Sports

Tone Broke comes from third to capture Prince of Wales Stakes race

FORT ERIE, Ont. - Ricardo Santana Jr. and Tone Broke quashed One Bad Boy's hopes for the OLG Canadian Triple Crown on Tuesday night. Tone Broke came from deep stretch to win the $400,000 Pri...

Jul 25, 2019

5-time All-Star Tulowitzki retires after leg injuries

BOSTON - Troy Tulowitzki, a five-time All-Star with the Colorado Rockies who has missed most of the past two seasons with leg injuries, announced his retirement on Thursday, more than three months aft...

Jul 25, 2019

World No. 1 Djokovic, No. 12 del Potro withdraw from Rogers Cup

MONTREAL - The field for the upcoming men's Rogers Cup took a big hit Thursday after Tennis Canada announced that world No. 1 Novak Djokovic and No. 12 Juan Martin del Potro are withdrawing from the t...

Jul 25, 2019

Load management guru says winning with Raptors 'more important than anything'

VANCOUVER - He's worked with some of the world's top athletes and could fill an entire hand with his NBA championship rings, but the man tasked with keeping Kawhi Leonard healthy for the Raptors ...

Jul 25, 2019

Canada's Felicia Spencer says set to surprise Cris Cyborg at UFC 240

EDMONTON - Canadian fighter Felicia Spencer says she's OK flying under the radar as her opponent Cris Cyborg duels with UFC boss Dana White over a possible Amanda Nunes rematch. "People might be ...

Jul 25, 2019

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finally running fast and painfree

MONTREAL - Via Rail train 068 was pulling into Montreal Central Station late Wednesday night when the woman who'd been seated behind sprinter Andre De Grasse for the previous five hours...

Jul 25, 2019

Ticats host unbeaten Blue Bombers in battle of CFL division leaders

HAMILTON - Their teams lead their respective divisions and have just one loss between them. But that's still not nearly enough to instigate early Grey Cup talk from either Mik...

Jul 25, 2019

Ex-wife of slain former NBA player pleads guilty

MEMPHIS, Tenn. - The ex-wife of slain former NBA player Lorenzen Wright pleaded guilty Thursday to facilitation of first-degree murder in his shooting death nine years ago, a surprise development in o...

Jul 25, 2019

Daring Alaphilippe 'unplugged brain' to cling to Tour yellow

SAINT-MICHEL-DE-MAURIENNE, France - With the Alps spread like giant teeth in front of him and rivals speeding away, seeking to steal the precious yellow jersey off his shoulders, Julian Alaphilippe sw...

Jul 25, 2019

Eight Canadians to watch in Tokyo's 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games

With the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo a year away, here are eight Canadian athletes to keep an eye on: ANDRE DE GRASSE, Track - The 24-year-old from Markham, Ont., ...

Jul 25, 2019