Category Archives: Canadian Press

SOUTH WILLIAMSPORT, Pa. - The crack of the bat, the gasp from the crowd, a fist pump on the trip around the bases and then a happy hop to waiting teammates at home plate. Japan went through the routin...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Alabama defensive lineman Raekwon Davis shot at a Tuscaloosa bar, according to a person with knowledge of the incident. Tuscaloosa County Sheriff’s spokesman Jason Powell said...

TAIPEI, Taiwan - Brittany Crew won the shot put on Sunday for Canada’s fourth gold medal at the Summer Universiade. The 23-year-old from York University threw 18.34 metres, just shy of her own C...

HOUSTON - Canadian expats living in Texas said they’ve gone days without sleep as the remnants of hurricane Harvey continue to deluge the southeast coast Sunday. Megan Giffin-Scheffers, who move...

TORONTO - Byron Buxton had just about everything go his way on Sunday. The Twins centre-fielder finished 4 for 5 with a career-high three home runs and five runs batted in to lead Minnesota in a 7-2 v...

FREETOWN, Sierra Leone - More than 1,000 people have died from the mudslide and flood that hit Sierra Leone’s capital nearly two weeks ago, a local leader and a minister said Sunday during servi...

OTTAWA - American star Michelle Wie was forced to withdraw from the CP Women’s Open with appendicitis on Sunday. The 27-year-old was scheduled to have her appendix removed at Ottawa Hospital lat...

HOUSTON - Hurricane Harvey slammed into the Texas coast some 175 miles (280 kilometres) from Houston, but the nation’s fourth-largest city has never needed a direct strike from a catastrophic st...

BECKHUM, Germany - Alysha Newman of London, Ont., broke her own Canadian record in the pole vault on Sunday. The 23-year-old cleared 4.75 metres, topping her previous mark of 4.71. Newman did a back f...

LIVERPOOL, England - Humiliation for Arsenal at Liverpool. More Wembley frustration for Tottenham. The north London clubs had an afternoon to forget in the Premier League on Sunday before the two-week...