National Sports
Canadian Eddie (Spaghetti) Brahimir settles for a majority draw on Power Slap card
By The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
LAS VEGAS – Canadian Eddie (Spaghetti) Brahimir and American Branden (The Butcher) Bordeaux settled for a majority draw Friday in their middleweight rematch at “Power Slap 6.” The contest at the Durango Casino & Resort went all three rounds with the judges scoring the contest 28-28, 28-28, 29-27. The brainchild of UFC president Dana White, ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Coach John Herdman and Toronto FC resume training camp in California
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
Toronto FC has opened the second phase of its training camp, this time in California with three friendlies in the next week. The squad flew Thursday to Santa Barbara, Calif., where it will play pre-season friendlies against the MLS champion Columbus Crew on Saturday, Real Salt Lake on Wednesday and Los Angeles FC on Feb. ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Homecoming: Kelly Olynyk and Ochai Agbaji happy to join Toronto Raptors
By John Chidley-Hill, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
TORONTO – There was no need for Kelly Olynyk to plug Scotiabank Arena into his GPS before coming to his first-ever game as a Toronto Raptor. He grew up around the arena with both of his parents working for the team. Olynyk, who was born in Toronto but raised in Kamloops, B.C., was traded along ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Bill to help relocate Washington Capitals, Wizards sails through 1st Virginia legislative hearing
By Sarah Rankin And Matthew Barakat, The Associated Press on February 9th, 2024
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) – Legislation underpinning a plan to relocate the NBA’s Washington Wizards and NHL’s Washington Capitals across the Potomac River to northern Virginia easily cleared an early hurdle in the state legislature Friday. Lawmakers on the Virginia House Appropriations Committee voted 17-3 to advance the measure, a top priority of Republican Gov. Glenn ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Canada women lose extra-time heartbreaker to Mexico, miss out on FIFA U-17 World Cup
By The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
TOLUCA, Mexico – Canada will miss out on the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup for the first time ever after losing a heartbreaker 2-1 to Mexico following extra time Friday in semifinal play at the CONCACAF Women’s U-17 Championship. The game went to extra time after Canada captain Annabelle Chukwu tied it up at 1-1 ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Ontario’s Dino Rossi steps down from Canada Soccer board of directors
By Neil Davidson, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
Dino Rossi has resigned from Canada Soccer’s board of directors, saying “football doesn’t come first at Canada Soccer these days.” Rossi, a longtime soccer administrator, was elected to the board representing Ontario in May 2023. “If you know anything about me, you know how passionate I am about Canadian soccer and especially our national teams,” ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Analysts: Canada could see one-stop shop for sports streaming, but not in near future
By Gregory Strong, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
While Canadian sports broadcasting powerbrokers have worked together on occasion in the past, it’s unlikely they’d follow the path of their counterparts in the United States and team up again in the near future, sports media analysts said. ESPN, Fox and Warner Bros. Discovery announced plans this week to launch a sports streaming platform this ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!COC still looks to appeal Russian team figure-skating bronze despite ISU explanation
By The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
The Canadian Olympic Committee says it continues to believe Canada’s figure skating team deserves the bronze medal from the 2022 Beijing Olympics, and a statement from the International Skating Union to explain its reallocation of medals following a Russian skater’s doping ban is insufficient. The ISU decided that Russia should drop from the gold-medal position ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!American linebacker Micah Awe signs contract extension with Calgary Stampeders
By The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
CALGARY – Micah Awe won’t be hitting CFL free agency. The veteran American linebacker signed a contract extension with the Calgary Stampeders on Friday. Awe was eligible to become a CFL free agent Tuesday. The five-foot-11, 228-pound Awe had a club-record 134 tackles last season, his first with Calgary. He also led the CFL with ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Glasgow Celtic await scan results on head injury of Canadian Alistair Johnston
By The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
GLASGOW, United Kingdom – Glasgow Celtic are waiting on the results of a scan on Canadian international defender Alistair Johnston, who was taken off the field on a stretcher after suffering a head injury in Wednesday’s 2-1 win at Hibernian. Johnston was hurt early on in a clash of heads with Hibs’ Australian defender Nectarios ... Read More »
Be the first to comment!Pickett happy to have deal with Ottawa done ahead of free agency
By Dan Ralph, The Canadian Press on February 9th, 2024
There’ll be no free-agency angst for Adarius Pickett. The five-foot-11, 210-pound linebacker solidified his CFL future earlier this week, signing a one-year deal with the Ottawa Redblacks. It came after Pickett agreed in principle to the contract during the league’s negotiation window, then put pen to paper after being released by the Toronto Argonauts. So ... Read More »
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