Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Alysha Newman went to the Prefontaine Classic two weeks ago in Eugene, Ore., intent on increasing her Canadian pole vault record again. Instead, she wound up with a serious knee injury that ...

Peter Montopoli, Canada’s point man on the so-called unified bid to host the 2026 World Cup, has one more stop to make before flying to Moscow on Saturday for next week’s FIFA Congress. He...

They set the skyhigh target over coffee on Wednesday morning. Hours before Canada’s Ben Flanagan stepped up to the start line at historic Hayward Field for the race of his life, he and coach Kev...

EDMONTON - Alberta is considering whether to change its bar hours so soccer fans can gather in the early mornings to watch the World Cup and hoist a few. Finance Minister Joe Ceci says he will have th...

MONTREAL - It will be an special moment for Joann Villeneuve when her son Jacques leads out the field in her late husband’s Ferrari for the parade lap at the Canadian Grand Prix. It was 40 years...

Gavin Schmitt doesn’t want his return to the Canadian men’s volleyball team to mess with its success. The six-foot-10 outside hitter from Saskatoon, whose crushing kills and laser jump ser...

The Canadian men’s short-track speedskating team has lost its head coach. Derrick Campbell, who has been at the helm of one of Canada’s more successful winter sports programs since 2006, s...

It was a goal Aaron Brown had been doggedly chasing for the past two years. The Canadian sprinter raced to a time of 19.98 seconds to finish second in the Bislett Games Diamond League meet in Oslo on ...

LAS VEGAS - Vegas Golden Knights centre William Karlsson will be in the lineup tonight with his team facing elimination in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup final. The 25-year-old Swede took part in todayR...

TORONTO - Andrew Nembhard headlines Canada’s team for next week’s FIBA U18 Americas championship in St. Catharines, Ont. Canadian coach Dave Smart released his 12-man roster on Thursday, a...