Category Archives: Sports
All-Canadian showdown sets another record as Toronto, Montreal bid for MLS Cup final
TORONTO - Not since the heyday of the NASL has Canadian club soccer had such a stage. On Wednesday night before a record BMO Field crowd of some 36,000, Toronto FC looks to win and stay home to host t...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-English soccer coach charged with sexually assaulting boy
LONDON - Prosecutors say former English soccer coach Barry Bennell has been charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 14. The Crown Prosecution Service says it received a file of evidenc...
Nov 29, 2016
Rowing, canoe sprint, swimming to remain at Tokyo venues
TOKYO - Olympic organizers agreed Tuesday to keep the rowing, canoe sprint and swimming venues at their planned sites in Tokyo for the 2020 Games, while postponing a decision until Christmas on a poss...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-NFL star Sharper faces final sentence in drugging rapes
LOS ANGELES - Former NFL star Darren Sharper’s tour of shame and punishment reaches its conclusion Tuesday in the courthouse where he first admitted drugging and raping women in four states. The...
Nov 29, 2016
The Latest: Father says God saved son in Colombia crash
BOGOTA - The latest on the Colombia plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team (all times local): 6:10 p.m. The father of one of the six people who survived the airplane crash in Colombi...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-English soccer coach charged with sexually assaulting boy
LONDON - Prosecutors say former English soccer coach Barry Bennell has been charged with sexually assaulting a boy under the age of 14. The Crown Prosecution Service says it received a file of evidenc...
Nov 29, 2016
Rowing, canoe sprint, swimming to remain at Tokyo venues
TOKYO - Olympic organizers agreed Tuesday to keep the rowing, canoe sprint and swimming venues at their planned sites in Tokyo for the 2020 Games, while postponing a decision until Christmas on a poss...
Nov 29, 2016
Ex-NFL star Sharper faces final sentence in drugging rapes
LOS ANGELES - Former NFL star Darren Sharper’s tour of shame and punishment reaches its conclusion Tuesday in the courthouse where he first admitted drugging and raping women in four states. The...
Nov 29, 2016
The Latest: Father says God saved son in Colombia crash
BOGOTA - The latest on the Colombia plane crash involving members of a Brazilian soccer team (all times local): 6:10 p.m. The father of one of the six people who survived the airplane crash in Colombi...
Nov 29, 2016
Brazilian team's season of glory ends in tragedy
CHAPECO, Brazil - For the players on the humble Brazilian club from an out-of-the-way city known for its agribusiness plants, these were going to be the games of their lives. Chapecoense was having th...
Nov 29, 2016
