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Last-place CF Montreal returns home after seven-game road trip to open MLS season

Last-place CF Montreal returns home after seven-game road trip to open MLS season

MONTREAL — For the first time in 171 days, CF Montreal will be playing in front of the Stade Saputo crowd when the Major League Soccer club hosts Charlotte FC on Saturday evening.
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Wickens returns to elite racing with use of hand controls 7 years after he was paralyzed in a crash

Wickens returns to elite racing with use of hand controls 7 years after he was paralyzed in a crash

LONG BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Nearly seven years after he was paralyzed in an IndyCar crash, Canadian Robert Wickens will return to elite competition on Saturday when he drives a Corvette in the IMSA sports car race on the downtown streets of Long Beach.
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Canadian rugby sevens men win three straight at Challenger Series event in Poland

Canadian rugby sevens men win three straight at Challenger Series event in Poland

KRAKOW — Trips to Trinidad, South Africa and Poland have paid off for the Canadian men's rugby sevens team, which is now one tournament away from regaining its core status on the elite HSBC SVNS circuit.
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Injuries continue to mount as Toronto FC looks for its first win of the MLS season

Injuries continue to mount as Toronto FC looks for its first win of the MLS season

TORONTO — Toronto FC's play is improving. But sadly its health is not. Toronto will be without injured defenders Nicksoen Gomis, Henry Wingo, Zane Monlouis and Richie Laryea as well as forward Deandre Kerr for Saturday's visit by Minnesota United FC.
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Orioles' game against Blue Jays is postponed because of rain

Orioles' game against Blue Jays is postponed because of rain

BALTIMORE (AP) — The Baltimore Orioles and Toronto Blue Jays were rained out Friday, and the game will be made up as part of a split-admission doubleheader on July 29. Friday night's game was officially called around 4 p.m.
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Canadian men to open Gold Cup in Vancouver with coach suspended from sideline

Canadian men to open Gold Cup in Vancouver with coach suspended from sideline

Canada will begin CONCACAF Gold Cup play against Honduras in Vancouver before shifting to Houston for its remaining two Group B games. The 30th-ranked Canadian men will take on No. 75 Honduras on June 17 at B.C. Place Stadium.
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Canada blanks Swiss 4-0, reloads for U.S. and host Czechs in women's world hockey

Canada blanks Swiss 4-0, reloads for U.S. and host Czechs in women's world hockey

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE — Canada gets a breather to top up the tank at the women's world hockey championship before what bodes to be an eventful two days.
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Gabriel Landeskog expected to play Friday for AHL's Colorado Eagles, 1st pro game in nearly 3 years

Gabriel Landeskog expected to play Friday for AHL's Colorado Eagles, 1st pro game in nearly 3 years

Gabriel Landeskog is expected to play in a professional game Friday night for the first time in nearly three years when he suits up with the Colorado Eagles of the American Hockey League.
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Oncologist reflects on cancer research advances 45 years after Terry Fox's marathon

Oncologist reflects on cancer research advances 45 years after Terry Fox's marathon

TORONTO — Dr. André Veillette was in medical school when he watched updates on Terry Fox's cross-country run on the evening news. He didn’t realize the impact the 21-year-old, just a year older than he was at the time, would have on his life.
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After surviving Cavalry opener, Forge FC looks to keep rolling in visit to Pacific FC

After surviving Cavalry opener, Forge FC looks to keep rolling in visit to Pacific FC

Forge FC weathered the storm last Saturday in a 1-0 season-opening win over visiting Cavalry FC in a rematch of last season's Canadian Premier League championship game.
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