The Telegram

The last time Canada and Namibia squared off at the Rugby World Cup, there was a whole lot on the line for the Canadians — a potential spot in the playoff rounds. On Oct. 14, 1999, Canada tackled Namibia in Toulouse, the final match for Pool ...

A massive typhoon is headed for Japan and crucial games scheduled for this weekend have either been cancelled or are under threat of being called off. While the Australia vs. Georgia match scheduled for Friday in Shizuoka will go ahead, World ...

Canada’s Josh Larsen was kicked out of Tuesday’s Rugby World Cup match against South Africa for foul play. Larsen, 25, threw himself against a prone Thomas du Toit, while the South African was trying to win the ball off the ground in a ...

It’s always a special occasion when an athlete faces the team he or she grew up idolizing. DTH van der Merwe got to live that experience on Tuesday. Born and raised in South Africa until his family emigrated to Regina when he was 15, van der ...

The Canada vs. South Africa match in 1995 at Boet Eramus Stadium in Port Elizabeth, South Africa, is best remembered for the brawl that broke out in the second half. But there was also another, less-remembered, incident that day. With the ...

Mired in a two-plus-year winless streak, Kyle Larson has had to dig and claw his way through the last three Monster Energy NASCAR Cup Series Playoffs. But on Sunday, the Chip Ganassi Racing driver earned himself a chance to breathe easy for a week or ...

LAS VEGAS – The only fairway Nick Taylor missed on Thursday at the Shriners Hospitals for Children Open was at the short par-four 15th. That’s because he drove the green on the 315-yard hole and made a five-foot eagle putt. It was that ...

If Sage Watson is to win a world championship medal on Friday in Qatar, she’ll probably need to lower the Canadian record she chased for years and will have owned for just 48 hours. It’s the quintessential ...

Sofia Kenin is not exactly a tennis superstar. A 20-year-old American who is 16th in the WTA rankings, she has won some lesser titles this season and has lost as many Grand Slam matches in her young career as she has won. But there is also one ...

It was a match that proved what we already knew, the gap in world rugby between New Zealand and Canada continues to widen. It was not the most lopsided game between the two countries. But if not for a ball sometimes greased up by the humidity ...