Category Archives: Sports

Brown adds another Canadian title in 200, Debues-Stafford wins women's 1,500
MONTREAL - Aaron Brown won the 200 metres for his second victory at the Canadian track and field championships. The 27-year-old from Toronto crossed in 20.03 seconds, two days after he ...
Jul 28, 2019

Canada wins women's 4x100-metre relay bronze to end best-ever world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canada won the bronze medal and set a national record in the women's 4x100-metre medley relay on Sunday to put an exclamation point on the country's most successful FINA ...
Jul 28, 2019

Verstappen wins chaotic German GP, Vettel goes 20th to 2nd
HOCKENHEIM, Germany - Max Verstappen won a chaotic and rain-soaked German Grand Prix on Sunday, while championship leader Lewis Hamilton finished 11th and his Mercedes teammate Valtteri Bottas crashed...
Jul 28, 2019

A Tour for the ages getting its first South American winner
PARIS - A Tour de France for the ages is getting a champion of an unusually young age: 22-year-old Egan Bernal, set to become South America's first winner of cycling's greatest race when he rides to t...
Jul 28, 2019

Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem picks up second bronze at world championships
GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of - Canadian swimmer Sydney Pickrem captured her second bronze medal at the 2019 world aquatics championships, tying a record for the country. The Canadian/U.S. dual citizen ...
Jul 28, 2019

Brazil's Cris Cyborg back in win column, beats Felicia Spencer at UFC 240
EDMONTON - Brazilian MMA fighting legend Cris Cyborg bounced back into the win column Saturday, pummelling Montreal's Felicia Spencer with punches, leg kicks and knee shots to win a unanimou...
Jul 27, 2019

Wheeler leads Team Wilson to win at WNBA All-Star Game
LAS VEGAS - Erica Wheeler hoped to make her All-Star debut an unforgettable one. She certainly did, walking away with the MVP award. Wheeler, who was the first undrafted player to debut in the league ...
Jul 27, 2019

Mannone has 7th shutout, Minnesota ties Vancouver 0-0
ST. PAUL, Minn. - Vito Mannone had five saves for his seventh shutout of the season to help Minnesota United hold on for a scoreless draw with the Vancouver Whitecaps on Saturday night. Maxime Crpeau ...
Jul 27, 2019

Altidore goal gives Toronto FC a 2-1 win over expansion FC Cincinnati
TORONTO - Jozy Altidore scored for the fourth straight game as Toronto FC defeated FC Cincinnati 2-1, Saturday, heaping a little more misery on the expansion MLS side. With Toronto up 1-0 at the half,...
Jul 27, 2019

Halifax's Gavin Tucker wins first UFC bout since his 2017 loss in Edmonton
EDMONTON - Halifax fighter Gavin Tucker exorcised some demons from a hellacious beating in 2017 with his first MMA win in two years at UFC 240 Saturday. Tucker, 33, won by submission ov...
Jul 27, 2019