Category Archives: Sports

Canada beats El Salvador, but fails to advance in 2018 FIFA World Cup qualifying
VANCOUVER - Canada’s last-dash hopes of qualifying for the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia have ended. Cyle Larin, Nikolas Ledgerwood and David Edgar all scored for the Canadian men’s soccer...
Sep 06, 2016
Gardner makes leaping catch for last out, Yanks stop Jays
NEW YORK - If the New York Yankees reach the playoffs, they’ll long remember this catch by Brett Gardner. Two outs in the ninth inning, bases loaded, one-run lead. Does it get much better? Gardn...
Sep 06, 2016

Brazil charges IOC's Hickey, 9 more on ticket scalping case
RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian prosecutors have filed charges against a high-ranking Olympic official in connection to a ticket-scalping case that unfolded during last month’s Olympic Games in Rio d...
Sep 06, 2016

Striker Drogba one of four players set to return for Montreal Impact
MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have a clean bill of health and it couldn’t have come at a better time. As the race for post-season play in Major League Soccer heats up, four previously injured p...
Sep 06, 2016
Organizers: Ticket sales up, Rio is ready for Paralympics
RIO DE JANEIRO - With the Rio Paralympics set to begin Wednesday, organizers say ticket sales have jumped from around 200,000 to 1.6 million, and a spirit of optimism now pervades the cash-strapped ev...
Sep 06, 2016

Canadian goalie set to represent Canada for the first time in nearly a decade
OTTAWA - When Braden Holtby last represented Canada on the international stage it was almost a decade ago and he barely played. The 26-year-old from Lloydminster, Sask., has been slowly inching upward...
Sep 06, 2016
Canadian women's hockey team hopefuls to congregate at Calgary camp
CALGARY - Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Meaghan Mikkelson and Hayley Wickenheiser are among the top 44 players invited to attend the Canadian women’s hockey team camp starting Sunday in ...
Sep 06, 2016
5 Things: Canada has tough challenge to retain Paralympic basketball gold
The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team will be out to defend their gold medal at the Rio Paralympics. Their first round-robin game at the 12-nation tournament is Thursday against No. 4 Sp...
Sep 06, 2016

IOC head Thomas Bach to miss Paralympics opening ceremony
RIO DE JANEIRO - IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. The International Olympic Committee said Tu...
Sep 06, 2016
Another free pass for Djokovic at US Open when Tsonga stops
NEW YORK - Normally, it takes wins in five full matches to reach a Grand Slam semifinal. Novak Djokovic has made it that far at the U.S. Open by playing only two, because three opponents pulled out of...
Sep 06, 2016