Sports

Never-boring Leafs hit the road after rollercoaster start: 'The nature of the market'

TORONTO - Mark Giordano has seen it before. He'll no doubt see it again. Wins, losses, injuries and controversy are magnified early in every NHL season. In a Canadian market, the spotlight's even brig...

Oct 21, 2022

MLS playoffs: New York City FC will be CF Montreal's toughest test yet

MONTREAL - Wilfried Nancy and CF Montreal find themselves in uncharted territory. For the first time since 2016, the Major League Soccer team is riding real playoff momentum and find themselves favour...

Oct 21, 2022

Embattled Rowing Canada signs with OSIC on heels of damaging independent study

Rowing Canada has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, three weeks after an independent report revealed a toxic environment in the sport. The national federation will be able to access the ne...

Oct 21, 2022

Atletico Ottawa set for another CPL landmark as it hosts first-ever playoff game

Another landmark for Atletico Ottawa on Sunday as it hosts its first-ever home playoff game in the Canadian Premier League. Under new coach Carlos Gonzalez, Ottawa has already completed a worst to fir...

Oct 21, 2022

Critics call Gymnastics Canada's agreement with Abuse-Free Sport "miniscule step"

Gymnastics Canada has signed an agreement to join Abuse-Free Sport, the new federal program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport. But an international athletes rights group said the news is mo...

Oct 21, 2022

Alouettes eyeing first in CFL East ahead of season-ending two-game set with Argos

MONTREAL - With two games remaining, the Montreal Alouettes are set to embark on a home-and-home series that will decide first place in the Canadian Football League's East Division. The Alouettes (8-8...

Oct 21, 2022

Chess star Hans Niemann sues over cheating allegations

Chess grandmaster Hans Niemann alleges in a federal lawsuit that chess world champion Magnus Carlsen and others destroyed his career by falsely accusing him of cheating. Niemann is seeking $100 millio...

Oct 21, 2022

Sports journalists pleased access is improving after restrictions during pandemic

TORONTO - A line of sports media members formed outside the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse earlier this month shortly after the team blew a seven-run lead and was eliminated from the post-season. Manage...

Oct 21, 2022

Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to lead Canada's Davis Cup team in Finals in Spain

MONTREAL - Flix Auger-Aliassime of Montreal and Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., headline Canada's tennis team for the Davis Cup Finals next month in Spain. The two are joined by Vasek Pospisi...

Oct 21, 2022

Canadian women hurting but still winning at Rugby World Cup in New Zealand

Canada is enduring a war of attrition at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. But coach Kevin Rouet's team has yet to stumble. The third-ranked Canadian women (2-0-0) wrap up Pool B play Saturday night...

Oct 21, 2022