Category Archives: Sports
Charmandy earns spot at FINA worlds after finishing second at summer nationals
TORONTO - Olivia Chamandy nailed her last dive on Saturday to finish second on the women’s 10-metre tower at the Canadian summer nationals diving competition. The 16-year-old from Montreal earne...
Jun 03, 2017
Graham Rahal wins 1st of 2 Detroit Grand Prix IndyCar races, Hinchcliffe third
DETROIT - Graham Rahal won the first of two Detroit Grand Prix races, easily holding off Scott Dixon on Saturday. Rahal won the pole earlier in the day with his Honda-powered car and became the sevent...
Jun 03, 2017
Museum honouring daredevil Evel Knievel opens in Kansas
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - A new Kansas museum is giving enthusiasts of late motorcycle daredevil Evel Knievel a jump on appreciating his death-defying, bone-breaking exploits. The $5-million, 13,000-square-f...
Jun 03, 2017
Las Vegas NHL team ready to deal before expansion draft
BUFFALO, N.Y. - Vegas is ready to deal. George McPhee, the expansion Golden Knights’ general manager, had such a busy week of trade talks at the NHL’s pre-draft combine in Buffalo that he ...
Jun 03, 2017
Ronaldo silences Madrid critics with 3rd CL title in 4 years
CARDIFF, Wales - After another potent demonstration of Cristiano Ronaldo’s enduring scoring prowess, surely no Real Madrid fan can contemplate criticizing him now. Particularly after the world p...
Jun 03, 2017
Yankees go deep with four solo home runs in 7-0 win over Blue Jays
TORONTO - Jason Grilli got his name in the Blue Jays record books on Saturday. It wasn’t the type of benchmark he wanted, though. Grilli came on in the eighth inning and gave up solo homers to B...
Jun 03, 2017
Tyler Ardron heads Canada's rugby squad for key June test matches
TORONTO - Former World Cup captain Tyler Ardron, who recently signed with New Zealand’s Chiefs, heads Canada’s 32-man squad for its June test matches and World Cup qualifying series with t...
Jun 03, 2017
Canada downs Belgium 3-2 to improve to 2-0 in World League volleyball
NOVI SAD, Serbia - Canada’s men’s volleyball team edged the United States 3-2 on Saturday, to improve to 2-0 in its World League Group 1 debut. Brad Gunter had 17 points while Gord Perrin ...
Jun 03, 2017
The Latest: Real Madrid lifts Champions League trophy again
CARDIFF, Wales - The latest from the Champions League final (all times local): ___ 10 p.m. The trophy is theirs, again. Real Madrid captain Sergio Ramos grabbed hold of the Champions League trophy for...
Jun 03, 2017
The Latest: Murray jokes about his between-point actions
PARIS - The Latest from the French Open (all times local): ___ 8 p.m. Andy Murray has some thoughts about the way reporters keep track of everything he does during a tennis match - including between p...
Jun 03, 2017