Last Updated: December 20, 2011 10:02pm
Chan's gold medals get him the nod
Patrick Chan's world figure skating championship and unbeaten season didn't make him a slam-dunk -- or in this case a landed quadruple jump -- choice as QMI Agency's male athlete of the year.
Last Updated: December 20, 2011 9:57pm
Patrick Chan: QMI Agency Canadian Male Athlete of the Year
A youthful Patrick Chan, then a neophyte to figure skating but already dreaming in golden hues, sat tying his skates at a suburban Toronto arena, watching a solitary figure glide effortlessly across the ice.
Last Updated: December 20, 2011 4:33pm
McNulty's wish list for Canada's racing elite
In the spirit of the Holiday Season here are my wishes for Canada’s motor racing elite.
Last Updated: December 20, 2011 9:37am
Williams pulls out of Australian Open warm-up
Seven-times grand slam champion Venus Williams has withdrawn from her Australian Open warm-up event in New Zealand due to "health reasons," placing her participation in the year's first grand slam in doubt.
Last Updated: December 19, 2011 9:42pm
Bute calls out Ward
IBF super-middleweight champion Lucian Bute says American Super Six winner Andre Ward is dodging him.
Last Updated: December 19, 2011 9:10am
London’s Takahashi shut out of Olympics
Steven Takahashi’s Olympic wrestling dream will have to wait another four years.
Last Updated: December 18, 2011 12:56am
Woodley eyes Strikeforce belt
Tyron Woodley is a king without a crown.
Last Updated: December 16, 2011 8:08pm
Olympic dream goes on hold
Ilya Abelev's Olympic debut will have to wait another four years.
Last Updated: December 16, 2011 4:03pm
Judge: Gatti's widow gets everything
Amanda Rodrigues, the widow of former boxing champ Arturo "Thunder" Gatti, will inherit his entire $3.4-million fortune, a judge ruled Friday.
Last Updated: December 15, 2011 10:59pm
Judge to rule on Gatti's $3.4M estate
Justice Claudine Roy will release her judgment Friday on who will inherit late boxer Arturo Gatti's $3.4 million estate -- his widow or his family and former girlfriend.
Last Updated: December 16, 2011 9:10am
Takahashi aims for Olympics
Steven Takahashi's young wrestling career has already taken him all over the world, but a relatively short jaunt to Winnipeg is his most important trip yet.
Last Updated: December 15, 2011 5:37pm
'Perfect storm' blamed in Wheldon death
An investigation into the death of IZOD IndyCar driver Dan Wheldon at Las Vegas Motor Speedway has spread the blame around in a report released Thursday in Indianapolis.
Last Updated: December 15, 2011 12:19pm
UK beefs up Olympic security
Britain will provide up to 13,500 troops to protect next summer's London Olympics -- more than it has in Afghanistan -- after organizers said international uncertainty meant security for the event needed to be doubled.
Last Updated: December 14, 2011 8:14pm
GSP's surgery a rousing success
Georges St. Pierre’s path to recovery has gotten off to a great start.
Last Updated: December 14, 2011 9:53am
Eve and The Pants win curling gold
Amid the non-sound from mostly empty seats — plus the occasional clonk of a cowbell — Moscow’s far-too-enormous Megasport Ice Palace played host to last week’s European curling championships.
Last Updated: December 13, 2011 7:21pm
BoSox apparently end Varitek era
The Boston Red Sox' changing of the guard continued Tuesday as backup catcher Kelly Shoppach reportedly was signed to a one-year contract.
Last Updated: December 13, 2011 6:56pm
Patrick Chan wins Marsh Trophy
Patrick Chan ended the year undefeated — culminating with his runaway choice as the 2011 winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy, as Canada’s athlete of the year.
Last Updated: December 13, 2011 2:23pm
Earnhardt's new lady brings him luck
Dale Earnhardt Jr. is the undisputed face of NASCAR Sprint Cup racing, and for most of the past four seasons that face hasn’t had much reason to smile.
Last Updated: December 12, 2011 12:00am
Top 10 MMA fighters
Want a little hint on how to get MMA fans scrapping? Verbally, I mean.
Last Updated: December 11, 2011 5:44pm
Machida was fighting both Bones and judges
I have a bad taste in my mouth after UFC 140. One instance of judging stupidity has me scratching my head.
Last Updated: December 12, 2011 8:54am
No laughing matter
Losing Grand Prix Final 'a bitter pill' for Virtue and Moir
Last Updated: December 12, 2011 8:59am
Russian Bear shows signs of stirring
Just like the last Olympics, the Russians were left off the top of the senior podium at the Grand Prix final in Quebec City this week.
Last Updated: December 11, 2011 2:17pm
Khan camp questions ref after loss
Amir Khan's camp plan to raise concerns about the performance of the referee after the British fighter controversially lost his WBA super-lightweight and IBF light-welterweight titles to Lamont Peterson in Washington D.C. on Saturday.
Last Updated: December 11, 2011 11:23am
Bolt ready to prove naysayers wrong
Triple Olympic champion Usain Bolt was quick to remind those who think young Jamaican training partner Yohan Blake will be the favourite for next year's London Games 100 metres that he was still the man to beat.