Matt Hughes rebounds from freak collision to earn spot on Canada's world track team

Steeplechase is one of track and field’s most treacherous events, but Canada’s Matt Hughes has always managed to stay on his feet. Instead, it was a fire hydrant that derailed the 27-year-old’s season. Hughes won the 3,000-metre steeplechase at the Canadian track and field championships on Thursday to book his spot on the world championship team. […]

Canada's Eugenie Bouchard bounced from Wimbledon

Canada’s Eugenie Bouchard made an early exit at Wimbledon on Monday after dropping a 1-6, 6-1, 6-1 decision to Spain’s Carla Suarez Navarro in first-round play. The world No. 61 from Westmount, Que., started strong but faded early in the second set and never recovered. Bouchard had 24 unforced errors over the 88-minute match while […]

Canada's Lance Stroll makes history at Azerbaijan Grand Prix

Canadian driver Lance Stroll finished third and became the youngest rookie to race to a podium finish on the F1 circuit. The 18-year-old accomplished this piece of history at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix on Sunday.  Meanwhile, Red Bull driver Daniel Ricciardo profited from a chaotic race to earn the victory. The Australian secured his fifth career […]

Canada's Sage Watson wins her 1st NCAA Divsion I championship

Canada’s Sage Watson won the women’s 400-metre hurdles event on Saturday afternoon to claim her first NCAA Division I championship. #NCAATF 400m Hurdles: @SageWats claims 🥇 in convincing fashion pic.twitter.com/6AB5mWs1GM — @AthleticsCanada The Medicine Hat, Alta., native posted a personal best time of 54.52 seconds, nearly a full second ahead of her closest competitor. #NCAATF 400-metre hurdles: Personal […]

Patricio Pasquel edges Canada's White to take Spruce Meadow's RBC Grand Prix

Canada’s Keean White had back-to-back clear rounds in the RBC Grand Prix at Spruce Meadows but was not fast enough in the jump off to steal a victory from Mexico’s Patricio Pasquel.  Pasquel was flawless aboard his gelding Babel to collect the biggest win of his career with a jump-off time of 43.44 seconds in the 1.60-metre event. Canadian […]

Canada's Brown, Rodney try to join De Grasse in Diamond League elite

The roar of the crowd is deafening as nine sprinters blaze to the finish line in the men’s 100 metres at the Olympic Stadium in Rome. Canada’s Donovan Bailey, who led after 85 metres of the June 6, 1994 race before losing time turning his head to the competition, crossed third in 10.24 seconds, behind […]

Canada's Damian Warner leads after Day 1 of prestigious Hypo Meet

Damian Warner’s quest for both a Canadian record and personal hat-trick of titles at the Hypo Meeting in Gotzis, Austria, is off to a great start. Warner leads all competitors with 4532 points after five events, while fellow Canadian Pierce LePage is second with 4379. Oleksiy Kasyanov of Ukraine is third with 4352 points.  Warner posted the fastest time in […]

Canada's McKenzie Hughes shares lead at Players Championship

Mackenzie Hughes arrived at the TPC Sawgrass with no scar tissue and played his first round at The Players Championship with no bogeys. Pretty simple, eh? The Dundas, Ont., rookie shook his head and laughed. Even after going bogey-free in his debut Thursday for a 5-under 67 to share the lead with William McGirt, Hughes […]