Category Archives: Sports
Edmonton Oiler Andrew Ference to head Alberta sports development agency
CALGARY - Edmonton Oilers defenceman Andrew Ference is taking on a new role helping Alberta athletes. Ference has been named chairman of Alberta Sport Connection, a provincial agency that promotes spo...
Feb 09, 2017
Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign veteran defensive end Okpalaugo to two-year deal
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed American defensive end Tristan Okpalaugo to a two-year contract Thursday. The six-foot-six, 250-pound Okpalaugo returns to the CFL after signing with the NF...
Feb 09, 2017

Sports data company forecasts 29 medals for Canada in 2018 Winter Olympics
An analytics company predicts a big Winter Olympics for Norway and says Canada will finish fourth in total medals won next year in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The U.S.-based sports and entertainment dat...
Feb 09, 2017
Turmoil continues over hockey game called off by refs worried for their safety
SASKATOON - The general manager of the Saskatchewan Hockey Association is defending the actions of the Sask Valley Minor Hockey League in response to referee allegations of fan abuse. Kyle Chudyk, 29,...
Feb 09, 2017

Near misses for Canadian speedskaters at world single distance championships
PYEONGCHANG, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian speedskaters Ivanie Blondin and Ted-Jan Bloemen finished just outside the medals on the opening day of the world single distance championships. Ottawa’...
Feb 09, 2017
Canadian women to meet Germany and Sweden in April soccer friendlies
TORONTO - Canada, which won bronze at the Rio Olympics, will meet both Olympic champion Germany and runner-up Sweden in European women’s soccer friendlies during the April FIFA international win...
Feb 09, 2017

Canadian welterweight Rory MacDonald to face Paul Daley in Bellator debut
TORONTO - Former UFC welterweight contender Rory (Red King) MacDonald is returning to action, promising to make his Bellator debut in May a “bloodbath.” The 27-year-old B.C. native, who no...
Feb 09, 2017
Injuries, lack of depth costing Canada in World Rugby Sevens Series
TORONTO - His team down 12-7 at halftime to Argentina at the Sydney Sevens, Canada rugby coach Damian McGrath urged his players to pick up the tempo and stick to the game plan. “You’ve the...
Feb 09, 2017
Committee decides nobody won Harvard-Yale regatta
HARTFORD, Conn. - A committee investigating a disputed Harvard-Yale regatta last summer has determined that nobody won the race. The regatta committee has informed both schools that the trophy for the...
Feb 09, 2017

Police raid Kazakh biathlon team lodgings ahead of worlds
HOCHFILZEN, Austria - The Austrian federal criminal agency said Thursday it raided the lodgings of the Kazakh national biathlon team on the eve of the world championships on suspicion of doping. Polic...
Feb 09, 2017