Category Archives: Sports
Canadian John Metchie III has certainly taken long journey to NCAA championship game
It has been a long journey to the U.S. college football championship game for Canadian receiver John Metchie III. Born in Taiwan, Metchie III moved to Ghana at a young age and grew up in Brampton, Ont...
Jan 06, 2021
American NHLers bask in junior team's glory after gold-medal win over rival Canada
Teased by a trainer after Russia was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship, Ottawa Senators forward Alex Galchenyuk ended up getting the last laugh. Galchenyuk, who was born in Milwauke...
Jan 06, 2021
Manitoba confident Winnipeg Jets can play at home, while Ontario silent on NHL plans
WINNIPEG - Manitoba's acting deputy chief provincial public health officer says he's confident the Winnipeg Jets can play home games this season, while Ontario hasn't made a final decision on games in...
Jan 06, 2021
Canadian forward Cyle Larin scores four in memorable outing for Turkey's Besiktas
Canadian forward Cyle Larin was near unstoppable Wednesday, scoring four goals for Turkey's Besiktas in a 6-0 victory over visiting Caykur Rizespor in Istanbul. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., up...
Jan 06, 2021
Strasser wins World Cup slalom, ends German 3-year drought
ZAGREB, Croatia - Right after becoming the first German skier in more than three years to win a men's World Cup slalom, Linus Strasser looked up in the air and fought back tears. He knew the winning f...
Jan 06, 2021
Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-sign No. 2 European draft pick Thiadric Hansen
German defensive lineman Thiadric Hansen has signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.Picked second overall in the league's CFL inaugural European draft, Hansen finished the 2019 sea...
Jan 06, 2021
LeBron, Marquette, Bucks react to ruling in Kenosha shooting
LeBron James called a prosecutor's decision not to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in Wisconsin this summer a "blow to the heart and to the gut." Back in Wisconsin, th...
Jan 06, 2021
U.S beats previously undefeated Canada 2-0, wins world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold.The U....
Jan 06, 2021
U.S beats previously undefeated Canada 2-0, wins world junior hockey championship
EDMONTON - Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold. The U...
Jan 05, 2021
National event in Vernon taken down by COVID-19
A sporting event that was to have brought hundreds of competitors from across Canada to Vernon this spring has been shut down due to COVID-19. The 2021 Canadian National Taekwon-Do Championships were ...
Jan 05, 2021
