Category Archives: Sports

TORONTO - When it was James Hinchcliffe's turn to speak among the panel of IndyCar drivers at Thursday's opening news conference, emcee Michael Young jokingly skipped right past the Canadian. "James H...

TORONTO - Veteran Canadian lightweight John (The Bull) Makdessi will face American Devonte (King Kage) Smith next month at UFC 241 in Anaheim. It will be 17th UFC fight for Makdessi, who has won 10 an...

WINNIPEG - Brandon Alexander hasn't forgotten the criticism heaped on the Blue Bombers' defence the past few seasons, but he's glad this year has started off different. Winnipeg is the only unbeaten t...

WIMBLEDON, England - All these years later, Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal will meet again at Wimbledon for the 40th installment of their terrific rivalry - and first at the All England Club since the...

NEW YORK - Baseball's All-Star Game had a record low television rating. The American League's 4-3 win over the National League on Tuesday night in Cleveland had a 5.0 rating on Fox, according to Niels...

MONTREAL - Joel Armia signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Canadiens on Thursday afternoon. The contract has an average annual value of US$2.6 million and covers the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons. A...

NEW YORK - Hamilton's Kia Nurse has been named as one of the starting guards for the WNBA All-Star Game. Nurse is averaging 16 points, 2.1 assists, 2.7 rebounds and one steal over 15 games, all s...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have officially signed forward Stanley Johnson and guard Terence Davis. The team did not release terms of the contracts. The Athletic last week reported Johnson's contrac...

TORONTO - IndyCar rookie Santino Ferrucci will be looking to repeat the success he found eight years ago when he raced on the Honda Indy Toronto track for the first time. He'll have to follow the rule...

CHAMPAGNEY, France - Two Tour de France rookies stole the show on the first mountain stage, with Dylan Teuns of Belgium winning Stage 6 and Giulio Ciccone of Italy taking the overall race lead on Thur...