Category Archives: Sports

Leafs goaltender Andersen suffers upper-body injury in Olympic qualifier
Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen suffered an upper-body injury in an Olympic qualifying game on Friday. Andersen left the game after colliding with a Danish teammate in a game against ...
Sep 02, 2016
Corey Perry added to Canada World Cup roster, Carter out with injury
TORONTO - Los Angeles Kings forward Jeff Carter is out of the World Cup of Hockey with a lower-body injury. He will be replaced on the roster by Anaheim’s Corey Perry. Perry led Canada to gold a...
Sep 02, 2016

Stephenson ready to lead Canada in 7th Women's Baseball World Cup
Before she steps on the field for Canada’s first game of the Women’s Baseball World Cup on Saturday, Ashley Stephenson will sit at her locker and put on her spikes in a purposefully method...
Sep 02, 2016

Raptors sign Ujiri to multi-year deal as president, promote Weltman to GM role
TORONTO - Masai Ujiri has helped turn the Toronto Raptors into a winning franchise, and the team is making sure he’ll be around to continue the job. The Raptors announced Friday that they signed...
Sep 02, 2016
Blue Jays add Canadian Pompey, six other players as rosters expand
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays added seven players to their roster on Friday, inlcluding Canadian outfielder Dalton Pompey. Rosters expanded from 25 men to 40 on Thursday as teams enter the stretch. ...
Sep 02, 2016
Former OHL player to be sentenced for sexually assaulting girl, 16, on Oct. 24
WINDSOR, Ont. - A former Ontario Hockey League player has been freed on bail until his sentencing hearing next month. Ben Johnson was found guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a 16-year-old girl...
Sep 02, 2016
Canadian beach volleyball pair Pavan, Bansley split after four years together
Canadian Olympic beach volleyball duo Sarah Pavan and Heather Bansley have ended their four-year long partnership. Volleyball Canada said Friday that Pavan, of Kitchener, Ont., and Bansley, of Waterdo...
Sep 02, 2016
Tepin, Mondialiste among 30 horses nominated to $1-million Woodbine Mile
TORONTO - Champion mare Tepin and defending champion Mondialiste top the list of 30 horses nominated Friday to the Grade 1 $1-million Ricoh Woodbine Mile. The turf race will be held Sept. 17 at Woodbi...
Sep 02, 2016

P.K. confident younger brothers, Malcolm and Jordan, will carve path to NHL
P.K. Subban’s two younger brothers thought he was only joking when he told them he’d been traded to the Predators. The elder Subban texted word of the deal, which sent him from Montreal to...
Sep 02, 2016

Veteran Adam Lancia going for one wheelchair basketball medal at Paralympics
TORONTO - Morning practice has ended and the Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team heads out for a quick lunch. But veteran Adam Lancia still has work to do on his wheelchair before he can e...
Sep 02, 2016