The accolades continue for Summer McIntosh. The 18-year-old swimmer from Toronto, who brought home three gold medals and one silver from the Paris Olympics last summer, was nominated for a Laureus Award in the breakthrough category by World Aquatics on Monday. McIntosh’s performance in Paris made her the first-ever Canadian athlete to win three gold medals at a…
The Stadium Series game between the Columbus Blue Jackets and Detroit Red Wings on Saturday promised to have it all: a crowd of more than 90,000 — the second largest in NHL history — and an electric atmosphere inside the iconic Ohio Stadium. The NHL also ensured a key figure was front and centre. Columbus…
Alex Ovechkin scored the 884th goal of his NHL career late in the Washington Capitals’ 3-1 loss to the red-hot Tampa Bay Lightning on Saturday, moving 10 away from tying Wayne Gretzky’s record. Ovechkin beat fellow Russian Andrei Vasilevskiy with four minutes left in the third period at Capital One Arena after getting stopped twice by him earlier. “He’s…
Wrestling’s new era is coming to Toronto this weekend, as the WWE returns to the city’s largest venue for the first time in 23 years. Rogers Centre will play host to the World Wrestling Entertainment’s “elimination chamber” event on Saturday, featuring superstars like the Rock and John Cena, now well into his retirement tour. It’s…
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Last weekend, Rachel Homan cruised to her fifth Scotties Tournament of Hearts title, beating Kerri Einarson 6-1 in the final in Thunder Bay, Ont. Homan’s Team Canada came in as the…
Canada soccer coach Jesse Marsch waded into politics Wednesday, telling United States President Donald Trump to “lay off the ridiculous rhetoric about Canada being a 51st state.” The 51-year-old Marsch, a former U.S. international who was born in Racine, Wisc., made his comments at a CONCACAF news conference at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., the…
Host Anastasia Bucsis is joined by PWHL Karissa Donkin to break down the final stretch of the season as all 4 Canadian teams compete for playoff spots. Source link
Two Regina Rams football players are among five people facing charges after a four-month long drug trafficking investigation into a criminal organization by the Regina Police Service. On Thursday and Friday, investigators executed eight search warrants at five residences and three vehicles. The Regina Police Service said the searches were conducted at a home in Alameda and a home in…
Jesse Compher one-timed a shot from between the face-off circles to beat Minnesota’s Maddie Rooney with the game-winning goal as the Toronto Sceptres beat the Frost 2-1 on Sunday to take over sole possession of second place in the Professional Women’s Hockey League. The teams came into the game tied for second place in the…
Christina Black’s deployment of a five-player rotation on her curling team, instead of the traditional four players and alternate, delivered Saturday in a playoff win at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts. Black’s Nova Scotia team reached Sunday’s semifinal at the Canadian women’s curling championship with an 8-7 win over Alberta’s Kayla Skrlik in Thunder Bay, Ont….
