Category Archives: Sports
Blue Bombers sign Winnipeg-born linebacker Thomas Miles
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed national linebacker Thomas Miles on Saturday. Miles, a Winnipeg-born, University of Manitoba product, spent the past three seasons with Toronto after being ...
Mar 04, 2017
St. John's skip Gushue delights home crowd with victory over Alberta at Brier
ST. JOHN’S, N.L. - From playing in national finals to winning Olympic gold, St. John’s skip Brad Gushue has certainly played in some big games over his long career. Playing a Brier in his ...
Mar 04, 2017
Wenger drops Sanchez, pays price in latest Arsenal setback
LIVERPOOL, England - Arsene Wenger chose one of the toughest periods of his Arsenal tenure to make one of his most reckless team selections. Dropping Alexis Sanchez, possibly the best player in the En...
Mar 04, 2017
Sano homer, Santana pitches three scoreless innings as Twins top Blue Jays
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Miguel Sano hit a two-run homer to lift the Minnesota Twins to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays in Grapefruit League action on Saturday. Drew Stubbs also drove in a pair and...
Mar 04, 2017
Who's a good dog? The tennis ball retrievers at Brazil Open
SAO PAULO - Six shelter dogs looking to be adopted are playing fetch at the Brazil Open in Sao Paulo, giving tennis fans a demonstration of their ball-retrieving skills. Wearing blue bandanas around t...
Mar 04, 2017
Woodbine reducing purses in some stakes races during 133-day 2017 meet
TORONTO - Woodbine Entertainment Group has reduced the purses in a number of its stakes races this year, including the Woodbine Mile and Canadian International. The purses of the two Grade 1 events ha...
Mar 04, 2017
Canadian Browne skis to top-30 finish at cross-country world championship
LAHTI, Finland - Canada’s Cendrine Browne skied into the elite group of 30 for the first time in her career at the world cross-country ski championships on Saturday. The 23-year-old posted a car...
Mar 04, 2017
Moi Moi has three tries as Wolfpack down Skolars 76-0 in rugby league debut
LONDON - The Toronto Wolfpack began their long-term quest to reach the top flight of English rugby league in confident style on Saturday, running in 13 tries in a 76-0 defeat of London Skolars. Forwar...
Mar 04, 2017
Canadians Abel, Imbeau-Dulac earn bronze in mixed synchro at diving World Series
BEIJING - Olympians Jennifer Abel and Francois Imbeau-Dulac earned Canada’s first medal of the World Series season on Saturday with a bronze in mixed synchro three-metre springboard. Abel and Im...
Mar 04, 2017
Michelle Wie leads LPGA Singapore by 2 after 3 rounds
SINGAPORE - Michelle Wie shot a 5-under 67 Saturday to lead the LPGA’s Women’s Champions tournament by two strokes after the third round. The American followed up her previous rounds of 66...
Mar 04, 2017