Sports

Hockey Canada extends media rights agreement with TSN through 2033-34 season

TORONTO - TSN has extended its media rights agreement with Hockey Canada through the 2033-34 season. The sports network announced Tuesday that the agreement fives TSN and French-language broadcaster R...

Jan 07, 2020

Teenager Jones, veteran Rooney take centre stage in FA Cup

Curtis Jones and Wayne Rooney, Liverpudlians at opposite ends of their soccer careers, played starring roles in the FA Cup on Sunday. Jones, a highly rated 18-year-old winger, scored a goal he may nev...

Jan 07, 2020

Canada's Olympians gain more marketing freedom for Tokyo 2020

CALGARY - The International Olympic Committee's loosening of iron-fisted rules around sponsorship gives Canada's Olympians more commercial wiggle room in Tokyo this summer. Under pressu...

Jan 07, 2020

A quick look at the changing rules around Olympic athletes and sponsorship

The Canadian Olympic Committee released its marketing guidelines Tuesday for athletes and their personal sponsors during the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo from July 24 through Aug. 9.&nbs...

Jan 07, 2020

Oberg, Sandin help Sweden topple Finland for bronze medal at world juniors

OSTRAVA, Czech Republic - Linus Oberg scored the go-ahead goal midway through the second period, and Sweden held on to beat Finland 3-2 on Sunday for the bronze medal at the world junior hockey champi...

Jan 07, 2020

Predators hire former Devils coach John Hynes as new coach

NASHVILLE - The Nashville Predators have hired former New Jersey Devils coach John Hynes as the third coach in franchise history after firing Peter Laviolette. The Predators announced the hiring Tuesd...

Jan 07, 2020

'Shame on you': Balotelli slams Lazio fans for racist abuse

BRESCIA, Italy - Mario Balotelli slammed Lazio soccer fans after the Italian forward was once again the target of racist chants in Brescia's 2-1 home defeat on Sunday. The Serie A match was halted for...

Jan 07, 2020

Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov down Germany in doubles to clinch 2-1 win at ATP Cup

BRISBANE, Australia - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated Kevin Krawietz and Andreas Mies 6-3, 7-6 (4) in doubles action on Tuesday to clinch a 2-1 victory over Germ...

Jan 07, 2020

Myers scores late goal to lift Canucks past Rangers for 7th straight win

VANCOUVER - It wasn't Tyler Myers' greatest shot, but it was good enough to get the job done. The big defenceman scored on a floating shot from just inside the blueline with 1:29 left in the third per...

Jan 06, 2020

Derrick Henry, Titans stun Patriots 20-13 in wild-card upset

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. - When the eerie Foxborough fog lifted, it became clear that New England's reign atop the NFL was ending. Derrick Henry ensured that with the kind of dominating playoff performance u...

Jan 06, 2020