Category Archives: Sports

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 02, 2019

Li wins third straight Pan Am singles badminton gold on dominant day for Canada
LIMA, Peru - Rachel Honderich was in her early teens when she first started training with Canadian badminton star Michelle Li a decade ago. Since then, Li has been a friend, mentor, teammate...
Aug 02, 2019

Canada's Adam Svensson shoot 61 after making bid for rare 59 at Wyndham
GREENSBORO, N.C. - Canada's Adam Svensson made a run at golf's magic number before settling for a 9-under 61 on Friday at the Wyndham Championship. The 59 watch was on after the 25-year-old ...
Aug 02, 2019

Sherritt wearing red and white for the first time in CFL's Battle of Alberta
CALGARY - J.C. Sherritt is about to experience the other side of the CFL's Battle of Alberta. Sherritt's name is synonymous with the Edmonton Eskimos, having played linebacker for the team h...
Aug 02, 2019

Fajardo says nothing changes after Roughriders trade Collaros
REGINA - With Saskatchewan trading veteran quarterback Zach Collaros to the Toronto Argonauts on Wednesday, the usual football parlance would now call the Roughriders Cody Fajardo's team. General mana...
Aug 02, 2019

Galvis, Bichette lead Blue Jays over Royals 4-1 for sweep
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Bo Bichette's first career homer helped lead the Toronto Blue Jays to a three-game sweep of the Kansas City Royals. Bichette's big moment came at the start of the eighth inning agai...
Aug 02, 2019

Gimme five: Canadians to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games
LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Saturday at the Pan American Games: SAMUEL MURRAY (RACQUETBALL) The native of Baie-Comeau, Que., faces Argentina's Fernando Kurzbard in p...
Aug 02, 2019

Canada earns Olympic berth in artistic swimming with duet gold in Lima
LIMA, Peru - Jacqueline Simoneau and Claudia Holzner developed a pre-swim routine to calm their nerves when they joined forces as an artistic swimming tandem. It involves a declaration of trust and a ...
Aug 02, 2019

'Incredible players': Sweden's Raymond, Holtz ready for big season
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Lucas Raymond took a pass, cut to the middle and roofed his third goal of the game to send Sweden into a euphoria. Somewhere in the mass of humanity that swarmed the diminu...
Aug 02, 2019

Teenage winger Jacob Shaffelburg rapidly making his name at Toronto FC
Coach Greg Vanney recalls the first time he saw Jacob Shaffelburg training with the Toronto FC first team. Defender Chris Mavinga went to retrieve a ball with Shaffelburg, playing on his wrong wing,&n...
Aug 02, 2019