Category Archives: Sports

ZURICH (AP) - Switzerland routed Austria 9-0 on Wednesday to keep a perfect record at the ice hockey world championship. Theo Rochette, Nico Hischier and Damien Riat each scored two goals as the Swiss...

MONTREAL - Two paths, two Eastern Conference finalists. The Montreal Canadiens and Carolina Hurricanes will face off in the third round of the Stanley Cup playoffs after taking completely different ro...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) - Arsenal soccer fans in the southern African country of Botswana thought they had another reason to rejoice: a public holiday to celebrate their team's first Premier Leag...

DALLAS (AP) - Dallas Mavericks president Masai Ujiri says it was a difficult decision, and his alone, to remove Jason Kidd as the team's coach after five seasons. A day after the Mavericks announced K...

ST. JOHN'S - Hockey fans in Alex Newhook's home province have gathered in bars and set aside politics as their hometown hero has helped secure the Montreal Canadiens a spot in the Eastern Conference f...

DENVER (AP) - Colorado defenseman Cale Makar will miss Game 1 of the Western Conference Final against Vegas on Wednesday night with an upper-body injury. Coach Jared Bednar announced after the morning...

TORONTO - Sophie Jaques of the Vancouver Goldeneyes is one of three players on the shortlist for the PWHL's defender of the year award. The 25-year-old from Toronto is up against Megan Keller and Hale...

PARIS - Canada's Alexis Galarneau is on the cusp of his first French Open main-draw appearance after a 4-6, 6-3, 6-4 win over Brazil's Pedro Boscardin Dias on Wednesday in the second round of qualifyi...

HAMBURG - Flix Auger-Aliassime's chance to tune up for the upcoming French Open came to an end Wednesday with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-4 loss to American lucky loser Aleksandar Kovacevic in second-round action a...

When Emerson Prior works a nursing shift at Victoria's Royal Jubilee hospital, patients comment on what a big guy he is, see his cauliflower ear and then ask if he plays rugby. "I don't look like the ...