Category Archives: Sports
Longtime boxing coach Adrian Teodorescu dies at 73 after battle with lymphoma
TORONTO - Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold was looking to make some changes after missing out on the London Olympics in 2012. She started working full-time with coach Adrian Teodorescu shortly after the Ga...
Nov 30, 2016
Southgate overcomes own misgivings to land England job
LONDON - Five months after saying he lacked the experience to coach England, Gareth Southgate landed one of soccer’s toughest roles on Wednesday by showing he can handle the responsibility. The ...
Nov 30, 2016
Pilot told Colombia controllers 'no fuel' before crash
MEDELLIN, Colombia - The pilot of the chartered plane carrying a Brazilian soccer team told air traffic controllers he had run out of fuel and desperately pleaded for permission to land before crashin...
Nov 30, 2016
Senators goaltender Anderson takes leave of absence as wife battles cancer
Ottawa Senators goaltender Craig Anderson has taken a leave of absence from the team as his wife battles a rare form of throat cancer. The Senators announced the development on Twitter and said Anders...
Nov 30, 2016

Defending Olympic champion Jennifer Jones opens Canada Cup with two wins
BRANDON, Man. - Jennifer Jones and her Winnipeg team is off to a quick start at the Canada Cup after posting a pair of wins on the curling tournament’s opening day. The defending Olympic champio...
Nov 30, 2016

Serena Williams: Women 'must continue to dream big'
Serena Williams has penned an open letter calling out what she sees as double standards faced by women in sports. The 22-time Grand Slam champion writes that women “are constantly reminded”...
Nov 30, 2016
Tokyo organizers promise cost-cutting for 2020 Olympics
TOKYO - Hoping to avoid last-minute financial pressures, Japanese officials said Wednesday they are determined to keep total costs of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics Games below 2 trillion yen ($18 billion) a...
Nov 30, 2016

Former FIFA secretary general is suspect in criminal case
BERN, Switzerland - Swiss authorities say their criminal investigation into FIFA has expanded and former secretary general Urs Linsi is a suspect. The case relates to Germany’s staging of the 20...
Nov 30, 2016
Someday soccer will return to Chapecoense, as at Man Utd
LONDON - Someday, somehow, soccer will likely return at Chapecoense. Through the grieving and after the funerals of the 19 team members who died in a plane crash, soccer will probably be played again,...
Nov 30, 2016
Canadian Olympic Committee partners with Sid Lee, agency behind 'We the North'
TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors’ iconic “We the North” campaign generated a whopping 160 million impressions on social media in its launch season alone. But Vito Piazza didn’t ne...
Nov 30, 2016