Category Archives: CP_Sports

Russian Olympic hopes in peril after drug agency criticism
SEOUL, Korea, Republic Of - The World Anti-Doping Agency placed Russia’s fate for the upcoming Winter Olympics on perilous ground, refusing to reinstate the country’s suspended anti-doping...
Nov 16, 2017
CAS rules FIFA wrong to fine Mexico for fans' gay slur chant
GENEVA - FIFA was judged wrong to fine Mexico’s soccer federation for fans chanting gay slurs at opposition goalkeepers at World Cup qualifying games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport judges h...
Nov 16, 2017

Stampeders shrug off losses ahead of CFL West final versus Eskimos
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders are aware of the doubts. After all, they created them. The team that finished first in the CFL with a 13-4-1 record doesn’t have much momentum heading into Sunda...
Nov 16, 2017

FIFA trial defence lawyers grill key government witness
NEW YORK - Defence attorneys began cross-examining a key government witness at the U.S. trial of three former South American soccer officials charged in the FIFA bribery scandal Thursday, while a judg...
Nov 16, 2017

Retired Saskatchewan nun offers prayer for Riders in quest for Grey Cup
SASKATOON - A retired nun in Saskatoon suspects God could be wearing a Saskatchewan Roughriders jersey and a watermelon helmet when the Riders meet the Toronto Argonauts in this weekend’s Canadi...
Nov 16, 2017
World Anti-Doping Agency keeping headquarters in Montreal until at least 2031
OTTAWA - The World Anti-Doping Agency is keeping its headquarters in Montreal until at least 2031. Officials in the federal Transport Department made the announcement Wednesday night. It came after a ...
Nov 16, 2017
Student kicked off Kansas basketball team in anthem flap
WICHITA, Kan. - A Muslim student athlete who refused to observe the national anthem for religious reasons at a basketball game at a western Kansas college has been kicked off the team. That has ignite...
Nov 16, 2017
Marathon winners disqualified for using agent tied to doping
RICHMOND, Va. - Marathon winners in Virginia have been stripped of their titles because officials say they were managed by a Russian sports agent who has been banned from participating in the races ov...
Nov 16, 2017

Anna Paquin, Viola Desmond among those added to Canada's Walk of Fame
TORONTO - Sprinter Donovan Bailey says he knows that his induction into Canada’s Walk of Fame will affect the way he’s seen by future generations. “This is definitely a huge legacy p...
Nov 16, 2017

Feud grows between NFL, Cowboys' Jerry Jones over Goodell
NEW YORK - The Associated Press has obtained a letter sent by the NFL to Jerry Jones’ attorney accusing the Dallas Cowboys owner of “conduct detrimental to the league’s best interest...
Nov 15, 2017