Category Archives: Sports

Man United flying high in English Premier League after City win and Liverpool loss
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - It was a very good day for Manchester United, whose revival under Erik ten Hag is really taking shape. As if victory against Manchester City in the 189th Manchester derby wa...
Jan 14, 2023

Madeline Schizas holds off 16-year-old Ruiter to win Canadian figure skating title
OSHAWA, Ont. - Madeline Schizas admitted to feeling some pressure this week as the defending Canadian champion. The 19-year-old from Oakville, Ont., who was the last woman to skate Saturday at the Tri...
Jan 14, 2023

Edmonton Elks re-sign Canadian running back Anti Litre
EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian running back Ante Litre to a one-year contract extension. The 28-year-old from Vancouver suited up in all 18 games for the Elks in 2022. He posted a c...
Jan 14, 2023

Everton directors to skip game because of 'credible threat'
MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Everton's board of directors were instructed not to attend Saturday's home match against Southampton because of a "real and credible threat to their safety and security," th...
Jan 14, 2023

Canada's Loutitt, Strate finish just off World Cup ski jump team podium in fourth
YAMAGATA, Japan - A day after becoming the first Canadian woman to win a World Cup ski jump event, Alexandria Loutitt joined with Abigail Strate to finish fourth in a team event Saturday. The Calgaria...
Jan 14, 2023

Kilde dominates World Cup downhill in big win over Odermatt
WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) - The dominant men's downhill racer is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde - clearly. Kilde won Switzerland's marquee World Cup race Saturday by a big margin for his fourth win in six dow...
Jan 14, 2023

Kaillie Humphries wins World Cup monobob gold, Canada's Appiah third
ALTENBERG, Germany (AP) - Kaillie Humphries won a World Cup women's monobob race for the 100th medal of her career in major international competition and Canada's Cynthia Appiah took bronze. Humphries...
Jan 14, 2023

Federica Brignone wins World Cup super-G; Shiffrin sits out
ST. ANTON, Austria (AP) - Federica Brignone won a World Cup super-G on Saturday for the 2020 overall champion's first victory this season in a race that American ski star Mikaela Shiffrin skipped. Bri...
Jan 14, 2023

Sebov's lengthy struggles pave way to berth in first Grand Slam
MELBOURNE, Australia - It's been a long, solitary road for Katherine Sebov of Woodbridge, Ont., who has been toiling in anonymity at the lower levels of tennis for years, trying to break through. On F...
Jan 14, 2023

McDavid nets 2 goals, assist as Oilers scorch Sharks 7-1
SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) - Connor McDavid had two goals and an assist, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks 7-1 on Friday night. Leon Draisaitl and Ryan Nugent-Hopkins each a goal and two ass...
Jan 13, 2023