Category Archives: Sports

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...

OTTAWA - Tyler Seguin was forced to sit out the second day of Team Canada’s World Cup of Hockey training camp. Seguin was under the weather, according to Hockey Canada, and remained at the team ...

OTTAWA - Steven Stamkos was on the other side of the world when the Canadian men’s hockey team won Olympic gold in Russia. John Tavares was at the Bolshoy Ice Dome that day in 2014, but on the s...

GENEVA - FIFA President Gianni Infantino is open to a 40-team World Cup in 2026, with several countries serving as co-hosts. With key World Cup talks due next month, Infantino’s comments Tuesday...

EDMONTON - American Robin Carpenter is the winner of the 2016 Tour of Alberta. Carpenter, who rides for Holowesko-Citadel, completed the five-day 580-kilometre event in 13 hours 35 minutes 31 seconds ...

CALGARY - Rookie linebacker Kenny Ladler gave the Edmonton Eskimos a spark late in the first half against the Calgary Stampeders on Monday at McMahon Stadium. Ladler picked off an errant pass by Stamp...

CALGARY - Dave Dickenson’s first Labour Day victory as head coach of the Calgary Stampeders had a touch of poignancy for a man who played in a few during his career. The Stampeders (8-1-1) exten...

Colin Kaepernick’s decision not to stand for the national anthem apparently has made his San Francisco 49ers jersey very popular, no matter why people are buying. The league’s 33rd bestsel...

NEW YORK - Sensing the season’s dwindling days, the New York Yankees opened their penultimate homestand by falling behind on Masahiro Tanaka’s seventh pitch of a sunny Labor Day afternoon....

MONTREAL - Connor McDavid believes Team North America’s youth will be the group’s main asset at the World Cup of Hockey, not its Achilles’ heel. Last year’s first-overall draft...