Sports

Trump lashes out at NASCAR, Wallace over flag and noose

WASHINGTON - NASCAR's layered relationship with President Donald Trump took a sharp turn Monday when Trump blasted the series for banning the Confederate flag and wrongly accused the sport's only full...

Jul 06, 2020

Kaepernick, ESPN team up for documentary series on his life

Colin Kaepernick will be featured in a documentary series produced by ESPN Films as part of a first-look deal with The Walt Disney Co. The deal between Kaepernick's production arm, Ra Vision Media, an...

Jul 06, 2020

Wolfpack forced to wait on whether relegation will be on the table in 2020

TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack, currently at the bottom of the Betfred Super League standings at 0-6-0, will have to wait a little longer to find out whether relegation will be taken off the tabl...

Jul 06, 2020

Jays' McGuire fined after pleading no contest to disorderly conduct charge

CLEARWATER, Fla. - Toronto Blue Jays catcher Reese McGuire has pleaded no contest to a disorderly conduct charge - a second-degree misdemeanour - and paid fines totalling US$500 stemming from an ...

Jul 06, 2020

Whitecaps loan Canadian youth international centre back to Atletico Ottawa

OTTAWA - The Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned Canadian youth international Gianfranco Facchineri to expansion Atletico Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League until the end of September. The 18-year-old ...

Jul 06, 2020

FIFA: Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto lone Canada candidates cities for 2026 World Cup

The FIFA representative leading the review of candidate cities for the 2026 World Cup says Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto are the only sites under consideration in Canada. Asked on a media conference ...

Jul 06, 2020

NHL says 5% of players have tested positive for COVID-19 at voluntary workouts

NEW YORK - The NHL says 35 total players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus over roughly the past month. The league says 23 of 396 players checked for COVID-19 at team facilities have...

Jul 06, 2020

Spring Training 2.0: Jays set to begin camp in Toronto ahead of 60-game season

TORONTO - The Blue Jays appear set to resume training camp at Toronto's Rogers Centre after arriving in the Ontario capital on Sunday night from the team's spring-training home of Dunedin, Fla. C...

Jul 06, 2020

Canadian guard Pangos signs with Russian team after two years with Barcelona

Kevin Pangos is on the move to Russia after Barcelona chose not to re-sign the Canadian guard. The 27-year-old from Holland Landing, Ont., signed with Zenit Saint-Petersburg, the Russian club ann...

Jul 06, 2020

Jorge Masvidal to fight UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on 6 days notice

Jorge (Gamebred) Masvidal has stepped in on six days notice to fight welterweight champion Kamaru (The Nigerian Nightmare) Usman on Saturday at UFC 251. Usman (16-1-0) was due to face Gilbert (Durinho...

Jul 06, 2020