Esther Okoronkwo and Kaylee Hunter each scored twice and AFC Toronto piled up six second-half goals in a 7-0 thumping of the visiting Vancouver Rise on Saturday in Northern Super League soccer action. Kaela Hansen, Sarah Stratigakis and Jade Kovacevic also scored for Toronto (13-6-2), which opened up a nine-point lead over Vancouver and Montreal…
It was a surreal scene in Halifax on Friday as Canada kicked off its Davis Cup tennis tie against Israel behind closed doors at Scotiabank Centre in Halifax. Save for athletes and staff of the two teams and the necessary officials, who were either on the court or courtside, the venue that normally holds over…
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. As far as podium appearances go, Canada’s track and field athletes have been pretty consistent at the big global championships so far this decade. They won six medals at the…
Citing illness, Canadian rider Mike Woods has pulled out of Sunday’s Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal. Israel-Premier Tech said the 38-year-old from Ottawa has been “suffering from illness in the past week and will require surgery for a hernia, which has made racing impossible.” Sunday’s 209.1-kilometre race in Montreal follows a 216-kilometre race Friday in…
Chris Jones is in Wales with Canada’s men’s soccer team as it continues preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. Luc de Fougerolles, Canada’s ascendant 19-year-old defender, waited in the team’s hotel lobby on Tuesday afternoon, a few hours before his side took on Wales in Swansea. The sliding doors opened, and a woman walked in…
Chris Jones is in Wales with Canada’s men’s soccer team for Tuesday’s friendly as it continues preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. Ismael Koné, Canada’s sometimes mercurial midfielder, looked down at his chest, as though his uniform might help him find the right words. “I think it’s hard for me as a person to kind…
Soccer The Ottawa Rapid and Montreal Roses are evenly matched in every sense. The two Northern Super League teams played to a 0-0 draw on Sunday afternoon at TD Place in Ottawa. Evenly matched teams both hold 8-6-5 records The Canadian Press · Posted: Sep 07, 2025 3:22 PM EDT | Last Updated: 9 hours…
Felix Auger-Aliassime has withdrawn from Canada’s upcoming Davis Cup tie due to fatigue, Tennis Canada announced Saturday. The World Group I tie is set to take place Sept. 12-13 in Halifax. The Montreal native is coming off a quality run through the U.S. Open, where he made it to the semifinals on Friday as the…
Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime’s U.S. Open dream run ended in disappointment at the hands of the No. 1 player in the world. The Montreal native gave a valiant effort but lost 6-1, 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 to Italian Jannik Sinner in the semifinal on Friday night in New York. Sinner, the defending U.S. Open champion, will now face…
Chris Jones is in Bucharest with Canada’s men’s soccer team ahead of Friday’s game vs. Romania as it continues preparations for next year’s FIFA World Cup. Building a national team during brief international windows is like building armour between battles: You need to make something bulletproof in a hurry. Jesse Marsch, the head coach of the Canadian men’s soccer…
