Category Archives: Sports
Dr. Andrew Pipe honoured with award ahead of Gold Coast Commonwealth Games
GOLD COAST, Australia - Andrew Pipe, past president of Commonwealth Games Canada, has been honoured with the Commonwealth Games Federation award of merit ahead of the Gold Coast Games. Pipe was honour...
Apr 02, 2018

Canada's Gushue gets away with a win at men's world curling championship
LAS VEGAS - After a win that felt like an escape, Brad Gushue was thinking about bubbles and how to get in one. The Canadian skip felt lucky to steal a point in the 10th end for an 8-7 win over Italy&...
Apr 02, 2018
Former rugby sevens captain Jen Kish to miss Commonwealth Games through injury
GOLD COAST, Australia - Former Canadian captain Jen Kish will miss the debut of women’s rugby sevens at the Commonwealth Games due to injury. Kish, who led Canada to a bronze medal at the Rio Ol...
Apr 02, 2018

Canucks stars Henrik and Daniel Sedin say they will retire after the season
Criticized relentlessly early in their careers with the Vancouver Canucks for being too slow and too soft - among other things - Henrik and Daniel Sedin persevered to elevate themselves among the NHL&...
Apr 02, 2018

Baseball museum honours Saskatchewan sports history in a really big way
BATTLEFORD, Sask. - You don’t have to be a baseball fan to visit the Saskatchewan Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum. For many people, it’s Canada’s largest baseball bat sitting outsid...
Apr 02, 2018
Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand fined US$5,000 for cross-checking
NEW YORK - Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand has been fined US$5,000 for cross-checking Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Andrew MacDonald in the face, the NHL’s department of player safety annou...
Apr 02, 2018
Wolfpack move top of Betfred Championship table with win over Toulouse
TOULOUSE, France - Nick Rawsthorne scored a pair of tries as the Toronto Wolfpack held on to beat Toulouse Olympique XII 24-13 on Monday in a clash of the top two teams in rugby league’s second-...
Apr 02, 2018

Veteran field hockey player Mark Pearson set for fourth Commonwealth Games test
GOLD COAST, Australia - Mark Pearson was on a chairlift in Whistler when he got the late call that he had made Canada’s field hockey roster for the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. Striker ...
Apr 02, 2018

Curling having a United States moment in wake of John Shuster's Olympic gold
LAS VEGAS - John Shuster’s Olympic gold medal spawned a registration rush for Las Vegas Curling, whose slogan is “Where Saints and Sinners Curl Like Winners.” The beginner’s le...
Apr 02, 2018
Canada House on the Gold Coast: 32 beers on tap and almost as many Canuck servers
GOLD COAST, Australia - Canada usually lives large when it comes to its home-away-from-home at the Olympic Games. In 2012, Canada House - part of the Canadian High Commission in London - was designate...
Apr 02, 2018