Category Archives: Sports

RIO DE JANEIRO — With the Rio Paralympics set to begin Wednesday, organizers say ticket sales have jumped from around 200,000 to 1.6 million, and a spirit of optimism now pervades the cash-strap...

OTTAWA — When Braden Holtby last represented Canada on the international stage it was almost a decade ago and he barely played.  The 26-year-old from Lloydminster, ...

CALGARY — Marie-Philip Poulin, Natalie Spooner, Meaghan Mikkelson and Hayley Wickenheiser are among the top 44 players invited to attend the Canadian women’s hockey team cam...

RIO DE JANEIRO — When David Eng made his Paralympic debut 12 years ago in Athens, coach Mike Frogley would jot down a word each day and pin that word on the wall.  They were words...

TORONTO — Penny Oleksiak is kind of a big deal at her high school. The star swimmer, who won four medals at the Rio Olympics, returned to class on Tuesday as she enters grade 11, but her recentl...

TORONTO — Canada will be without top player Milos Raonic when it takes on Chile in a Davis Cup playoff later this month in Halifax. Vancouver’s Vasek Pospisil, doubles veter...

The Canadian men’s wheelchair basketball team will be out to defend their gold medal at the Rio Paralympics. Their first round-robin game at the 12-nation tournament is Thursday agains...

RIO DE JANEIRO — IOC President Thomas Bach will miss Wednesday’s opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in order to attend a state event in Germany. The International Olympic Committee s...

OTTAWA — Tyler Seguin was forced to sit out the second day of Team Canada’s World Cup of Hockey training camp. Seguin was under the weather, according to Hockey Canada, and remai...

OTTAWA — Steven Stamkos was on the other side of the world when the Canadian men’s hockey team won Olympic gold in Russia. John Tavares was at the Bolshoy Ice Dome that day ...