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Blue Jays place reliever Pop on 15-game injured list with hamstring strain
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
PITTSBURGH – The Toronto Blue Jays have placed right-handed reliever Zach Pop on the 15-day injured list with a right hamstring strain. Pop sustained the injury in the eighth inning of Toronto’s 11-5 loss at Boston on Thursday and had to be helped off the field. He pitched two-thirds of the eighth before exiting, giving ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘Wasn’t our day’: Canada finishes seventh in men’s 10m synchro at Diving World Cup
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – Canadian divers Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray came into the Olympic Pool in Montreal with high expectations and fell short, but they plan to use that as fuel for motivation going forward. Wiens and Zsombor-Murray, who made Canadian diving history by winning bronze at the world championships last year, finished seventh in the ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada finishes seventh in men’s 10m synchro at Diving World Cup
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
MONTREAL – Canada’s Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray finished seventh in the men’s 10-metre platform synchronized event at the World Aquatics Diving World Cup on Friday. Lian Junjie and Yang Hao of China captured gold, Kirill Boliukh and Oleksii Sereda of Ukraine won silver and Noah Williams and Matthew Lee of Britain earned bronze at ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs have no doubts in turning series around despite taking 0-2 deficit on the road
By Abdulhamid Ibrahim, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
TORONTO – Sheldon Keefe’s tone when he spoke to media on Friday was a far cry from the one he had less than 24 hours prior. The Toronto Maple Leafs head coach wore a blank expression with little to say in a very brief post-game press conference after his team’s 3-2 loss to the Florida ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede set to makes World Series sevens debut
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
Canada 15s captain Sophie de Goede, a nominee for World Rugby’s Women’s 15s Player of the Year award in 2022, will make her HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series debut next week in France. The May 12-14 HSBC France Sevens is the seventh and last stop on the women’s sevens circuit. The eighth-ranked Canadian women will ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society tables proposal to university
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
BURNABY, B.C. – The Simon Fraser Football Alumni Society outlined details Friday of a proposal it sent to the school regarding the future of its football program. School president Joy Johnson announced April 4 that Simon Fraser was discontinuing its football program, effective immediately. Johnson said the decision wasn’t based on financial reasons, but on ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Laval’s Arnaud Desjardins to attend Bombers camp via CFL internship program
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
TORONTO – Quarterback Arnaud Desjardins ended last season celebrating a Vanier Cup championship with the Laval Rouge et Or. He will start the ’23 campaign at the Winnipeg Blue Bombers’ training camp. Desjardins, of Montreal, will be one of nine participants in the CFL’s quarterback internship program. The initiative, which began in 2010, gives quarterbacks ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Veteran coaches Bruce Arena, Bob Bradley face off Saturday as Revs visit Toronto
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
TORONTO – Bob Bradley and Bruce Arena face off as coaching rivals for the seventh time Saturday, the latest chapter in a relationship that stretches back some 40 years. Both are focused on the present rather than the past, however. Bradley’s Toronto FC (2-2-6) looks to build on just its second win of the season, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Leafs forward Knies has concussion, unlikely to return in second-round series
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
Toronto forward Matthew Knies has been ruled out of the Maple Leafs’ next two playoff games with a concussion and is unlikely to return during their second-round series, head coach Sheldon Keefe said Friday. The 20-year-old forward sustained the injury in Thursday night’s 3-2 loss to the Florida Panthers in Game 2 of the series. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Hockey coaches not afraid to show some emotion on the bench this post-season
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
TORONTO – The stoic, high-intensity style of hockey coaches who barely blink on the bench after a big goal may be changing somewhat in this NHL post-season. And Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe appears to be leading the way. He just about jumped out of his shoes in Toronto’s first OT win of the playoffs. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toffoli, Fantilli highlight Canada roster for upcoming world hockey championship
By The Canadian Press on May 5th, 2023
Calgary Flames veteran forward Tyler Toffoli and top prospect Adam Fantilli were among 20 players named Friday to Canada’s roster for the upcoming world hockey championship. Toffoli had the best offensive NHL season of the players named, with 34 goals and 39 assists in 82 games. He is one of three Flames named to the ... Read More »
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