Category Archives: Sports

MONTREAL - Lassi Lappalainen, in his Major League Soccer debut, and Orji Okwonkwo each scored twice to give the Montreal Impact a commanding 4-0 victory over the first-place Philadelphia Union on Satu...

OTTAWA - Redblacks coach Rick Campbell made a tough play call Thursday night, and the Calgary Stampeders made him pay for it. Rene Paredes kicked a 31-yard field goal as time expired to give Calgary a...

MONTREAL - Brandon McBride, his coach Kurt Downes, and sports psychologist Penny Werthner sat down before Saturday's 800-metre final to map out a race plan. "The original plan was to take (the lead) a...

LIMA, Peru - Canada's AJ Assadian helped make history on Saturday at the Pan American Games. The Toronto taekwondo athlete captured bronze in the men's individual poomsae as the event made its debut a...

TORONTO - Teoscar Hernandez crushed his second home run of the game in the bottom of the 12th inning to give the Toronto Blue Jays a wild 10-9 victory against the Tampa Bay Rays on Saturday. Afte...

LIMA, Peru - Canada is on the board at the Lima Pan Am Games.   Squash players Hollie Naughton of Mississauga, Ont., and Samantha Cornett of Deep River, Ont., secured bronze medals ...

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...

LIMA, Peru - Here are five Canadian athletes/teams to watch on Sunday at the Pan American Games: TAMMARA THIBEAULT (BOXING) The 22-year-old Regina fighter is in women's middleweight quarterfinal actio...

MONTREAL - Brittany Crew was standing in line at the airport for a flight to Italy to compete when she got the call: Don't check your bags. You're going to Lausanne. The 25-year-old thrower made ...

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...