Category Archives: Canadian Press
Woods closes to within 1 shot of Canadian rookie Conners
PALM HARBOR, Fla. - Tiger Woods chipped in from behind the ninth green and the roar was unmistakable, the tree-rattling variety that belongs to only one player in golf. Moments later, Woods raised the...
Mar 10, 2018
Patrik Laine's 40th goal not enough, Flyers top Jets 2-1
PHILADELPHIA - While the Philadelphia Flyers couldn’t prevent Patrik Laine from scoring his 40th goal, they were able to stop everyone else and end their slide. Claude Giroux and Andrew MacDonal...
Mar 10, 2018
Kucherov leads Lightning past Canadiens 3-2 in shootout
TAMPA, Fla. - With their latest run, the NHL-best Tampa Bay Lightning have reached a new milestone: first in the league to 100 points. Nikita Kucherov scored the tying goal in the third period and con...
Mar 10, 2018
Canada beats Uruguay but ousted from Cup competition at Rugby Sevens
VANCOUVER - A convincing 47-5 win over Uruguay wasn’t enough to move Canada into Cup competition at the HSBC Canada Sevens Rugby Saturday. Canada finished the opening day of competition with a 1...
Mar 10, 2018
Zardes' late goal lifts Crew over Impact 3-2
COLUMBUS, Ohio - The Montreal Impact were seconds away from earning their first point of the MLS season. But Gyasi Zardes scored his second goal of the game on a penalty in the 94th minute, and the Co...
Mar 10, 2018
Daly: 2022 China Games possible for NHL, but long way off
AUSTIN, Texas - NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says participation in the 2022 Olympics in China is possible but not essential to the league’s efforts to grow the sport in the world’s la...
Mar 10, 2018
Playmaker Victor Vazquez to travel to Mexico with Toronto FC despite sore back
TORONTO - Spanish playmaker Victor Vazquez, dealing with a back issue, skipped training Saturday but will travel with Toronto FC to Mexico. The MLS champions leave Sunday via charter for Monterrey, th...
Mar 10, 2018
Man arrested in killing of 1 officer, wounding of another
LOS ANGELES - A man suspected of shooting two California police officers, killing one of them, was arrested Saturday after barricading himself in an apartment and holding a SWAT team at bay for more t...
Mar 10, 2018
Ugly win for Man United, uglier loss for West Ham in EPL
MANCHESTER, England - An ugly win for Manchester United. An even uglier loss for West Ham. United scored twice through Marcus Rashford in the opening 24 minutes then produced a gritty, ultra-defensive...
Mar 10, 2018
Canada's Phan surges to fourth at world junior figure skating championships
SOFIA, Bulgaria - Joseph Phan of Laval, Que., rocketed from 14th after the short program to fourth overall with a solid free skate in the men’s event on Saturday at the world junior figure skati...
Mar 10, 2018