Category Archives: Sports

GREENSBORO, N.C. - Atlantic Coast Conference Commissioner John Swofford says he’s encouraged that North Carolina lawmakers have filed bipartisan legislation to repeal a law that limits protectio...

CYPRESS, Texas - Mack Beggs had just won a state wrestling title Saturday in a category he didn’t want to be in. But instead of wallowing in a debate about what should or should not have happene...

MOSCOW - There “simply may not be sufficient evidence” to secure bans for many of the Russian athletes implicated in an alleged state-backed doping scheme, the World Anti-Doping Agency sai...

MEDELLIN, Colombia - It’s just like many little sports bars around the world: Photos of members of a favourite team line the walls, young men smiling proudly in their uniforms. In this case, tho...

CHONBURI, Thailand - Amy Yang of South Korea completed a third-round, 7-under 65 early Sunday to take a five-stroke lead into the final round of the rain-hit LPGA Thailand tournament. Yang had a three...

CRANS MONTANA, Switzerland - Suddenly the overall title is not looking so certain for Mikaela Shiffrin after Ilka Stuhec won a super-G race on Saturday. There was also a worrying crash for Lindsey Von...

KVITFJELL, Norway - Norway’s Kjetil Jansrud took a key step toward the downhill skiing World Cup title on Saturday with a victory in Kvitfjell while Canadians Manuel Osborne-Paradis and Erik Gua...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs head coach Mike Babcock thinks star rookie Mitch Marner is ready to return to the lineup, but the team will hold the 19-year-old forward out for a fifth consecutive game Sat...

HALIFAX - The Toronto Wolfpack survived a resolute Siddal amateur side to win its first competitive rugby league game 14-6 Saturday in the third round of the knockout Ladbrokes Challenge Cup...

MIASS, Russia - Canadian Marielle Thompson clinched the World Cup skicross crown Saturday with her sixth win of the season. The skier from Whistler, B.C., edged Sandra Naeslund of Sweden and...