Category Archives: Sports

After losing starting job, Toronto FC's Alex Bono finally gets a chance to play
TORONTO - Alex Bono isn't quite sure why he lost his job as starting goalkeeper for Toronto FC. And it's clear some three months later that emotions are still raw on the subject. Difficult, disappoint...
Aug 05, 2019

Canada men's basketball team's training-camp roster missing key players
TORONTO - The Canadian men's basketball team was missing several big names when its pre-FIBA World Cup training camp opened on Monday. Along with Andrew Wiggins of the Minnesota Timberwolves, who...
Aug 05, 2019

Saskatchewan Roughriders, Edmonton Eskimos swap receivers
Several CFL general managers were busy on Monday, adding new faces to their rosters. The Saskatchewan Roughriders (4-3) brought in American wide receiver Kenny Stafford, thanks to a trade wi...
Aug 05, 2019

Canada's Milos Raonic downs Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 to advance at Rogers Cup
MONTREAL - Milos Raonic is off to the second round of the Rogers Cup. The hard-serving Canadian defeated Lucas Pouille 6-4, 6-4 in first-round action Monday on the centre court&nbs...
Aug 05, 2019

Canada's Pendrith wins Mackenzie Tour's 1932byBateman Open by three strokes
EDMONTON - After weeks of hanging around the top of Mackenzie Tour leaderboards, Taylor Pendrith has finally broken through. The product of Richmond Hill, Ont., fired a course-record 62 at the Ed...
Aug 05, 2019

Canadian featherweight Kyle "The Monster" Nelson added to UFC Mexico City card
TORONTO - Canadian featherweight Kyle "The Monster" Nelson has been added to the UFC's televised card in Mexico City in September. The 28-year-old from Huntsville, Ont., will face Mexican Marco P...
Aug 05, 2019

Top Blue Jays prospect Nate Pearson feels his work ethic will pay off
ERIE, Pa. - Nate Pearson grabs his glove and jogs out to the visiting bullpen at UPMC Park on a hot but tolerable Saturday afternoon. He goes through his normal off-day routine like the rest of the Ne...
Aug 05, 2019

DeVonte Dedmon runs back two kicks for TDs, Redblacks beat Alouettes in OT
MONTREAL - Ottawa Redblacks kicker Lewis Ward has made so many consecutive field goals he's lost count. But the latest one will be remembered for a while. Ward's third field goal of the night cam...
Aug 04, 2019

Galvis, Drury HRs help streaking Blue Jays beat Orioles 5-2
BALTIMORE - Undaunted by a trading spree that drained the roster, the Toronto Blue Jays are riding their longest winning streak of the season. Freddy Galvis had a home run among his three hits, Brando...
Aug 04, 2019

Ronaldo loses bid to dismiss or fully seal Vegas rape case
LAS VEGAS - Soccer star Cristiano Ronaldo has lost a bid for dismissal or complete secrecy in a federal lawsuit by a Nevada woman who accuses him of raping her at a Las Vegas resort in 2009. Attorney ...
Aug 04, 2019