Category Archives: Sports
Jim Barker back with Argos, this time as director of player personnel
TORONTO - The retooling of the Toronto Argonauts front office continues with the return of a very familiar face. The CFL team announced Monday that Jim Barker is back for a fourth stint with the Toron...
Dec 08, 2025
Former Canada rugby sevens coach looking forward to new challenge with U.S. women
There's a backstory to Canada's rugby sevens silver medal at the 2024 Paris Olympics, dating back to the Rugby Americas North Sevens two years earlier in the Bahamas. The Canadian women were staying a...
Dec 08, 2025
Liverpool coach Arne Slot's only response to Mohamed Salah was to say, 'You're not traveling'
MILAN (AP) - Arne Slot has not spoken to Mohamed Salah since the Liverpool star's stinging public criticism of the club, apart from telling him he was out of the squad for the Champions League game ag...
Dec 08, 2025
Cooper expects 'excruciatingly tough' decisions with Canada's Olympic roster
TORONTO - Jon Cooper's plate is already full with his day job. The Tampa Bay Lightning head coach has had to navigate a minefield peppered with injuries to key players through the first two months of ...
Dec 08, 2025
Calgary Stampeders re-sign Canadian wide receiver Clark Barnes
CALGARY - The Calgary Stampeders have re-signed Canadian receiver Clark Barnes, the CFL team announced Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. Barnes was eligible to become a free agent on Feb. ...
Dec 08, 2025
Sorokin, Oettinger, Verhaeghe named NHL's three stars of the week
NEW YORK - New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin, Dallas Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger and Florida Panthers centre Carter Verhaeghe have been named the NHL's three stars of the week. Sorokin, w...
Dec 08, 2025
Raptors swingman RJ Barrett remains week-to-week with sprained right knee
TORONTO - Canadian swingman RJ Barrett isn't returning to the Toronto Raptors lineup for at least a week. Barrett has been out with a right-knee sprain since Nov. 23. The Raptors say Barrett has been ...
Dec 08, 2025
Canada's Viel skis to bronze as season-opening World Cup moguls stop wraps up
RUKA - Canadian freestyle skier Julien Viel won bronze in men's competition Monday at the opening stop of World Cup moguls season. Viel, from Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., scored 79.30 in the second men's e...
Dec 08, 2025
McKenna headlines Canada's team-first roster for world junior hockey championship
TORONTO - Hockey Canada is building a world junior team designed to win, not necessarily dazzle. Gavin McKenna headlined the 27 players Hockey Canada invited to its world junior training camp on Monda...
Dec 08, 2025
World Cup to include 3-minute hydration breaks in each half of all games, not only in hot weather
ZURICH (AP) - FIFA says it will include three-minute hydration breaks in each half of every game at next year's World Cup, not just those played in hot weather. The referee will stop the game 22 minut...
Dec 08, 2025