Maria Sakkari and Stefanos Tsitsipas helped Greece eliminate Canada from the United Cup with a 3-0 triumph in group play on Wednesday in Perth, Australia. Sakkari saved four set points in the first set and…
Israel Mianscum says the support of his nation propels him as he chases his dream of being the first Cree player from Quebec to make it to the NHL. The 20-year-old from Mistissini has had…
Canada’s Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps stard competition at the figure skating Grand Prix Final with a strong performance on Thursday in Beijing. The duo sits second after the pairs short program with 71.22 points, trailing only Germany’s…
Canada collected its third consecutive title of the 2023 3×3 basketball Women’s Series on Saturday with a 21-19 victory over the American under-24 squad in the final in Quebec City. With the Americans pressing to tie the game…
Coach Kevin Rouet knows the challenge that awaits Canada in Friday’s bronze-medal match at the Rugby World Cup in New Zealand. The 35-year-old Rouet is French, although he now calls Quebec City home. And prior…
Audrey Gauthier and Laura Cote-Collin of Quebec rallied their way to gold on Saturday, beating Ontario 21-18, 21-18 in the women’s beach volleyball final at the Canada Summer Games. B.C. netted bronze with 21-10, 21-13…
Leylah Fernandez of Laval, Que., has been named player of the year, singles player of the year and most improved player, according to Tennis Canada. Gabriela Dabrowski of Ottawa was once again named doubles player…
Canada’s rising tennis star Leylah Fernandez has been eliminated at Indian Wells. The 19-year-old from Laval, Que., lost to American Shelby Rogers, 2-6, 6-1, 7-6 in the round of 16 of the BNP Paribas Open…
Canada’s Aurélie Rivard has struck gold for a second time in Tokyo, successfully defending another Paralympic title at the Games. The 25-year-old had a powerful race, obliterating her own world record by concluding with a time…
Maude Charron has won a gold medal in the women’s 64-kilogram weightlifting. She lifted 105 kg in the snatch, and 131 in the clean and jerk to collect Canada’s second gold medal of the Tokyo Games. Charron…
Blustery conditions played havoc with Canadian runners racing for Olympic qualifying on Sunday. Charles Philibert-Thiboutot of Quebec City won the men’s 1,500 meters at the Canadian Olympic track and field trials, but his time of…
Canada’s Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the second round of the Serbia Open. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., defeated Polona Hercog of Slovenia 7-5, 6-1 in the opening round of the WTA Tour clay-court event…
Felix Auger-Aliassime and Leylah Annie Fernandez had successful outings Wednesday in Mexico. Fellow Canadian Milos Raonic did not. The 20-year-old Aliassime defeated another 20-year-old, American Sebastian Korda 6-3, 6-4 to advance to the quarter-finals at…
Canada earned double gold in snowboard big air as Laurie Blouin and Mark McMorris won their respective events at the snowboard and freeski world championships on Tuesday in Aspen, Colo. Max Parrot of Bromont, Que.,…
Canadian freestyle skier Marion Thénault acquired the first World Cup aerials gold medal of her career on Saturday in Almaty, Kazakhstan. The native of Sherbrooke, Que., scored 89.88 points, ahead of Russian Liubov Nikitina (-3.52) and bronze medalist Zhanbota Aldabergenova (-4.89)…
Matt Dunstone’s curling team continued to parlay the generosity of a Saskatchewan small town into its strong start at the Canadian men’s championship. Dunstone’s foursome downed Quebec 9-6 on Tuesday for a third consecutive win.…
Quebec’s rookie team at the Canadian women’s curling championship injected intrigue into its pool Monday. Laurie St-Georges handed Wild Card One its first loss. Quebec pulled the foursome skipped by Chelsea Carey back into the…
The New York Rangers selected Alexis Lafreniere with the first pick in the NHL’s pandemic-delayed draft Tuesday. The star winger from the Rimouski Oceanic of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League registered 35 goals and…
Canada’s Brent Lakatos has controlled wheelchair racing’s sprint distances for the better part of a decade. On Sunday, the 40-year-old from Dorval, Que., pulled away from the field in a sprint finish down The Mall…
Canadian wild-card entry Eugenie Bouchard’s best Grand Slam since 2017 is over after a third-round loss at the French Open on Friday. Polish teenager Iga Swiatek advanced to the fourth round of the clay-court Grand…
Quebec’s Kim Clavel, the North American Boxing Federation light-flyweight champion who returned to nursing when the global pandemic interrupted her fighting career, has been named winner of the Pat Tillman Award for Service. The award,…
It seemed early in Andre Fili’s fight with Charles Jourdain that it might only be a matter of time before someone caught the other with a highlight-reel ending. That finish never came, though not for lack of effort.…
Hockey Canada has lifted its ban on sanctioned activities and is allowing the country’s 13 member organizations to individually determine when it’s safe to return to action. The move is a first step toward resuming…
The 19-year-old from Saint-Hubert, a suburb on Montreal’s South Shore, declared his eligibility for the 2020 NBA draft last week. Of course, making it to the NBA is the goal of many young men his…
