Daniil Medvedev hadn’t won a single match in his three previous appearances at the Italian Open. Now he’s collected the tournament. The Russian defeated rising 20-year-old Danish player Holger Rune 7-5, 7-5 on Sunday for the first clay-court…
Canada’s Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the Barcelona Open. He lost to Greece’s Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-3, 6-2 in the clay court tournament’s Round of 16 on Thursday in 77 minutes. The 14th-seeded Shapovalov, from…
The CP Women’s Open is returning to Calgary. Golf Canada named Earl Grey Golf Club in the city’s southwest corner as the 2024 host of the Canadian national women’s golf championship on Tuesday. Tournament director…
Winning four Canadian women’s curling championships in a row was “bloody hard to do in hindsight,” stated Colleen Jones. Nova Scotia’s Jones, Kim Kelly, Nancy Delahunt and Mary-Anne Arsenault comprise the only team to collect…
Yibing Wu became the first Chinese player to attain an ATP Tour title, rallying in a three-set, all-tiebreaker thriller to beat John Isner in the Dallas Open on Sunday. Wu overcame 44 aces from the big-serving Isner —…
Karim Benzema has announced his retirement from international football on his 35th birthday, just a day after France suffered a heartbreaking penalty shootout defeat to Argentina in the World Cup final on Sunday. The 2022 Ballon d’Or winner missed the tournament…
The German football federation (DFB) kept its trust in Hansi Flick as national team coach on Wednesday despite the disappointing World Cup performance. Federation president Bernd Neuendorf stated the body has “full confidence” in Flick…
Another incomplete performance for Canada at the World Cup. But also a rousing late surge that fell just short in a 2-1 loss to a talented Moroccan side. As in the two previous defeats at…
Ecuador eased past World Cup debutants Qatar 2-0 on Sunday with two goals from veteran forward Enner Valencia in the first opening-game defeat for a host nation in the tournament’s history. Valencia scored an early penalty and added a…
Taylor Fritz advanced to the final four of the ATP Finals by defeating Felix Auger-Aliassime 7-6 (4), 6-7 (5), 6-2 on Thursday at the year-end tournament. The American will face five-time champion Novak Djokovic in the semifinals. The match…
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…
Top-ranked Carlos Alcaraz rallied to defeat Jack Draper 3-6, 6-2, 7-5 in the first round of the Swiss Indoors on Monday. Alcaraz clinched with his third match-point chance, firing a forehand winner when following in a strong serve…
CF Montreal’s exit from the Major League Soccer playoffs on Sunday was more than a local concern. At least four probable members of the Canadian men’s national team, including certain starter Alistair Johnston and rising…
Brooks Koepka holed his birdie putt on the third playoff hole to earn the LIV Golf Invitational-Jeddah on Sunday and claim his first triumph on the breakaway tour. Little could separate Koepka from close friend and…
Brandon Nakashima’s first ATP Tour triumph came in his hometown, as he beat friend and fellow Southern Californian Marcos Giron 6-4, 6-4 on Sunday in the San Diego Open final. “It’s super special, something you dream of,…
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,…
Alexander Zverev, the No. 2-ranked player in the world, has withdrawn from the US Open as he continues to recover from a right ankle injury and subsequent surgery. The 25-year-old German sustained ligament damage during…
Mason McTavish concluded as the top scorer at the 2022 world junior hockey championship. He was also named the tournament’s most valuable player. But, most importantly, he also made the save of the tournament. McTavish’s…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the third round of the Western & Southern Open Masters-level tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-2 victory over Australia’s Alex de Minaur on Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime, the seventh seed in…
The Olympic soccer competition at the 2024 Paris Games will end with the women’s final — instead of the men’s — for the first time. FIFA announced the Olympic soccer competition schedule on Wednesday. The…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime moved on to the second round of the Halle Open tennis tournament with a 6-3, 5-7, 6-3 victory over American Marcos Giron on Tuesday in Germany. Auger-Aliassime, seeded fourth at the ATP…
One week after their early elimination, Canadian beach volleyball duo Sarah Pavan and Melissa Humana-Paredes took a strong first step toward making sure it doesn’t happen again. The reigning world champions opened the Latvia Elite 16…
The Carleton Ravens defended their U Sports men’s basketball crown with a triumph in the championship game Sunday. Third-year guard Aiden Warnholtz had 18 points, nine rebounds and eight assists to lead the Ravens past…
Following a victory over last year’s finalist Real Esteli, the Edmonton Stingers fell 89-68 at the hands of Cangrejeros on Tuesday in FIBA Basketball Champions League Americas group play in Polideportivo, Nicaragua. Edmonton was led by Chad Posthumus who…
Favorite Carlos Alcaraz of Spain and Brandon Nakashima of the United States dominated the opening session of the Next Gen Finals on Tuesday. Alcaraz took just 75 minutes to defeat Holger Rune of Denmark 4-3 (6) 4-2 4-0, seeing out…
Jason Gunnlaugson, from Morris, Man., has secured his rink’s place at the Canadian Olympic curling trials after defeating Tanner Horgan 9-8 in the ‘A’ side final on Sunday at the pre-trials tournament in Liverpool, N.S. It will…
France acquired the Nations League final with goals from Karim Benzema and Kylian Mbappe earning them a 2-1 victory over Spain at the San Siro stadium on Sunday. After a subdued fist half, the game sprung into life in the 64th minute when France…
Canada’s Rebecca Marino pulled off her biggest victory since returning to tennis, upsetting World No. 26 Madison Keys of the United States in consecutive sets on Monday at the National Bank Open. The 30-year-old Marino…
Naomi Osaka’s first match in nearly two months will come versus 52nd-ranked Saisai Zheng of China in the opening round of the Olympic tennis tournament. The second-seeded Osaka, who represents host Japan and is one of the…
Seamus Power won the Barbasol Championship on Sunday for his first PGA Tour triumph, defeating J.T. Poston with a tap-in par on the sixth hole of a playoff. Poston drove into the water that lines the right side…
