National Sports
Thompson pitches three perfect innings as Blue Jays down Red Sox 2-0
By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Zach Thompson pitched three perfect innings to pick up the win, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 2-0 in spring training baseball action Friday. Thompson struck out two and didn’t allow a baserunner over his three innings of work. Relievers Thomas Hatch, Sem Robberse and Jimmy Robbins ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s McEwen and Wild Card 1’s Bottcher win qualifier games at Brier
By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
LONDON, Ont. – Ontario’s Mike McEwen and Wild Card 1’s Brendan Bottcher are moving on to the final four at the Tim Hortons Brier. McEwen beat Alberta’s Kevin Koe 9-8 and Bottcher topped Northern Ontario’s Tanner Horgan 8-5 in today’s crossover elimination games at Budweiser Gardens. They will advance to the four-team Page playoffs with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC’s new kit draws wide range of reviews from players and supporters
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
TORONTO – Captain Michael Bradley will be wearing Toronto FC’s new home uniform when he leads the MLS team out Saturday for its home opener against the Columbus Crew. And like many of the club’s supporters, at least judging from social media, Bradley is split on the new kit. “The jersey itself I like a ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Einarson set for long-awaited trip to Sweden seeking first world curling title
By Vicki Hall, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
CALGARY – Kerri Einarson looked at Facebook on Friday and saw a memory flash on the screen from March 2020, before life as she knew it came to a halt due to the COVID-19 pandemic. There she was standing in Winnipeg’s Fort Rouge Curling Club, preparing to embark for Sweden and her first women’s world ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto FC’s Jonathan Osorio now listed as a designated player, helping salary cap
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
TORONTO – Canadian midfielder Jonathan Osorio has joined Italian stars Lorenzo Insigne and Federico Bernardeschi as a designated player on Toronto FC’s books. It’s purely an accounting move with nothing changing in the three-year contact, with an option for 2026, that Osorio signed in December. Making him a designated player gives TFC more room in ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Vancouver Canucks sign defensive prospect Kudryavtsev to entry-level deal
By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
VANCOUVER – The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Kirill Kudryavtsev to a three-year entry-level contract. General manager Patrik Allvin announced the news Friday, saying in a release that the team’s development staff have been happy with 19-year-old prospect’s progress in the Ontario Hockey League. Kudryavtsev is in his second season with the Soo Greyhounds where ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!WHL fines Moose Jaw Warriors and suspends GM and head coach for off-ice incident
By The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
The Moose Jaw Warriors organization has been punished by the Western Hockey League following an off-ice incident involving four of its players. General manager Jason Ripplinger and head coach Mark O’Leary have been suspended for five regular-season games, effective immediately. The team was also fined $25,000. A WHL statement issued Friday said that Ripplinger and ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Toronto facing injuries up front, chilly conditions for home opener against Columbus
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
Toronto FC will have to deal with a makeshift offence and chilly conditions for its home opener Saturday against the Columbus Crew. Toronto (0-1-1) is short on strikers with Adama Diomande and Ayo Akinola both injured. Diomande had to leave last weekend’s 1-1 tie in Atlanta in the 45th minute and Akinola, who replaced him, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!‘This is about pride:’ Péladeau purchases Montreal Alouettes from CFL
By Tristan D’Amours, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – For Pierre Karl Péladeau, acquiring the Montreal Alouettes is not a business transaction but a labour of love. The Montreal native, who is reportedly worth US$1.9 billion, reached a deal to buy the Canadian Football League team from the league on Friday. While the terms of the sale remained confidential, part of an ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Early Start: Curling Canada’s Murdoch starting HPD job now rather than end of season
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
LONDON, Ont. – David Murdoch is starting his position as Curling Canada high-performance director a couple months earlier than originally planned. The two-time world champion, who served as national and Olympic coach for British Curling over the last quadrennial, officially started work with the Canadian sport organization on Wednesday. Murdoch, who was named to the ... Read More »
1 responseCoach Losada betting on youth as CF Montreal looks for first points.
By Elias Grigoriadis, The Canadian Press on March 10th, 2023
MONTREAL – The start to the Hernan Losada era at CF Montreal has not gone according to plan, with the still searching for its first goal – let alone its first points – this Major League Soccer season. CF Montreal (0-2-0) has been outscored 3-0 over two games to start its season-opening road trip and ... Read More »
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