Canadian ice dancers Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier are in the lead after Saturday’s rhythm dance at the Skate Canada figure skating event in Halifax. Gilles, from Toronto, and Poirier, form Unionville, Ont., scored 86.44 points for their routine to “Wipeout” by the Surfaris. Fellow Canadians Marjorie Lajoie of Boucherville, Que., and Zachary Lagha of…
Longtime skip Brendan Bottcher will be wearing Canada colours when he makes his return to the four-player game with Team Gushue at the upcoming Pan Continental curling championship. Bottcher is the new second for the St. John’s-based team, which parted ways with E.J. Harnden earlier this month. “I’m excited to get out there at the…
Mats Sundin was in a familiar place. Everything was also very different. It was February 2009. The former captain of the Toronto Maple Leafs was back in his second home, only this time as a member of the opposition. Sundin had signed with the Vancouver Canucks after 13 seasons under the brightest of spotlights in…
Shohei Ohtani’s 50th home run ball has sold at auction for nearly $4.4 million US, a record high price not just for a baseball, but for any ball in any sport, the auctioneer said Wednesday. Ohtani became the first player in baseball history to hit 50 homers and steal 50 bases in a season, reaching…
Marco Arop, who ran to an Olympic silver medal in August, is the first Canadian to join Grand Slam Track before the professional league’s inaugural season in 2025. The reigning 800-metre world champion’s contract signing was announced Tuesday. “Running has always been about finding that next gear. … It’s about constant growth and seeing where…
Sarah Pavan, a two-time Olympian who won multiple volleyball gold medals for Canada at world championships and Commonwealth Games, retired on Monday at age 38. Pavan narrowly missed qualifying for the Paris Games this past summer in beach volleyball. “Volleyball has always been so much more than a sport to me. It has been my…
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo lost to Russian-Armenian player Karen Khachanov in three sets at the Almaty Open men’s final on Sunday in Kazakhstan. Khachanov won his seventh ATP Tour title 6-2, 5-7, 6-3. The 28-year-old Khachanov has won both of his matches with the 23-year-old Diallo. Khachanov also beat Diallo 6-4, 6-4 in the Round of…
Canada’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour final on Saturday with a 6-4, 6-2 victory over Argentina’s Francisco Cerundolo at the Almaty Open. The 23-year-old from Montreal needed 68 minutes to complete the victory. Diallo, the world No. 118, had a 5-1 edge in aces and saved the lone break point he…
Montreal’s Gabriel Diallo advanced to his first career ATP Tour semifinal with a 3-6, 6-3, 6-4, upset of Chile’s Alejandro Tabilo on Friday at the Almaty Open tennis tournament in Kazakhstan. The 23-year-old, currently ranked 118th on the ATP Tour, had six aces without committing a double fault and was broken just once in the…
Billie Jean King started the Women’s Sports Foundation with a $5,000 check. She’s turned that investment into $100 million US and a half century of helping girls and women achieve their dreams through travel and training grants, local sports programs and mentoring athletes and coaches. King celebrated the 50th anniversary of the foundation by honouring…
