Category Archives: Sports
Argonauts clinch first-ever home matchup at BMO Field with Ticats loss
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts clinched their first-ever home playoff game at BMO Field on Friday night after the Hamilton Tiger-Cats lost to the Calgary Stampeders. The Stamps defeated Hamilton 28-2...
Oct 16, 2017
Nadal, Federer advance to Shanghai final for 38th encounter
SHANGHAI - Rafael Nadal and Roger Federer will face each for the 38th time after advancing Saturday to the Shanghai Masters final. Top-seeded Nadal defeated Marin Cilic of Croatia 7-5, 7-6 (3) in the ...
Oct 16, 2017
Lindley's late TD lifts Redblacks over Roughriders 33-32; Ottawa makes playoffs
REGINA - The Ottawa Redblacks are heating up at the right time. Quarterback Trevor Harris and the Ottawa Redblacks came-from-behind for an improbable 33-32 victory over the Saskatchewan Roughriders on...
Oct 16, 2017
Rene Paredes field goal earns Stampeders hard-fought 28-25 win over Ticats
HAMILTON - On a night when he wasn’t at his best, a Bo Levi Mitchell incompletion moved the Calgary Stampeders closer to clinching top spot in the West Division. Rene Paredes’ 17-yard fiel...
Oct 16, 2017
USOC wants Winter Games, must decide on 2026 or 2030
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. - The prospect of a U.S. bid for the Winter Olympics is less a matter of “if” and more a matter of “when.” The U.S. Olympic Committee board is moving fo...
Oct 16, 2017
Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols ready for Lions, glove or no glove
Winnipeg quarterback Matt Nichols isn’t worried if wet weather forces him to take the glove off his injured throwing hand. The Blue Bombers host the B.C. Lions Saturday afternoon, with the forec...
Oct 16, 2017
Toronto FC in playoff mode as slumping Montreal Impact come to town
TORONTO - Coming off a two-week break, Toronto FC returns to action Sunday primed for the coming playoffs with Italian striker Sebastian Giovinco expected back in the lineup for a date with perennial ...
Oct 16, 2017
Craig Anderson earns 25-save shutout as Senators rout Flames 6-0
CALGARY - Ottawa’s power play finally awoke from its slumber. The Senators man advantage produced two goals on seven chances Friday night and Ottawa used 25 saves from Craig Anderson to shut out...
Oct 16, 2017
Ecuador suspends 5 players for leaving training base
QUITO, Ecuador - Five players have been suspended indefinitely from Ecuador’s national soccer team for leaving the squad’s training base without permission a day before a key match this we...
Oct 16, 2017
Canadian men's curling championship to be held in Brandon in 2019
ORLEANS, Ont. - The Tim Hortons Brier will be played at Westman Communications Group Place in Brandon, Man., in March 2019. It will be the first time the city has served as host of the Canadian men...
Oct 16, 2017