Canada’s men’s and women’s wheelchair basketball teams hope home-court advantage can help end a lengthy world championship drought. Canada will host the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships for the first time since 2014, with all games being played in Ottawa. Action gets underway Wednesday, with the championship games set for Sept. 19.
Olympic champion sprinter Noah Lyles shut down his season because of injury and will not compete for the $150,000 first prizes in this week’s track Ultimate Championships.
Canadian Sarah Mitton finished second in the women’s shot put at the Diamond League Final on Friday.
A botched racecourse that was longer than it should have been for the Edmonton Marathon has cost 13 runners a chance to compete in the prestigious Boston Marathon.
Juriënsly De Windt and Shardijon De Lanoi combined to drive in six runs, and Curaçao won its second Little League World Series title, beating Nevada 11-2 in the championship game on Sunday.
Evan Kung, of Pickering, Ont., won the season-ending event at the St. Lawrence River for his first Elite Series victory. Kung’s five-fish limit weighed 27 pounds 12 ounces, giving him 109 pounds nine ounces for the tournament, a record total for a smallmouth bass event.
Five-time Tour de France champion Tadej Pogacar has pulled out of the Spanish Vuelta after crashing during the eighth stage of the race.
Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse finished third in the men’s 200 metres Thursday at the Diamond League meet in Zurich.
Alison dos Santos of Brazil broke the men’s 400-meter hurdles world record at a Diamond League meet on Thursday.
A robot sprinter broke another 100-meter record Wednesday at a showcase of China’s growing technological prowess.
Matthew Brennan thrived in another sprint finish to win his second stage in this year’s Spanish Vuelta on Wednesday, with race favorite Tadej Pogačar safely maintaining his overall lead.
King’s Plate champion Luster won’t be making a run at the OLG Canadian Triple Crown. Trainer Josie Carroll says the heralded filly has earned an extended break and won’t be running in the $500,000 Prince of Wales Stakes on Sept. 7 at Fort Erie Racetrack.
The 12-year-old pitcher and shortstop for the Phenix City, Alabama, team representing the Southeast at the tournament had a pair of hits during a comeback win over a team from Tacoma, Washington, on Tuesday that kept Phenix City’s season alive.
Tadej Pogačar took a big step toward winning the Spanish Vuelta for the first time by claiming the fourth stage in dominant fashion on Tuesday.
The third stage of the Vuelta a Espana ended without a winner after being halted because of hail on Tuesday.
World champion runner Jenny Simpson revealed it was a rare heart condition that threw her into cardiac arrest at a race in June and that she will not return to running.
There will not be a third straight title for Canada’s Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson at the Montreal stop of the Elite16 beach volleyball circuit.
Young British rider Matthew Brennan finished strongly to win the second and longest stage of the Spanish Vuelta ahead of race leader Tadej Pogačar on Sunday.
Ethan Katzberg and Camryn Rogers continued Canada’s hammer throw dominance with wins Sunday at the Silesia Diamond League.
Ontario duo Sam Schachter and Jonathan Pickett pulled off a major upset to reach the men’s semifinals at the Elite16 beach volleyball stop in Montreal.
Canada’s Victor Lai repeated as men’s singles bronze medallist at the badminton world championships on Saturday.
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