National Sports
Knee injury knocks Canada’s Janine Beckie out of World Cup
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
PORTLAND – Canadian soccer star Janine Beckie is out of this summer’s World Cup after tearing the right anterior cruciate in her right knee. The 28-year-old winger will have surgery in the coming weeks to repair the season-ending injury, her NWSL team Portland Thorns said Friday in a statement. Beckie sustained the injury Wednesday in ... Read More »
1 responseWoodbine Entertainment, HBPA reach agreement on two-year contract
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
TORONTO – The 2023 thoroughbred racing season at Woodbine Racetrack will start on time. Woodbine Entertainment and the Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protective Association of Ontario (HBPA) agreed on a two-year deal Friday. The agreement commits $62 million in purses for the 2023 and 2024 thoroughbred racing meets. It also includes a 133-race day meet in ... Read More »
1 responseGirard scores twice as Whale opens PHF semifinal with 5-3 win over Six
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
TORONTO – Taylor Girard scored the game-winning goal and added an empty-netter as the Connecticut Whale held on for a 5-3 win over the Toronto Six to open a Premier Hockey League semifinal series. Girard gave the Whale a 4-1 lead with a short-handed goal 25 seconds into the third period. Two goals from Toronto ... Read More »
1 responseKikuchi gives up first runs of spring in Jays loss to Phillies
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi was tagged with his first earned runs of spring training as the Blue Jays were swept by Philadelphia in a pair of split-squad games Friday. Kikuchi, who is having an impressive spring for Toronto, took the loss in an 8-1 defeat to the Phillies at Dunedin, Fla. Another Jays split squad ... Read More »
1 responseDecorated swimmer Oleksiak to miss Canadian trials as she recovers from surgery
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
TORONTO – Decorated swimmer Penny Oleksiak will miss the upcoming Canadian swimming trials as she continues to recover from knee surgery. Swimming Canada said in a release that Oleksiak has advanced in her rehabilitation program after undergoing surgery to repair the meniscus in her left knee last fall. However, the organization says she has also ... Read More »
1 responseDefending set pieces key as Whitecaps continue quest for win against Galaxy
By Gemma Karstens-Smith, The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
VANCOUVER – It’s a new week, but the goal remains the same for the Vancouver Whitecaps – earn their first win of the Major League Soccer season. The Whitecaps (0-2-1) will take their quest for points to Southern California on Saturday, taking on the L.A. Galaxy (0-1-1), another side that’s seeking its first victory of ... Read More »
1 responseToronto FC feeling the frustration of early-season injuries, blown leads
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
TORONTO – It’s early in the MLS season, but frustration is growing at Toronto FC. Injuries to key personnel have denied coach Bob Bradley a chance to field his first-choice team. Toronto (0-1-2) has led in all three games but has been unable to hold out for the win. TFC continues its quest for a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!NBA fines Grizzlies’ Brooks $35k for shoving camera person
By The Associated Press on March 17th, 2023
NEW YORK – The NBA fined Memphis Grizzlies guard-forward Dillon Brooks US$35,000 on Friday for shoving a camera person on the sideline after chasing a loose ball in a loss in Miami. Joe Dumars, the NBA’s executive vice president and head of basketball operations, announced the fine. Brooks shoved the person with 2:40 left in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada Soccer general secretary Earl Cochrane to appear before Heritage Committee
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
It’s Canada Soccer general secretary Earl Cochrane’s turn Monday to appear before the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage in Ottawa. Cochrane will be accompanied by Canada Soccer board members Paul-Claude Berube and Stephanie J. Geosits. Monday’s hearing follows March 9 testimony on the ongoing soccer labour dispute by captain Christine Sinclair and teammates Janine Beckie, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey Canada hires human rights leader as first vice-president, diversity, inclusion
By The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
CALGARY – Hockey Canada has hired human rights leader Irfan Chaudhry as its first vice-president of diversity and inclusion. The national sports organization announced the move Friday, saying in a release that Chaudry will lead the development of “a vision and strategy to create and sustain a culture within hockey that embraces and promotes equity, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada’s Reece Howden wins World Cup ski cross gold to lock up Crystal Globe
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on March 17th, 2023
THE BLUE MOUNTAINS, Ont. – Canada’s Reece Howden led from start to finish to win gold at the ski cross World Cup finals on Friday and secure the Crystal Globe as the overall season leader. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., held off Germany’s Florian Wilmsmann for the victory in the four-man big final at Craigleith ... Read More »
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