Category Archives: CP_Sports

Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright suspended 80 games for HGH
FORT MYERS, Fla. - Boston Red Sox pitcher Steven Wright will sit out the first 80 games of the season after testing positive for Human Growth Hormone, a second suspension for the knuckleballer who mis...
Mar 06, 2019
Laval guard Sarah-Jane Marois earns top individual award in women's basketball
TORONTO - Laval Rouge et Or guard Sarah-Jane Marois has been named the player of the year in Canadian women’s university basketball. Marois received the Nan Copp Award from U Sports on Wednesday...
Mar 06, 2019

Canadian rising star Bianca Andreescu advances to second round at Indian Wells
INDIAN WELLS, Calif. - Canada’s Bianca Andreescu advanced to the second round of the Indian Wells Masters series tennis tournament with a 6-7 (3), 6-3, 6-3 win over Romania’s Irina-Camelia...
Mar 06, 2019

Solskjaer leads United to another late CL win as PSG falters
PARIS - Ole Gunnar Solskjaer showed he’s still a specialist in delivering last-minute victories for Manchester United in the Champions League. Paris Saint-Germain, though, remains a specialist i...
Mar 06, 2019
Vancouver awarded four-year hosting extension for HSBC Canada Sevens tournament
VANCOUVER - Canada will continue to host a stop on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series circuit for at least four more years. Rugby Canada announced Wednesday that a new four-year hosting deal has been ...
Mar 06, 2019
Toronto FC loans Ryan Telfer to York 9 FC and three others to Ottawa Fury FC
Toronto FC has loaned midfielder Ryan Telfer to York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League for the 2019 season. The MLS side also sent midfielder Aidan Daniels, Toronto FC 2 defender Robert Boskovic, an...
Mar 06, 2019
Canadian figure skaters Phan and Gogolev in top 10 at world juniors
ZAGREB, Croatia - Canadians Joseph Phan and Stephen Gogolev are sixth and 10th, respectively, after the men’s short program at the world junior figure championships. Phan, a 17-year-old from Lav...
Mar 06, 2019

Canada looking to add to medal haul at bobsled, skeleton world championships
WHISTLER, B.C. - Mirela Rahneva’s heart thumped in her chest as she stood at the top of the sliding track in Whistler, B.C., last weekend. The Canadian skeleton athlete doesn’t usually get...
Mar 06, 2019

Schnell feeling lucky that Escape Clause not among horses to die a Santa Anita
Canadian Don Schnell considers himself very lucky. On Wednesday, California’s storied Santa Anita racetrack closed indefinitely following the death of 21 horses there over 10 weeks. Escape Claus...
Mar 06, 2019

McDonald among Canadian stars at Final 8 women's basketball tournament
TORONTO - Haley McDonald knew she’d had a decent night. But what mattered more was that her Acadia Axewomen had held on to beat UPEI in the Canadian university conference semifinals. It wasnR...
Mar 06, 2019