Category Archives: CP_Sports

BRAMPTON, Ont. - He’s been one of the most sought-after basketball talents his age for years, fielding interest from countless schools. In the end, R.J. Barrett went with what felt most like hom...

TORONTO - Danielle Goyette was a steady presence on the Canadian national team in the early 1990s, but knew she needed to take her game to another level after women’s hockey was added to the Oly...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada’s women’s team pursuit squad opened the long-track speedskating World Cup season Friday with a bronze medal while Japan took gold in a world record time. I...

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Canada’s Justin Kripps and Alex Kopacz opened the World Cup season with a silver medal Friday in the two-man bobsled event. Competing for first time together, Kripps of Summe...

STOCKHOLM - Before newcomer Matt Duchene can fully fit in, the Ottawa Senators still have others to make the difference. On Friday night, Mark Stone scored in regulation and again in overtime to give ...

VANCOUVER - Derek Dorsett spent a recent day off playing with his kids in a gymnastics studio. That physical activity, however light, would have been next to impossible last winter. The bruising Vanco...

NYON, Switzerland - Patrice Evra was fired by Marseille on Friday after being suspended by UEFA for all remaining European games this season for kicking a fan of the French club. The volatile defender...

Former middleweight champion Anderson (The Spider) Silva has been pulled from a Nov. 25 UFC card in China for a potential doping violation dating back to an Oct. 26 out-of-competition sample. The UFC ...

MONTREAL - The Quebec government has announced Montreal’s Olympic Stadium will have a new roof by 2023. The facility and its roofs have had a checkered history since the stadium was opened in Ju...

WINNIPEG - Tristan Okpalaugo wasn’t playing for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers when head coach Mike O’Shea made a lasting impression on him. After all, it’s not every day someone saves yo...