Category Archives: Sports

AMSTERDAM - Miho Takagi became the first Japanese woman to win the speedskating allround world championships after beating defending champion Ireen Wust in a thrilling 1,500-metre race on Saturday. Th...

TORONTO - Canada will host Scotland on June 9 in an international rugby test match at Edmonton’s Commonwealth Stadium. The Scots are currently ranked fifth in the world after a run of good form ...

REGINA - Brad Gushue is a win away from repeating as Canadian men’s curling champion. Gushue advanced to Sunday’s final by beating Ontario’s John Epping 6-2 in Saturday’s playo...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...