Category Archives: Sports
Cowboys' Elliott has 6-game ban upheld, but will play Week 1
SHERMAN, Texas - An arbitrator denied Dallas running back Ezekiel Elliott’s appeal of a six-game suspension in a domestic violence case Tuesday, but the 2016 NFL rushing champion will play in th...
Sep 05, 2017
B.C. Lions' secondary knows it needs to step up with club on three-game slide
SURREY, B.C. - The focus for the B.C. Lions’ secondary coming into this season was improving on last year’s CFL-low nine interceptions. The unit has already eclipsed that mark in 2017, but...
Sep 05, 2017
Report: Red Sox used Apple Watch to steal Yankees' signs
BOSTON - Looking for any edge in an age-old rivalry, the Boston Red Sox got called out in a high-tech sign-stealing scheme they ran on the New York Yankees. The first-place Red Sox admitted to Major L...
Sep 05, 2017
Roughriders, Bombers players show sign of unity by shaking hands before game
The CFL’s collective bargaining agreement won’t expire until just before the 2019 season, but there’s no doubt what the CFL Players’ Association’s top priority will be wh...
Sep 05, 2017
Canadian women's hockey team to face U.S. in Boston, St. Paul and San Jose
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The U.S. women’s hockey team has announced American locations and dates for pre-Olympic exhibition games against Canada. The archrivals will square off Oct. 25 in Bosto...
Sep 05, 2017
Syria saves World Cup qualification bid with late equalizer
TEHRAN, Iran - Syria scored deep into stoppage time at Iran to keep alive its hopes of qualifying for the World Cup for the first time amid an ongoing civil war at home. With Syria facing elimination ...
Sep 05, 2017
Williams edges Kvitova for 1st US Open semifinal since 2010
NEW YORK - When her work was done, her first trip to the U.S. Open semifinals since 2010 secured, if just barely, Venus Williams sat in her sideline chair and beamed . Williams reached her third major...
Sep 05, 2017
Georges St-Pierre says he will be bigger and better for comeback fight
Former welterweight champion Georges St-Pierre says he will be bigger and better in his November comeback fight against middleweight title-holder Michael Bisping. The 36-year-old from Montreal has bee...
Sep 05, 2017
Croatia court rejects appeal by Albania soccer fan
ZAGREB, Croatia - Croatia’s Supreme Court has rejected an appeal by an Albanian soccer fan against extradition to Serbia, where he is wanted for allegedly flying a drone carrying a nationalist b...
Sep 05, 2017
Teen phenom Shapovalov headlines Canada's Davis Cup roster for India tie
TORONTO - As far as learning experiences go, Denis Shapovalov endured a doozy the last time he was on court for Canada in Davis Cup play. The rising tennis star fired a ball in frustration that struck...
Sep 05, 2017