Category Archives: Sports
Woodbine jockey Pietro Moran looking to build upon his stellar 2025 campaign
TORONTO - Pietro Moran has a tough act to follow. His own. The 20-year-old jockey will have two mounts when Woodbine Racetrack's 2026 thoroughbred meet opens Saturday. Last year as an apprentice, Mora...
Apr 17, 2026
Fernandez falls in three-set thriller to top seed Rybakina in Stuttgart quarterfinal
STUTTGART - Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., fell 7-6 (5), 6-4, 7-6 (6) to top seed Elena Rybakina of Kazakhstan in a quarterfinal Friday at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix. Rybakina improved to 3-2 aga...
Apr 17, 2026
Senators look to build off recent playoff experience against top-seeded Hurricanes
OTTAWA - Ottawa captain Brady Tkachuk says the Senators have achieved their goal coming into the season by returning to the Stanley Cup playoffs. Now comes the next step, as the Senators open their fi...
Apr 17, 2026
Dobes embraces showdown with Vasilevskiy as Canadiens prepare to face Lightning
BROSSARD - Jakub Dobes is well aware of the massive gap in experience. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender is a fresh-faced rookie with fewer than 60 games under his belt. Andrei Vasilevskiy, meanwhile,...
Apr 17, 2026
NHLPA poll has Crosby as top coaching candidate, Nylander most stylish
TORONTO - Sidney Crosby is seen by his peers as the NHL player most likely to become a head coach, according to the National Hockey League Players' Association's annual player poll released Friday. Th...
Apr 17, 2026
Flames winger Huberdeau confident in return-to-play plan after abbreviated season
CALGARY - Calgary Flames winger Jonathan Huberdeau wants to start skating again by the end of June and intends to be ready for September training camp after hip resurfacing surgery. The 32-year-old fo...
Apr 17, 2026
TFC on five-game unbeaten streak, but expect tough test from Austin FC
TORONTO - Toronto FC is on a roll, but forward Daniel Salloi doesn't expect the Reds to be able to fell "The Trees" with ease Saturday afternoon at BMO Field. Austin FC, known as "Los Verdes", or "The...
Apr 17, 2026
Canada's Shapovalov loses to Molcan in quarterfinals of BMW Open
MUNICH - Canada's Denis Shapovalov was defeated by Slovak qualifier Alex Molcan 6-4, 6-4 on Friday in the quarterfinals of the BMW Open tennis tournament. Molcan scored a big break to go up 4-3 in the...
Apr 17, 2026
Canadiens' Demidov, Flyers' Michkov-Martone duo headline young stars to watch in the NHL playoffs
It looked like this would be the spring of the past two No. 1 draft picks, Matthew Schaefer and Macklin Celebrini, making the NHL playoffs at 18 and 19 years old. Then Schaefer's New York Islanders an...
Apr 17, 2026
New coach Eullaffroy looks to bring joy, simplicity back to CF Montréal
MONTREAL - As CF Montral interim head coach Philippe Eullaffroy prepares for his first game at the helm, all eyes will be fixed on how the caretaker manager will differentiate himself from him predece...
Apr 17, 2026