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Dominant much of the season against tennis’ elite, Canada’s Bianca Andreescu dropped her second straight match against such an opponent in her opening match at the WTA Finals on Monday as fifth-ranked Simona Halep won 3-6, 7-6(6), 6-3 in Shenzhen, China. CBC | Sports News
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Danny Grant, Stanley Cup champ with 1968 Canadiens, dead at 73
Former National Hockey League star and Stanley Cup champion Danny Grant has died. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Coco Gauff, 15, wins first WTA title, beating former French Open champ
American teenage sensation Coco Gauff became the youngest player to win a WTA title in 15 years as she beat former French Open champion Jelena Ostapenko in the Linz Open final on Sunday in Austria. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Brad Gushue defeats defending champ to take curling Masters title
Brad Gushue defeated Niklas Edin 8-4 to win the curling Masters event in Llyodminster, Sask., on Sunday. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Reigning champ Cubs clinch 2nd straight NL Central title
Addison Russell hit a three-run homer and John Lackey pitched six strong innings as the Chicago Cubs clinched their second consecutive National League Central title with a 5-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Olympic champ Erica Wiebe trains with WWE
Erica Wiebe might be looking to add a WWE belt to her gold medal from the Rio 2016 Olympics. The Canadian freestyle wrestler was invited to train at the WWE’s Performance Centre in Orlando, Fla., last week after attending a women’s wrestling event in Las Vegas. CBC | Sports News
Read More »Defending champ Val Sweeting secures playoff spot at Tour Challenge
Defending champion Val Sweeting needed an extra end to remain undefeated and secure a spot in the playoffs at the Tour Challenge. CBC | Sports News
Read More »U.S. Open: Japan’s Osaka stuns defending champ Kerber in 1st round
Angelique Kerber is gone from the U.S. Open, the first defending champion eliminated in the first round in 12 years. The sixth-seeded German is out of the tournament and on her way out of the top 10 after being beaten by Naomi Osaka of Japan 6-3, 6-1 in one of the only completed matches on a rainy Tuesday. CBC | ...
Read More »Diniz becomes oldest race walk world champ, Canada’s Dunfee 15th
Canada’s Evan Dunfee finished 15th in the the men’s 50-kilometre walk at the world championships on Sunday, behind three-time European champion Yohann Diniz of France, who at 39 became the oldest athlete to win gold in race walk at worlds. CBC | Sports News
Read More »‘He’s the people’s champ’ Child Genius viewers SWITCH OFF in shock after Mog’s sent home
CHILD GENIUS delivered a brutal blow to fans tonight when the “people’s champ” Mog was surprisingly eliminated from the competition. Daily Express :: TV & Radio Feed
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