Josh Liendo arrived at Pan Am Sports Centre on Thursday with many fond memories of his hometown pool. It’s where the 23-year-old set his first Canadian record in 2017, where he made his first Olympic team a few years later and where the Toronto swimmer boasts several national marks. It’s also where Liendo set a…
Felix Auger-Aliassime beat fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo 6-2, 7-5 Wednesday in an all-Montreal matchup at the Swiss Indoors in Basel. The fifth seed fired eight aces and broke Diallo four times to advance. Diallo matched Auger-Aliassime with eight aces but won just 35 per cent of his second-serve points. Auger-Aliassime, a two-time champion at Basel…
The International Ski and Snowboard Federation says its council has voted against allowing athletes from Russia and Belarus to compete in qualifiers for the upcoming Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics. The decision Tuesday in Oberhofen, Switzerland by the council of the governing body, known as FIS, effectively blocks Russian skiers and snowboarders from dozens of events at…
Ester Ledecka, the only woman to win gold in two different sports at the same Winter Olympics, has made a tough choice for the Milan-Cortina Games. The Czech standout is skipping the alpine downhill event in order to seek a third straight Olympic gold in snowboarding’s giant slalom after all efforts failed to avoid a…
Melisa Kekic scored the winner in the 73rd minute and fellow substitute Julia Amireh added two insurance goals as Canada defeated Nigeria 4-1 Sunday in its opening game at the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Sale, Morocco. After Kekic gave Canada a 2-1 lead, Amireh scored in the 80th and 86th minute. Gabriela Istocki…
George Springer is “feeling better” a day ahead of the most important game of the Toronto Blue Jays’ post-season. Blue Jays manager John Schneider said that Springer was recovering quickly after taking a fastball off the inside of his right knee in Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS). Toronto hosts the Mariners…
A late-game offensive onslaught by the Mariners led Seattle to a 6-2 victory over the Toronto Blue Jays during Game 5 of the American League Championship Series (ALCS) on Friday. The Mariners now have a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series, and the Jays are on the brink of elimination from the post-season as they…
Tommy Edman hit a tie-breaking single off hard-throwing rookie Jacob Misiorowski in a two-run sixth inning, and the Los Angeles Dodgers beat the Milwaukee Brewers 3-1 on Thursday to take a 3-0 lead in their National League Championship Series (NLCS). Los Angeles moved within one win of becoming the first defending champion to reach the…
Olympic champion Ariarne Titmus has announced her retirement from elite swimming in a social media post that took Australian sports fans by surprise. The 25-year-old Titmus, a four-time Olympic gold medallist, had been widely expected to return to competitive swimming following a break in the wake of the Paris Games and train for the Los…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to relocate World Cup matches set to be played next year in suburban Boston, after suggesting parts of the city had been “taken over” by unrest. Foxborough, Mass., home to the NFL’s New England Patriots and about 48 kilometres from Boston, is set to stage matches as the…
