Tag Archives: Sports

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Diego Maradona, the Argentine soccer great who scored the "Hand of God" goal in 1986 and led his country to that year's World Cup title before later struggling with cocaine u...

OTTAWA - The Canada Games Council has adjusted age requirements to allow a similar cohort of athletes to compete in the Niagara 2022 Summer Games as would have been eligible in 2021. The Games, held e...

Canadian auto racer Raphael Lessard has signed a part-time deal with GMS Racing for the 2021 NASCAR Camping World Truck Series season. The contract will see the 19-year-old native of Saint-Joseph-de-B...

Sarah Nurse's new blue hockey jersey was paid for by a company. She wants to know when she can wear it in a game. Amid a spate of recent sponsorship announcements by the Professional Women's Hockey Pl...

EAST HARTFORD, Conn. - Frustration and disappointment were the prevailing emotions for Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley on Tuesday night.  His team had been expected to go on a long run in the ...

TORONTO - The thoroughbred racing season at Woodbine Racetrack might end next month after all. Woodbine Entertainment said Tuesday it continues to have "productive conversations with senior levels" of...

BOUCHERVILLE, Que. - The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has postponed seven games in its Maritimes Division this week following new COVID-19 restrictions in that region. The games scheduled Wednesd...

A tenured professor at McMaster University, Nick Bontis's school bio says he's recognized internationally as a "leading strategy and management guru." Those skills -- combined with some guidance from ...

Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous players in the NHL, has died after battling a presumed case of COVID-19.  Sasakamoose died Tuesday in Prince Albert, Sask. He was 86.  Fred's so...

SPOKANE, Wash. - Canadian junior Andrew Nembhard has had his transfer to Gonzaga approved by the NCAA and will be available for the No. 1 Bulldogs' season opener.  Nembhard, a six-foot-five, 193-...