Category Archives: Sports
Toronto FC loses defenders Monlouis, Wingo and Gomis to season-ending injuries
TORONTO - Last-place Toronto FC will be without defenders Zane Monlouis, Henry Wingo and Nicksoen Gomis for the rest of the season. Monlouis had surgery earlier this month to repair hip and thigh inju...
Jul 25, 2025
The world's tallest teen, 7-foot-9 centre Olivier Rioux, gives football a try at Florida
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) - The world's tallest teenager is trying his hand - his reach, really - at football. Florida basketball player Olivier Rioux, a 7-foot-9 centre who played for the Under-19 Canad...
Jul 25, 2025
Blue Jays top prospect Arjun Nimmala focused on growth, consistency in Vancouver
VANCOUVER - Arjun Nimmala has learned a lot this year. As the No. 1 prospect for the Toronto Blue Jays, he's been figuring out what it takes to be a professional athlete while playing shortstop for th...
Jul 25, 2025
'He was the catalyst': Toronto referee remembers Hulk Hogan, the man behind the myth
TORONTO - Even as Hulkamania was catching fire around the world, former WWE referee Jimmy Korderas says Hulk Hogan always treated him like "one of the boys." When Korderas joined what was then called ...
Jul 25, 2025
Hockey players' acquittal reverberates in southwestern Ontario city after ruling
LONDON - The acquittal of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team who were accused of sexual assault continues to reverberate in the southwestern Ontario city where their high-profile...
Jul 25, 2025
Vancouver Rise FC hands AFC Toronto second straight NSL loss
BURNABY - Samantha Chang's two first-half goals was all Vancouver Rise FC needed in defeating AFC Toronto 2-1 on Thursday in Northern Super League action. Chang scored in the 19th and 35th minutes to ...
Jul 24, 2025
Maltos' late go-ahead field goal lifts Alouettes to 23-21 win over Stampeders
CALGARY - Jose Maltos kicked the go-ahead 58-yard field goal with 1:10 remaining as the Montreal Alouettes earned a 23-21 win over the Calgary Stampeders at McMahon Stadium on Thursday. Maltos had fiv...
Jul 24, 2025
Canada's Adam Svensson sets tournament record with opening-round 60, leads by 1 shot at 3M Open
BLAINE, Minn. (AP) - Canada's Adam Svensson made a 48-foot eagle putt on the closing hole to complete an 11-under 60 on Thursday that gave him a two-shot lead over Sam Stevens and Thorbjorn Olesen aft...
Jul 24, 2025
Surging Blue Jays beat slumping Tigers in a matchup of 1st-place teams going in opposite directions
DETROIT (AP) - Ernie Clement and Joey Loperfido hit back-to back hit home runs in the fifth inning to help the surging Toronto Blue Jays rout the slumping Detroit Tigers 11-4 on Thursday night in a ma...
Jul 24, 2025
NHL says five players acquitted of sexual assault ineligible while it conducts review
The NHL says the five players acquitted of sexual assault in an encounter with a woman at a London, Ont., hotel room seven years ago are ineligible to play in the league while it reviews the judge's f...
Jul 24, 2025
