Category Archives: Sports
Canada's Sharpe wins gold, d'Artois bronze in World Cup snowboard halfpipe
CARDRONA, New Zealand - Canada’s Cassie Sharpe won gold at the first FIS freestyle World Cup event of the season on Friday in the women’s snowboard halfpipe. Sharpe, from Calgary, had 91.0...
Sep 01, 2017
Kevin Sutherland shoots 8-under 62 to take lead at Shaw Charity Classic
CALGARY - Kevin Sutherland made the most of an early start at the Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club on Friday. Sutherland was in the second group out on the back nine of the par-70, 7,086-yard cour...
Sep 01, 2017
Blue Jays, Mets pitchers suspended for drug violations
NEW YORK - Toronto pitcher Luis Pena and New York Mets pitcher Jose Sierra have been suspended for violating baseball’s minor league drug program. Pena was banned for 72 games Friday following a...
Sep 01, 2017
Canucks sign veteran forward Thomas Vanek to one-year deal worth US$2 million
VANCOUVER - Veteran forward Thomas Vanek and the Vancouver Canucks agreed to a one-year contract on Friday worth US$2 million. The 33-year-old Vanek had 17 goals and 31 assists in 68 games split betwe...
Sep 01, 2017
Impact eyeing Major League Soccer playoff berth with Fire in Montreal
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact are anticipating a slumping Chicago Fire team to be more dangerous and unpredictable than the last time these teams met. The Impact host Chicago at Saputo Stadium in Maj...
Sep 01, 2017
Canadian international striker Janine Beckie doing her bit for hurricane relief
Like many Houston residents, Canadian international striker Janine Beckie is crossing her fingers as she watches the destruction of hurricane Harvey from a distance. Beckie is one of the lucky ones, h...
Sep 01, 2017
Canada's Shapovalov advances at U.S. Open after Britain's Edmund retires
NEW YORK - Denis Shapovalov’s impressive run at the U.S. Open continued Friday when British opponent Kyle Edmund retired from their third-round match with an injury. The 18-year-old left-hander ...
Sep 01, 2017
Coach Octavio Zambrano says Canada has more in the tank and wants to show it
TORONTO - After time in the soccer doldrums, Canada turned heads with its confident, even adventurous play at this summer’s Gold Cup. But new coach Octavio Zambrano says the Canadian men have mo...
Sep 01, 2017
Canadian Women's Hockey League to pay players starting this season
TORONTO - The Canadian Women’s Hockey League will pay its players for regular-season games starting this season. A pay structure unveiled Friday was passed by the league’s board of directo...
Sep 01, 2017
Wolfpack centre Greg Worthington manages to stay close to home but still see world
TORONTO - A hometown boy, Greg Worthington grew up in Queensbury and still lives in the English village. “I think if I left there I’d probably get a nosebleed,” he said. “IR...
Sep 01, 2017