Could now be the perfect time to add another Major League Baseball franchise north of the border? Vancouver mayor Ken Sim seems to think so. A day after announcing the intention to bring a motion to city council aiming to bring an MLB team to Vancouver, Sim joined Sportsnet’s Blair & Barker to discuss why …
The Toronto Raptors are back in the playoffs for the first time since 2022, and you can follow the action on Sportsnet. Canada’s basketball team will take on the Cleveland Cavaliers in Round 1 of the NBA playoffs in a No. 4-seed versus No. 5-seed matchup. First-round action begins on Saturday, and fans can watch …
The upstart golf league that turned the establishment on its ear could be no more. The Public Investment Fund, the Saudi Arabian sovereign wealth fund that financed the upstart golf league, is taking steps to pull its multibillion-dollar investment in LIV Golf, The Athletic reported on Wednesday. Earlier Wednesday, The Telegraph reported that LIV executives had been …
The Canucks are in the midst of tearing down and rebuilding their roster, a strategy that isn’t for the faint of heart. It takes time to restock an NHL roster via the draft and free agency. The delicate process of piecing together a future roster includes selecting top-level talent and identifying the kind of character …
Having already set numerous statistical records in the WNBA, A’ja Wilson is moving on to setting financial records. Wilson, the league’s four-time MVP, is signing a three-year, $5-million supermax contract to stay with the Las Vegas Aces, the team announced Wednesday. The deal, a product of the league’s new collective bargaining agreement, is the largest …
LIVERPOOL, England — Hugo Ekitike was ruled out of the World Cup for France after sustaining a leg injury in Liverpool’s Champions League quarterfinal loss to Paris Saint-Germain, France coach Didier Deschamps confirmed Wednesday. The French forward’s suspected Achilles tendon injury occurred in the 27th minute of Tuesday’s second-leg match at Anfield. He was taken …
One of the Edmonton Oilers‘ top forwards is returning just in time for the post-season. Winger Zach Hyman is set to return to the Oilers’ lineup on Thursday against the Vancouver Canucks for the team’s final game of the regular season, head coach Kris Knoblauch told reporters Wednesday. Hyman has missed the team’s last five …
Making his third rehab start with Toronto’s triple-A affiliate, the Buffalo Bisons, on Wednesday, Yesavage allowed three earned runs, two coming off home runs, struck out five and walked one batter. In 4.1 innings pitched, Yesavage threw 71 pitches, 42 for strikes, against the Rochester Red Wings, the Washington Nationals’ affiliate. Jesse Hahn came in …
One of the most decorated European curlers of all time is set to call it a career. Four-time world champion and seven-time Grand Slam champion Silvana Tirinzoni, of Switzerland, announced Wednesday on social media that she’ll be retiring from curling. “It all began at the age of 10, when my dad signed me up for …
Canada’s Leylah Fernandez and Hungary’s Fanny Stollar were eliminated from doubles competition at the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix following a 6-4, 3-6, 10-6 quarterfinal defeat to fourth seeds Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Liudmila Samsonova of Russia on Wednesday. The winners overcame four double faults by winning 76.4 per cent of total service …