Category Archives: Sports

VANCOUVER - The HSBC Canada Sevens slated for Vancouver in March is 85 per cent sold out, according to organizers. Last year’s debut Canadian stop on the men’s rugby sevens circuit saw 60,...

Ghislaine Landry will serve as captain in the absence of the injured Jen Kish when Olympic bronze medallist Canada opens the HSBC Women’s Seven Series in Dubai. The Dec. 1-2 tournament kicks off...

While Damian McGrath has spent all his life in rugby, he soon found out the sport in Samoa is something else. “Samoan people are rugby-mad,” said the 57-year-old Englishman, who spent 16 m...

MONTREAL - Michael Bradley said all the right things in his first public comments on U.S. Soccer’s choice to replace coach Jurgen Klinsmann with Bruce Arena. The U.S. captain lamented that anyon...

NORTHVILLE, Mich. - Every few years, Manon Rheaume gets asked about Nov. 26, 1991, the night she made hockey history. Playing in goal for the Trois-Rivieres Draveurs, the then-19-year-old Rheaume beca...

CALGARY - Shannon Szabados says she could write a book about her departure from the Peoria Rivermen, but the goaltender would rather discuss her return to the Canadian women’s hockey team. The 3...

Travis Konecny’s instinctual response to a recent thunderous check is the fiery sort of retribution typical of the pugnacious five foot 10, 175-pound Philadelphia Flyers rookie. Then the 19-year...

TORONTO - They’ll be on opposite sidelines as Grey Cup adversaries Sunday, but Rick Campbell and Dave Dickenson are hardly strangers. They became good friends working together as assistants unde...

TORONTO - Jay Baruchel is probably among the most ardent Montreal Canadiens fans out there. The Montreal-raised comedy star says nearly everything in his home has the Habs logo on it, from a panini pr...

MONTREAL - Didier Drogba didn’t score a farewell goal, but Montreal Impact fans got one last chance to cheer the Chelsea legend after the club’s 3-2 playoff victory over Toronto FC. Drogba...