Category Archives: Sports

Salah double helps Liverpool to 3rd straight win in EPL
Mohamed Salah was just inside Arsenal's half when he collected the ball, befuddled David Luiz with a nonchalant jink and homed in on goal from the right wing. The Liverpool star made the finish look e...
Aug 24, 2019

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov to meet again in U.S. Open first round
Felix Auger-Aliassime didn't have much time to savour his first career appearance at the U.S. Open. Overcome with heart palpitations during his first-round match last year against fellow Canadian and ...
Aug 24, 2019

Bishop-Nriagu is shutting down her season due to Achilles injury
TORONTO - Melissa Bishop-Nriagu, the Canadian record-holder and a world silver medallist in the 800 metres, is shutting down her season due to injury. The 31-year-old runner from Eganville, Ont., anno...
Aug 24, 2019

Patriots safety Chung indicted on cocaine possession charge
LACONIA, N.H. - New England Patriots safety Patrick Chung has been indicted in New Hampshire on a charge of cocaine possession, according to court paperwork released Thursday. A Belknap County grand j...
Aug 24, 2019

Olympic gold medallists Lindsey Vonn, PK Subban engaged
Lindsey Vonn and P.K. Subban can add a diamond (ring) to their gold (medals): The star athletes say they're engaged. Vonn, a three-time Olympic champion in Alpine skiing, and Subban, a defenceman for ...
Aug 24, 2019

Canada travelling to Japan to face former Women's World Cup champs in friendly
OTTAWA - Canada's women's soccer team will face host Japan in its first match since being eliminated in the round of 16 at the World Cup. The friendly against the 2011 Women's World Cup cham...
Aug 24, 2019

Reigning champion Brooke Henderson stays in contention at CP Women's Open
AURORA, Ont. - After Brooke Henderson birdied No. 15 she stood back from the green to check her notes and watch groupmates Stacy Lewis and Min-Jee Lee finish the hole. A small voice behind her called ...
Aug 23, 2019

Denis Shapovalov books semifinal spot at Winston-Salem Open
WINSTON SALEM, N.C. - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the semifinals of the Winston-Salem Open. The second-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., downed Russia's Andrey Rublev 6-3, 7-6 (4) i...
Aug 23, 2019

Ottawa Redblacks, Saskatchewan Roughriders headed in opposite directions
REGINA - It's amazing how things have changed for the Ottawa Redblacks and the Saskatchewan Roughriders since their initial meeting of the season on June 20. The Redblacks won a 43-41 shootout at TD P...
Aug 23, 2019

B.C. Lions preach finish, toughness against ferocious Hamilton Tiger-Cats
VANCOUVER - Despite a tough start to the season, Bryan Burnham says the B.C. Lions are still in good spirits - albeit with a bit of an edge. The Lions (1-8) have yet to win a game in Vancouver th...
Aug 23, 2019