Nell Fortner is pleading patience. That’s Canada’s national women’s basketball team head coach’s advice for fans of the incoming Toronto Tempo, who will begin play in the WNBA next season. And Fortner would know — she was the head coach of the expansion Indiana Fever in 2000. “It was hard. I remember going on a 10-game losing streak … it was really, really hard. So you just have to be patient and just keep working your process, keep working your values and your culture,” Fortner said. Even during her first training camp, Fortner had already crossed paths with Tempo president Teresa…

Yu Zidi of China is only 12 years old and will race at the world swimming championships later this month in Singapore. That’s amazing. But her age is only part of the picture. Not only is she very young, but her times in three events this year are among the best in the world. And here’s the kicker. Those times would have been very close to medals in last year’s Paris Olympics. Again, she’s 12. That’s a sixth- or seventh-grade student depending on the school system. Not yet a teenager. “I think it’s a great story. I don’t know where…

NBA Finals MVP Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Olympic champion gymnast Simone Biles won as best male and female athletes at the ESPYS on Wednesday night in Los Angeles. Gilgeous-Alexander, of Hamilton, Ont., led the Oklahoma City Thunder to the NBA championship last month while piling up hardware as league MVP and scoring champion. “It’s a dream come true and for dreams to come true it takes a village,” he said, thanking his wife, parents, brother and others. “Those names probably don’t mean much but to me they mean everything.” WATCH | Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Finals MVP: Canada’s Shai Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Finals MVP…

After a near-death experience slipping off a 22-foot diving cliff, Canadian diver Molly Carlson says she’ll celebrate the next time she gets on the diving board again. The 26-year old was competing at the second stop of the Red Bull cliff diving World Series in Polignano a Mare, Italy, on June 28th, when the fall happened, leading her to drop out of the competition. “Watching it again, it’s always terrifying. You don’t expect yourself to slip off a 22-metre platform after years of doing it perfectly,” Carlson told CBC Sports. “I’m just really proud of myself for knowing what to do…

Riley Simpson has been playing softball since they were nine years old. They fell in love with the sport after watching their older sister play.  In June, their softball team won the Edmonton city championship and Riley was hoping to play on higher-level teams as they grew and got better. In Alberta, where Riley is from, most competitive softball teams are girls’ teams. This has never been a problem for Riley, who recently turned 15 years old and is non-binary, thanks to inclusive sporting policies, a co-ed mentality in softball and pre-puberty androgyny. But the provincial government has enacted a…

Tennis·Updated Canada’s Denis Shapovalov cruised past American Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday in second-round action at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico. Richmond Hill, Ont., native cruises to 6-1, 6-2 win over American Govind Nanda The Canadian Press · Posted: Jul 17, 2025 3:02 AM EDT | Last Updated: 2 minutes ago Denis Shapovalov, shown in this file photo, scored a straight-sets win over Govind Nanda of the U.S. on Wednesday at the Mifel Tennis Open in Los Cabos, Mexico. (Julian Finney/Getty Images) Canada’s Denis Shapovalov cruised past American Govind Nanda 6-1, 6-2 on Wednesday in second-round…