Category Archives: Sports

Toronto FC says it plans talks over future of disgruntled striker Jozy Altidore
Toronto FC says it plans to use the international break to determine the future of disgruntled star striker Jozy Altidore with the club. News that the U.S. international was at odds with TFC emerged t...
May 29, 2021

Canada coach John Herdman picks squad for crucial CONACACF World Cup qualifiers
Coach John Herdman has chosen his troops for a crucial World Cup qualifying stretch in June that could see Canada advance to the final round of CONCACAF qualifying.With injuries, form and availability...
May 29, 2021

Montreal Canadiens ready to open doors for fans for first time in pandemic
MONTREAL - For the first time since March 2020, a Canadian NHL team will have paying fans in the arena tonight. After Quebec loosened COVID-19 restrictions, the Montreal Canadiens will be permitted to...
May 29, 2021

In time for summer, Europe sees dramatic fall in virus cases
ROME (AP) - When Italy won the Eurovision Song Contest with an over-the-top glam-rock performance, the victory signaled more than just a psychological boost for one of the countries hardest hit by COV...
May 29, 2021

Janmark has hat trick to lead Vegas to Game 7 win over Wild
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mattias Janmark had his first career hat trick and the Vegas Golden Knights eliminated the Minnesota Wild with a 6-2 win Friday night in Game 7 of their opening-round series. It marke...
May 28, 2021

Blue Jays pound Cleveland, game shortened by bad weather
CLEVELAND (AP) - Hyun Jin Ryu regained his control after a rough first inning battling strong winds and Lourdes Gurriel Jr. and Joe Panik drove in three runs apiece, leading the Toronto Blue Jays over...
May 28, 2021

Mike Weir opens 4-shot lead in Senior PGA at Southern Hills
TULSA, Okla., (AP) - Canada's Mike Weir opened a four-stroke lead Friday in the Senior PGA Championship with a 5-under 65 on a tough Southern Hills layout that baffled most of the players. That moved ...
May 28, 2021

Canadians Adam Svensson, Taylor Pendrith sit in top 10 at Korn Ferry Tour event
GLENVIEW, Ill. - Two Canadian golfers sit in the top 10 at the halfway mark of the Korn Ferry Tour's Evans Scholars Invitational. Adam Svensson of Surrey, B.C., is two shots off the lead in third at 8...
May 28, 2021

Montreal's Team Bauer edges Calgary's Team Scotiabank at Secret Dream Gap Tour
CALGARY - Jessie Eldridge had a goal and an assist as Montreal's Team Bauer beat Calgary's Team Scotiabank 4-3 at the Secret Dream Gap Tour women's hockey tournament Friday. Kristin O'Neill, Alexandre...
May 28, 2021

'It's going to be electric': Habs, Leafs set to battle in Game 6 in front of fans
MONTREAL - Cole Caufield has played in front of exactly zero fans in his young NHL career. A packed-to-the-rafters Bell Centre would have exploded when the Canadiens rookie sniper buried his first NHL...
May 28, 2021