Tag Archives: Sports

TORONTO - Former Canadian amateur boxing champion Moe Zawadi is turning pro. The 19-year-old middleweight from Barrie, Ont., has signed with Toronto-based Lee Baxter Promotions and is expected to make...

Veteran Quebec rider Hugo Houle, a member of the Astana-Premier Tech team, has long carried Canadian colours on the world cycling stage. But he has also fought for the sport back home. The 30-year-old...

CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have signed veteran linebacker Cory Greenwood. Greenwood started 12 regular-season games at middle linebacker for Calgary in 2019, recording 79 defensive tackles, thre...

MELBOURNE, Australia - A busy stretch for Canadian tennis starts this weekend with Australian Open players emerging from quarantine. Australian Open qualifier Rebecca Marino of Vancouver kicks things ...

TORONTO - The Pattison Canadian International has been included on Woodbine's 2021 thoroughbred stakes schedule. The turf race was postponed last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic but is scheduled to ...

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canada's women's team pursuit speedskating squad has captured gold at a World Cup for the second week in a row, while the Canadian men's squad earned silver. Ottawa's Ivanie ...

The physical gifts that helped boxer Lennox Lewis reach his sport's greatest heights are obvious when looking at his chiselled frame. It was the mental strength that left him feeling particularly prou...

Alberta has given the OK for the Western Hockey League. Tight COVID-19 restrictions in Alberta have dropped active case counts. Hospitalizations are going down in Alberta as well. Saskatchewan has jus...

EDMONTON - The Maple Leafs didn't have much success in tight games last season. The script has been flipped - at least early - in this abbreviated, still-young campaign. Auston Matthews scored the win...

VANCOUVER - Sweeping a three-game series against the Ottawa Senators has refreshed the Vancouver Canucks outlook as the squad heads back out on the road. The Canucks (5-5-0) completed the feat with a ...