The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Penny Oleksiak continues to solidify herself as a teenage swimming sensation. The 16-year-old from Toronto tied for gold in the women’s 100-metre freestyle last night at the Rio Olympics with Simone Manuel of the U.S. Oleksiak and Manuel finished in an Olympic record time of […]
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The Canadian PressShane Jones EDMONTON—When the Edmonton Eskimos couldn’t get it going with their offence, their defence stepped up. Deon Lacey had a six-yard interception return touchdown with less than a minute to play as the Eskimos snapped a three-game losing skid with a sloppy 23-12 victory over the Montreal […]
The Canadian Press RIO DI JANIERO, Brazil—Canadian women continued to add to the country’s medal haul last night at the Rio Summer Games. The women’s 4×200-metre relay team—comprised of rising star Penny Oleksiak of Toronto, Katerine Savard of Pont-Rouge, Que., B.C.-born Taylor Ruck, and Toronto’s Brittany MacLean—took bronze to give […]
The Canadian PressJonas Siegel TORONTO—Devon Travis got word of just how big his night was from all-star teammate Troy Tulowitzki. Travis had a career-high four hits as the Blue Jays busted out of their offensive slump to score a 7-5 win over the Tampa Bay Rays last night. Travis had […]
The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Canada’s women’s rugby sevens team won a historic medal, while Kylie Masse continued Canada’s rise to relevance in the pool. A pair of bronze performances on Day 3 of the Rio Olympics gave Canada its first multi-medal day of the Games and kept it on […]
The Canadian Press RIO DE JANEIRO—Penny Oleksiak spent her first day of competition at the Rio Games lowering her own world junior record in the 100-metre butterfly heats and anchoring Canada’s freestyle relay team to a bronze medal. Now she can add a silver medal to her impressive Olympic debut. […]
The Associated PressBarry Wilner CANTON, Ohio—An emotional and invigorating Hall of Fame weekend came to a grinding halt last night when the Packers-Colts game was cancelled because of poor field conditions. One day after Brett Favre led the eight-member class of 2016 into the hall, its president, David Baker announced […]
The Associated PressStephen Wilson RIO DE JANEIRO—Baseball and softball are returning to the Olympics in 2020, while skateboarding, surfing, karate and sport climbing are joining the games for the first time. The IOC approved the addition of the sports yesterday for the Tokyo Games, calling it an “innovative” mix of […]
The Canadian Press CALGARY—Bo Levi Mitchell just keeps getting the job done for the Calgary Stampeders. Mitchell completed 25-of-37 passes for 312 yards and threw a touchdown to Anthony Parker in the first quarter last night to lead the Stampeders to a 35-15 win over the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The 26-year-old […]
The Associated Press HOUSTON—The Toronto Blue Jays haven’t scored many runs in the first three games of their four-game series against Houston. So far, strong pitching and timely home runs have been enough. Josh Donaldson hit two home runs, Marco Estrada threw seven solid innings and Toronto beat the Houston […]
The Associated PressDan Gelston LONG POND, Pa.—Chris Buescher emerged from the fog to become a surprising winner in yesterday’s shortened Sprint Cup race at Pocono Raceway. He is now on the verge of being in the mix for NASCAR’s championship after not finishing better than 14th all season before yesterday. […]
The Canadian Press TORONTO—Milos Raonic has warmed up to the same song at every match of the Rogers Cup: “My House” by Flo Rida. The song already is omnipresent at sporting events, but it especially reflects how Raonic wants to play at the ATP Tour event in his hometown—dominating every […]
