All soccer games in England, including the top-flight English Premier League, will be suspended until April 4 because of the coronavirus outbreak. “Following a meeting of shareholders today, it was unanimously decided to suspend the…
The Canadian Hockey League season was suspended Thursday due to the coronavirus pandemic. The Sarnia Sting are done for awhile and maybe for the rest of the campaign. The OHL campaign was suspended indefinitely Thursday…
The Australian Grand Prix has been cancelled on the eve of the first day of practice due to coronavirus concerns, it has been confirmed. McLaren decided to withdraw from the Grand Prix in Melbourne following…
Despite the growing number of cancelled sporting events, Canada’s Olympic athletes stay committed and focused on Tokyo, chef de mission Marnie McBean says. In an interview with CBC News, McBean — who was named Team…
Holders Liverpool are eliminated of the Champions League after a dramatic last-16 second leg versus Atletico Madrid went into extra time – and a finely balanced game turned on a catastrophic blunder by goalkeeper Adrian.…
Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold had been trying to tune out negative COVID-19 news and focus solely on training and her quest for a Tokyo Olympic berth. But the two-time Pan American Games champion woke up…
Paris Saint-Germain forward Kylian Mbappe might not be able to play in his team’s must-win Champions League game on Wednesday as the French star is dealing with a throat infection and a fever. Mbappe was…
Hockey Canada has released its 23-player roster for the team that would have competed at the cancelled world women’s hockey championship. The tournament was scheduled to start March 31 in Halifax and Truro, N.S., before…
Tennis was hurled into the coronavirus maelstrom on Monday after the overnight cancellation of the Indian Wells Masters, the biggest event outside the four majors. It also looks likely that the similarly important Miami Open,…
They thrilled us. They broke our hearts. They engaged us throughout and saved the best for last. Team Canada drew us in and teased us. We, and they, dared to believe a podium conclusion was…
The Toronto Raptors secured a berth in the 2020 NBA playoffs with a triumph over the Golden State Warriors on Thursday. Few fans expected the Raptors to suffer a precipitous drop following the offseason departures of…
Despite worldwide concern and speculation about whether the fast-spreading virus outbreak will affect the Tokyo Olympics, the IOC’s leadership is not joining in the debate. “Neither the word cancellation nor the word postponement was even…
Eddie Pepperell’s quest to play in The Masters this April has taken a blow, after he was disqualified from the Qatar Masters due to signing an incorrect scorecard. Currently ranked 63rd in the world rankings, Pepperell needs…
Leylah Annie Fernandez didn’t let her championship defeat in Acapulco last weekend affect her performance in Monterrey this week. Quite the opposite, actually. Fernandez battled back from down a set to beat Sloane Stephens 6-7(4),…
The women’s Kunming Open tennis tournament scheduled to start in April in China’s Anning city has been cancelled due to the coronavirus outbreak, the WTA Tour informed on Tuesday. The April 27-May 3 claycourt event,…
The Montreal Impact have signed Tottenham Hotspur midfielder Victor Wanyama as a Designated Player via a free transfer, the club informed Tuesday. Wanyama, 28, signed a three-year contract with the club and will join officially upon receiving his international transfer certificate and passing…
Jennifer Abel added to her trophy case at the FINA Diving World Series on Sunday. The 28-year-old, who had already won a gold medal with Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu in the women’s three-metre synchro springboard earlier in…
Eden Hazard will undergo surgery this week on his injured fibula bone which he fractured during the league meeting with Levante on 22 February. The club and player have taken the decision that surgery is the best…
Hughes, a 29-year-old Canadian who has struggled since winning for the first time on Tour in 2016, was one back of playing partner Sungjae Im with just the par-5 18th remaining at the Honda Classic on Sunday.…
Kim Clijsters has been given a wild card into next month’s BNP Paribas Open, another step in her tennis comeback at age 36. The four-time major winner won in 2003 and 2005 at Indian Wells…
For Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller, one of the takeaways from last summer’s early exit at the Women’s World Cup in France was the need to play more Tier 1 opposition. The Canadians faced the best…
Maria Sharapova, the five-time Grand Slam champion and former No.1-ranked women’s tennis player in the world, has called it quits. The 32-year-old made the announcement not at a press conference, but in an essay she wrote for Vanity…
The Impact had a simple game plan going into the second leg of their Round of 16 CONCACAF Champions League matchup versus Costa Rican side Deportivo Saprissa at the Olympic Stadium Wednesday: Score the first…
The Milwaukee Bucks took the early punch. Staggered by the suffocating defense of the Toronto Raptors and barraged by three-pointer after three-pointer, the Bucks found themselves in a 12-point hole late in the second quarter.…
Liverpool equalled one Premier League record on Monday night and are on track for several more before a memorable campaign concludes. Jurgen Klopp’s side edged out West Ham 3-2 for their 18th successive Premier League…
Kyle Lowry had been keen to come out of the NBA all-star break at top speed. On Sunday, Lowry set a breakneck pace in the Toronto Raptors’ most lopsided win in franchise history. Lowry, who’d…
It was a wild Finale in Mexico City, where several players held at least a share of the lead at Chapultepec Golf Club. But in the end it was Patrick Reed who surged to victory…
Felix Auger-Aliassime will have to wait for his first ATP Tour title. The 19-year-old Montreal native lost in consecutive sets to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas in the final of the Open 13 Provence on Sunday, extending…