Category Archives: Sports
Crash-struck club Chapecoense given Copa Sudamericana title
ASUNCION, Paraguay - The Brazilian club Chapecoense, which lost most of its players in an air crash last week, has been awarded the Copa Sudamericana championship by the governing body of South Americ...
Dec 05, 2016
B.C. Lions re-sign kick returner/running back Chris Rainey through 2018 season
VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have re-signed star kick returner and running back Chris Rainey to a contract extension through the 2018 season, the club announced Monday. The 28-year-old from Lakeland, Fl...
Dec 05, 2016
Canadian women unified via player association ahead of negotiations with CSA
TORONTO - The Canadian women’s soccer team will enter into its next round of contract negotiations with the Canadian Soccer Association with an impressive hand. The first Canadian summer sports ...
Dec 05, 2016
Toronto FC's Sebastian Giovinco, Montreal's Ignacio Piatti named to MLS Best XI
Toronto FC star striker Sebastian Giovinco got a consolation prize Monday when he was named to Major League Soccer’s 2016 Best XI. Giovinco, the 2015 MLS MVP and Golden Boot winner, was not one ...
Dec 05, 2016
Victims in British sex-abuse scandal unite, call for justice
MANCHESTER, England - The man whose harrowing testimony of being sexually abused by a youth coach sparked an ongoing crisis in English soccer wants to take the issue to a global level. “I can...
Dec 05, 2016
Bach, Reedie clear air over Russian doping scandal
LAUSANNE, Switzerland - With another report on Russian doping looming at the end of this week, the presidents of the IOC and World Anti-Doping Agency met Monday to clear the air over their “perc...
Dec 05, 2016
Jury selection begins in high-profile Saints star's death
NEW ORLEANS - Potential jurors in the trial of a man charged with second-degree murder in the death of former New Orleans Saints star Will Smith were asked Monday about their attitudes on lethal self-...
Dec 05, 2016
Flyers G Mason, Blues RW Tarasenko, Sharks G Jones named NHL stars of the week
NEW YORK - Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Steve Mason, St. Louis Blues right-wing Vladimir Tarasenko and San Jose Sharks goaltender Martin Jones are the NHL’s “three stars of the week. Mas...
Dec 05, 2016
Torts different from public perception, GM says; Russians make leap
John Tortorella is not who you think he is, at least according to his boss with the Blue Jackets. Columbus general manager Jarmo Kekalainen says the public perception of his 58-year-old coach as a rel...
Dec 05, 2016
Blue Jays sign versatile veteran Steve Pearce to US$12.50-million, two-year deal
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed versatile veteran Steve Pearce to a two-year contract worth US$12.5 million. The 33-year-old spent last season with Tampa Bay and Baltimore, hitting .288 wi...
Dec 05, 2016