Category Archives: Sports
GM Atkins believes Jays are improved after trade deadline
TORONTO - Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins believes his struggling club improved its roster after a blended trade deadline that saw him add proven starting pitchers Jose Soriano and Spenc...
Aug 03, 2026
Los Angeles FC co-owner Larry Berg will be the next MLS commissioner
Larry Berg, co-owner of Los Angeles FC, will be the next commissioner of Major League Soccer, the league announced Monday. At the start of the new year, Berg will take over for Don Garber, who has ser...
Aug 03, 2026
Golen scores winner for Ottawa Rapid FC in 3-2 win over Halifax Tides
HALIFAX - Nicola Golen scored in extra time for the Ottawa Rapid FC in a 3-2 quarterfinal win over the Halifax Tides in the W Canadian Championship on Monday. Canada Soccer launched an inaugural W Can...
Aug 03, 2026
Shapovalov struggles with injuries but finds confidence in Los Cabos final
MONTREAL - Denis Shapovalov insists there's nothing wrong with his tennis. It's his body, rather, that's been holding him back. "It's been a tricky year because I have been feeling good on court," Sha...
Aug 03, 2026
Adam Macko traded by Blue Jays to Texas on MLB's Trade Deadline Day
Vauxhall's Adam Macko is on the move, once again, and it came on Major League Baseball's Trade Deadline Day.The 25-year-old Toronto Blue Jays pitcher is now a Texas Ranger after being dealt by the clu...
Aug 03, 2026 (Image Credit: Getty Images)
Canada's Bianca Andreescu bounced from NBO after Kayla Cross secures first WTA win
TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu was in the ascendancy with a partisan home crowd pushing her on. The Canadian looking to resurrect a tennis career that has included plenty of high points led her first-roun...
Aug 03, 2026
Diallo battles to win opening match at National Bank Open in Montreal
MONTREAL - Gabriel Diallo came back from a set down to defeat Frenchman Kyrian Jacquet 6-7 (1), 6-3, 6-2 in his first-round match Monday night at the National Bank Open. Diallo, who grew up just minut...
Aug 03, 2026
Toronto Maple Leafs hire Andy O'Brien to oversee NHL team's sport performance
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made Andy O'Brien the team's vice-president of sport performance. O'Brien will oversee the NHL club's strength and conditioning, sport science and nutrition, inj...
Aug 03, 2026
Scientists, experts, community leaders: 12 of B.C.'s top citizens given Order of B.C.
VICTORIA - A dozen people have been appointed to the Order of B.C. including one the country's top experts in using insects to help in criminal investigations, a FIFA executive, and Canada's first chi...
Aug 03, 2026
Argonauts bring offensive lineman Kolankowski home in a trade with Tiger-Cats
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts acquired Canadian offensive lineman Chris Kolankowski from the Hamilton Tiger-Cats for a sixth-round CFL draft pick next year. Kolankowski, 34, returned to his hometown...
Aug 03, 2026