National Sports

SASKATOON – Late misses helped decide a wild, entertaining and rather shocking women’s final at Canada’s Olympic curling trials on Sunday. Jennifer Jones stunningly blew a golden opportunity to win the game in the 10th end. The timing of Tracy Fleury’s error in the extra end proved even more costly. […]

SASKATOON – When Team Homan coach Marcel Rocque walked into SaskTel Centre for Canada’s Olympic curling trials, the memories from the 2004 men’s national championship final came rushing back. It was his first time in the building since Randy Fer- bey’s showdown that year with Mark Dacey. A memorable championship […]

LAVAL, Que. – Decorated Canadian diver Jennifer Abel has announced her retirement. An Olympic silver and bronze medallist, the 30-year- old from Laval. Que., also won 10 world championship medals, the most by any Canadian diver. Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu won synchronized springboard silver at the Tokyo Olympics in August. […]

LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers has been suspended for one game and Detroit’s Isaiah Stewart was suspended two games for their roles in an ugly incident during Sunday’s Lakers-Pistons game. The NBA announced the suspensions Monday, and both will affect games on Tuesday. James will not play when […]

A video call between Olympic officials and Chinese tennis player Peng Shuai, whose nearly three-week disappearance from public view sparked an outcry, was meant to reassure the world that she was safe – but instead has raised more questions. Concern grew in the last week for the former No. 1-ranked […]

Canadian flanker Michael Smith has been suspended for three weeks in the wake of his red card in Canada’s 24-0 rugby win over Belgium on Saturday. The San Diego Legion forward was sent off in the 18th minute for dangerous play, specifically a shoulder to the face of Belgian lock Guillaume […]

Brigitte Thibault of Rosemere, Que., headlined the 2022 class of Golf Canada’s amateur teams announced on Wednesday. Thibault, a grad student at the University of Texas, has been on Canada’s amateur team the past three years. She won the NCAA’s Rebel Beach Intercollegiate tournament this season and also tied for sixth at […]

PORTLAND, Ore. – If only the Trail Blazers could figure out why they’re successful at home but struggle on the road. CJ McCollum had 29 points and Damian Lillard added 24 to lead the Portland Trail Blazers to a 118-113 victory over the Toronto Raptors on Monday night. The Blazers, […]

LOS ANGELES (AP) – A judge has ruled that Kobe Bryant’s widow must turn over her therapy records to Los Angeles County in her lawsuit claiming she suffered emotional distress after first responders took and shared graphic photos from the site of the 2020 helicopter crash that killed the basketball […]

Russell Wilson was shut out for the first time in his career. Taylor Heinicke outplayed Tom Brady. Aaron Rodgers had fewer touchdowns than Cam Newton. Another Sunday was filled with upsets and unpredictability. For the second straight week, four teams with losing records beat clubs that entered in first place […]

TURIN, Italy (AP) – Top-ranked Novak Djokovic extended his winning streak to six matches with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 victory over Casper Ruud on Monday to open his campaign at the ATP Finals. Following a two-month break after his loss to Daniil Medvedev in the U.S. Open final – which […]

TORONTO – Thanks to a coin flip, CF Montreal will host the Canadian Championship final against Toronto FC on Nov. 21 at Stade Saputo. Defending champion Montreal defeated Toronto in a penalty shootout in 2019, the last time the tournament was con- tested. The 2020 competition was derailed by the […]