Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament and increased his winning streak to 15 matches with a 6-1, 6-3 victory over French wild-card Gilles Simon on Thursday. Auger-Aliassime, seeking…
Rebecca Marino, Eugenie Bouchard and Gabriela Dabrowski moved on to the quarter-finals of their respective competitions on another successful day for Canadians at the Chennai Open tennis tournament. Vancouver’s Marino, the seventh seed in singles…
Toronto Raptors guard Dalano Banton had 16 points and seven rebounds to lift Canada to an 82-77 triumph over Mexico on Thursday and into the semifinals of the FIBA AmeriCup tournament. Banton, a Toronto native,…
Felix Auger-Aliassime earned a berth into the quarter-finals Thursday with a 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-1 comeback victory over Jannik Sinner at the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament. Seventh-seeded Auger-Aliassime fired 14 aces to…
There will be one Canadian in the Roland Garros singles quarter-finals this year, after Leylah Fernandez edged out American Amanda Anisimova 6-4, 3-6, 6-4 in their fourth-round match Sunday in Paris, France. Fellow Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime…
Adam Tambellini had two goals, including one on a penalty shot, and three assists as Canada survived an early scare Tuesday to defeat China 7-2 in the qualification round of the men’s hockey tournament at…
Holders Barcelona were knocked out of the Copa del Rey after suffering a 3-2 defeat in extra-time at Athletic Bilbao in the last 16 on Thursday. Athletic dominated a thrilling match and went ahead early thanks to a beautiful…
Felix Auger-Aliassime advanced to the quarter-finals at the Vienna Open after fighting through three sets to beat Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie on Thursday. The 21-year-old from Montreal bounced the 2021 Indian Wells champion in a taxing 2-6, 7-6…
Canadian freestyle wrestler Jeremy Poirier was eliminated from competition at the senior world championships on Sunday in Oslo, Norway. The Saint-Louis, N.B, native, suffered a 10-0 defeat in his quarter-final match in the 92-kilogram division, falling to U.S. wrestler J’den Michael Tbory Cox. After…
Stefanos Tsitsipas won the Monte Carlo Masters without dropping a set, defeating Andrey Rublev 6-3, 6-3 on Sunday for his first title this year and sixth overall. Fourth-seeded Tsitsipas was in dominant form as he…
Leicester City reached their first FA Cup semi-final for 39 years with a fully deserved victory over Manchester United at King Power Stadium. Brendan Rodgers’ side will face Southampton at Wembley with Chelsea and Manchester…
Canada’s Milos Raonic has advanced to the quarter-finals of the European Open. The No. 5 seed, from Thornhill, Ont., beat Great Britain’s Cameron Norrie 7-5, 7-6 (4) in a second-round match at the ATP Tour…
Canada’s Felix Auger-Aliassime rallied for a 4-6, 7-6 (2), 7-6 (4) triumph over qualifier Egor Gerasimov of Belarus in the second round of the Cologne Championship on Wednesday. The fifth-seeded Auger-Aliassime, who received a first-round…
Canadians Denis Shapovalov and Milos Raonic are both heading to the quarter-finals of the St. Petersburg Open. The second-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., defeated qualifier Ilya Ivashka of Belarus 6-1, 6-4 in a second-round match…
Denis Shapovalov has become the first Canadian to reach the quarter-finals in men’s singles at the U.S. Open following a four-set triumph over No. 7 seed David Goffin of Belgium on Sunday. The 12th-seeded Shapovalov…
Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard has been ousted in the quarterfinals of the ASB Classic for the second year in a row. Bouchard, ranked 262nd in the world after a 2019 season in which she tumbled down…
