Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are out of the Shanghai Masters after two rounds. Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont., lost 6-3, 7-5 to Ben Shelton, who made the quarterfinals in Shanghailast year. Shelton struck 11 aces and never faced a break point in the 77-minute match. Shapovalov mustered only 11 winners and finished with five…
Hockey Canada will hold a Beyond The Boards summit in Ottawa in November to analyze gender-based violence, homophobia, sexism and transphobia in the game. It’s Hockey Canada’s second summit after last year’s in Calgary, where toxic masculinity in elite men’s hockey was under the microscope. Calls for culture change in hockey arose after allegations of…
Canada coach Jesse Marsch continues to give youth its due, handing Jamie Knight-Lebel, Santiago Lopez and Kwasi Poku their first senior call-ups for the October international window. The Canadian men, currently ranked 38th in the world, face No. 37 Panama on Oct. 15 at Toronto’s BMO Field in their first outing since their fourth-place finish…
Professional Women’s Hockey League camps starting Nov. 12 will include mini camps for all six teams in Toronto and Montreal. The Montreal Victoire, Boston Fleet and Ottawa Charge will assemble at Montreal’s Verdun Auditorium and Toronto Sceptres, Minnesota Frost and New York Sirens at Toronto’s Ford Performance Centre for training sessions and pre-season scrimmages Nov….
Dikembe Mutombo, a Basketball Hall of Famer who was one of the best defensive players in NBA history and a longtime global ambassador for the game, died Monday from brain cancer, the league announced. He was 58. His family revealed two years ago that he was undergoing treatment in Atlanta for a brain tumour. The…
New Rachel Homan’s curling team has won the PointsBet Invitational women’s title for a second straight year. Homan defeated Kayla Skrlik 8-3 in Calgary’s WinSport Arena. Homan’s foursome swept all 4 of their games in single-knockout event The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 29, 2024 2:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 21 minutes ago Rachel…
Top-ranked tennis player Jannik Sinner said he was “very disappointed and also surprised” after a decision to clear him of wrongdoing following two positive drug tests was appealed by the World Anti-Doping Agency. The Montreal-based body known as WADA announced Saturday that it is seeking a ban of one to two years for the U.S….
Christine Sinclair, one of the founding players for the Portland Thorns in the National Women’s Soccer League, announced Friday she’s retiring from the game. Sinclair will finish out the season with the Thorns. Portland plans to honour her before the final regular season home game on Nov. 1. The 41-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., retired from the Canadian…
Los Angeles Kings defenceman Drew Doughty sustained a fractured left ankle during NHL pre-season action versus the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday, the Daily Faceoff reported. Per the report, he is scheduled to undergo additional imaging to determine if there is other structural damage. Doughty, 34, was injured during the first period following a collision…
Less than two months after one of its most successful Olympic Games performances in history, having won eight medals in Paris, Swimming Canada has unveiled its roster for the upcoming short course world championships set for December in Budapest. A powerhouse team of 18 Canadians will take the pool inside Budapest’s Duna Arena led by 18-year-old…
