National Sports

Canoeist says contaminated supplement may have caused positive doping test

MONTREAL — Top Canadian Olympic medal contender Laurence Vincent Lapointe is about to start the most important race of her life.

Aug 20, 2019 1:27 PM Read more >

Green Bay Packers aren't sure if star QB Aaron Rodgers will play in Winnipeg

WINNIPEG — The Green Bay Packers are making no promises that star quarterback Aaron Rodgers will play during Thursday's NFL pre-season game in Winnipeg against the Oakland Raiders.

Aug 20, 2019 1:08 PM Read more >

Overwatch League team Toronto Defiant to play home games at Roy Thomson Hall

TORONTO — Long the home of more traditional forms of entertainment, Toronto's Roy Thomson Hall will also become an esports epicentre next year.

Aug 20, 2019 11:10 AM Read more >

A look at five prominent doping incidents involving Canadian athletes

Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is the latest Canadian Olympic medal hopeful to get caught up in a doping controversy.

Aug 20, 2019 11:03 AM Read more >

Als, Eskimos quarterbacks, Stampeders receiver named CFL top performers

TORONTO — Montreal Alouettes quarterback Vernon Adams Jr., Edmonton Eskimos QB Trevor Harris and Calgary Stampeders receiver Reggie Begelton are the CFL's top performers of the week for Week 10.

Aug 20, 2019 9:34 AM Read more >

Aaron Best scores 20 points in Canada's 122-88 basketball rout of New Zealand

SYDNEY, Australia — Aaron Best scored 20 points while Andrew Nembhard added 17 as Canada's men's basketball team trounced the New Zealand Tall Blacks 122-88 in a pre-FIBA World Cup exhibition game Tuesday.

Aug 20, 2019 8:18 AM Read more >

Scores and Schedule

Monday's Games MLB American League Kansas City 5 Baltimore 4 Seattle 9 Tampa Bay 3 Texas 8 L.A. Angels 7 (11 innings) Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 4 Houston 5 Detroit 4 National League Washington 13 Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 3 Cincinnati 2 St.

Aug 19, 2019 10:46 PM Read more >

Monday's Games

Monday's Games MLB American League Kansas City 5 Baltimore 4 Seattle 9 Tampa Bay 3 Texas 8 L.A. Angels 7 (11 innings) Chicago White Sox 6 Minnesota 4 Houston 5 Detroit 4 National League Washington 13 Pittsburgh 0 San Diego 3 Cincinnati 2 St.

Aug 19, 2019 10:45 PM Read more >

Blue Jays prospect T.J. Zeuch throws no-hitter for triple-A Buffalo

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Toronto Blue Jays prospect T.J. Zeuch threw a no-hitter on Monday night for the triple-A Buffalo Bisons.

Aug 19, 2019 8:19 PM Read more >

Canada defeats Nicaragua in women's baseball World Cup qualifier

AGUASCALIENTES, Mexico — Amanda Asay reached base four times and hit a three-run triple to help Canada beat Nicaragua 19-2 in a mercy-rule shortened round-robin game at a women's baseball World Cup qualifying tournament.

Aug 19, 2019 8:01 PM Read more >