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Humana-Paredes, Wilkerson team up in Paris as part of Olympic beach volleyball team
TORONTO - After competing with different partners at the Tokyo Games, Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson are joining forces this summer at the Paris Olympics. Humana-Paredes and Wilkerson, both from Toronto, were part of Canada's Olympic beach volleyball team announced Friday by Volleyball Canada and the Cana...
Jun 28, 2024
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Raptors draft picks Ja'Kobe Walter, Jonathan Mogbo introduced to Toronto
TORONTO - Years before Jonathan Mogbo was drafted by the Toronto Raptors, he got used to stopping and posing for photos with local fans. Mogbo visited his childhood best friend Scottie Barnes in Toronto after Barnes was drafted to the Raptors. Toronto they rode scooters around the city and stopped in a convenience stor...
Jun 28, 2024
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Peters, Chénier named to Canada's archery team for Paris Olympics
TORONTO - Eric Peters and Virginie Chénier have been named to Canada's Olympic archery team. Archery Canada and the Canadian Olympic Committee announced the roster Friday. Both athletes are set to make their Olympic debuts. Peters, 27, from Kitchener, Ont., won silver in the men's individual recurve event at the...
Jun 28, 2024
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McDavid, MacKinnon, Crosby among six players named to Canada's 4 Nations team
CALGARY - Canada's team for the inaugural 4 Nations Face-Off will include the NHL's most valuable player and its playoff MVP. Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid were among the six players announced Friday by Hockey Canada, along with Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney ...
Jun 28, 2024
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Fernandez, Auger-Aliassime lead Canadian contingent into Wimbledon
LONDON - Five Canadians - three women and two men - are part of the singles competition draw at Wimbledon, which was announced Friday. Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top Canadian seed in singles play at No. 17, opens the men's draw against Australia's Thanasi Kokkinakis, while Denis Shapovalov, of Richmond Hill,...
Jun 28, 2024
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Reports: Immanuel Quickley signs five-year, US$175 million deal to stay with Raptors
TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley will sign a five-year contract to stay with the Toronto Raptors, according to multiple reports. Quickley intends to ink the US$175 million contract when free agency officially opens on Sunday. The deal cements the 25-year-old point guard's status as an integral part of the Raptors' young cor...
Jun 28, 2024
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Canada's Leylah Fernandez moves into final at Eastbourne
EASTBOURNE - Canada's Leylah Fernandez has advanced to the final of the Rothesay International grass-court tennis tournament. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated defending champion Madison Keys 6-3, 3-6, 6-3 in Friday's semifinal at the Wimbledon tune-up event. She will play the winner of Friday's other semifinal betwe...
Jun 28, 2024
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Different schools of thought on why Canada drapes itself with red and white
FREDERICTON - Canada's unofficial national colours will be on full display Monday as Canadians don patriotic T-shirts, wave hand-held flags and hang bunting to celebrate their country. But while the red-and-white flag for the most part unites Canadians, the colours' meaning is open to interpretation. Xavier Géli...
Jun 28, 2024
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Whyte hits game-winning field goal to give Lions a 24-21 victory over Elks
VANCOUVER - Sean Whyte kicked a 42-yard field goal in the dying seconds as the B.C. Lions battled from behind to defeat the Edmonton Elks 24-21 in a back-and-forth CFL game Thursday night. Sean Whyte also connected on kicks of 29 and 24 yards to extend his consecutive streak field goal streak to 27. Edmonton had tied t...
Jun 28, 2024
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Mo Ahmed, Gabriela DeBues-Stafford win 5,000-metre races at track and field trials
MONTREAL - Mo Ahmed won the men's 5,000-metre race and Gabriela Debues-Stafford finished first in the women's 5K competition Thursday night at the Canadian Olympic and Paralympic track and field trials. Ahmed, a four-time Olympian from St. Catharines, Ont., finished in 13 minutes 10.99 seconds at Complexe sportif Claud...
Jun 28, 2024
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