder just needed more run support, Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel said after a 3-1 loss in Dallas on Tuesday. Well, it took awhile, but Connor Hellebuyck fin...

May 15, 2025

A sick Jamal Murray scores 25, powers Nuggets' 119-107 win over Thunder to force Game 7

DENVER (AP) - A sick Jamal Murray may have been questionable for Game 6, but in his mind there was nothing ambiguous about his playing status. "Absolutely not," Murray said when asked if there was any...

May 15, 2025