Tag Archives: Sports

TORONTO - From anti-doping to coaching education to most recently the Canadian team's bold move to withdraw from the Tokyo Olympics amid the COVID-19 pandemic, Canada has historically b...

NEW YORK - The NHL has postponed three of its events in June, including the 2020 draft. The league announced on Wednesday that it was temporarily halting its scouting combine, awards ceremony and draf...

The National Allied Golf Associations wants its member courses to listen to authorities during the COVID-19 pandemic. The organization issued a statement on Wednesday asking golf clubs across the...

TORONTO - Randy Ambrosie hasn't forgotten about CFL fans during the COVID-19 pandemic. The league's commissioner will hold a video town hall question-and-answer session with football su...

TORONTO - After a whirlwind few days was capped with the postponement of the Tokyo Games until 2021, CBC Sports & Olympics executive director Chris Wilson can breathe a little easier. In...

NANAIMO, B.C. - Phil Olsen, a Commonwealth Games gold medallist and 11-time national champion in the javelin, died Sunday of a heart attack. Olsen was 63.   Olsen competed for Canada at...

The NHL's chief medical officer said Wednesday he expects the coronavirus pandemic to get worse before it gets better in North America and differences across 31 markets are likely to affect when playe...

TORONTO - The Toronto Wolfpack have laid off their Canadian staff - 12 full-time employees - until the Super League resumes play in the wake of the COVID-19 outbreak. The job cuts were confi...

When he isn't lifting weights in his parents' garage, Alexis Lafreniere spends time playing games, watching movies and sharing meals with family. The projected No. 1 pick in the 2020 NHL dra...

MONTREAL - Canadian hockey equipment manufacturer Bauer is offering to modify its production line to make protective visors for doctors, nurses and first responders. The prote...