Tag Archives: Sports

OTTAWA - Canadian wrestlers Jordie Steen and Amar Dhesi qualified for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics on Sunday following their semifinal victories at the Pan-American Olympic Qualification Tournamen...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens announced an assistance program on Sunday for their 1,200 game-day employees without work after the National Hockey League suspended its season in response to the COV...

CALGARY - The company that owns the Calgary Flames is reversing course, saying it will help part-time event staff who will be underemployed during the suspension of the NHL season. The compa...

By a close vote, with some 500 union members not participating, NFL players have approved a new labour agreement with the league. It features a 17-game regular season, higher salaries, increased roste...

LAS VEGAS - UFC president Dana White says the UFC will continue staging fights despite the COVID-19 outbreak. "Unless there's a total shutdown of the country, where people can't leave their houses and...

LANGFORD, B.C. - Rugby Canada has joined its hockey and soccer counterparts in suspending "all sanctioned rugby activities nationally" until at least April 10 due to COVID-19.   That include...

VANCOUVER - Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia are being urged to create coaching codes of conduct after verbal abuse complaints were made against a rowing coach at the University of Vict...

VANCOUVER - Post-secondary institutions in British Columbia are being urged to create coaching codes of conduct after verbal abuse complaints were made against a rowing coach at the University of Vict...

PRINCETON, United States - The ECHL has cancelled the rest of its 2019-20 season. The league's Board of Governors approved the cancellation on Saturday, two days after the league suspended play amid r...

BRASILIA, Brazil - Canadians John (The Bull) Makdessi and Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos both went down to defeat Saturday on a UFC Fight Night card. Makdessi, a 34-year-old lightweight from Mon...