International

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  40 Completely Random Yet Amazing Horse Racing Facts

  I’m back with some more Completely Random Yet Amazing Facts – but this time it’s horse racing, the ‘Sport of Kings’.  Some of you may have seen my series for football...

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  Sir Henry Cecil: Paying Homage to the Master Trainer

  Henry Cecil -his name just conjures up magical memories of a true racing great that has stamped his class all over the racing world with a glorious charm.  A truly legendary horse...

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  Beat the Odds for the Grand National

  The Grand National ran at Aintree.  This is the race of the people that gets everyone involved from young kids betting with their piggybank money, to older folk using systems, form...

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  Flat Racing, Ten to Follow 2013, and Classic Picks

  So the flat racing swings around again!  The larger stables will start to release their more high profile horses over the coming weeks and months, and I thought it was time...

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  An Early Look at Team Sweden for the 2014 Olympics

  We are now less than one year away from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi Russia.  The crown jewel of the games will undoubtedly be the Men’s Hockey Tournament.  While it is...

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  An Early Look: Team USA Hockey and the 2014 Olympics

  We are now less than one year away from the 2014 Olympics in Sochi Russia.  The crown jewel of the games will undoubtedly be the Men’s Hockey Tournament.  While it is...

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  Canadian Connections: Milan Borjan

  It is certainly no fault of his own, but Canadian Men’s National Team goalkeeper Milan Borjan seems to be a major part of the lasting image of the disappointment Canadian soccer...

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  Blade Runner Pistorius Charged with Murder of Girlfriend

  Police in South Africa have charged Olympic hero, and Paralympic Superstar Oscar “Blade Runner” Pistorius with murder.  He is expected in court later today to be arraigned on the charges. Pistorius’...

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  An EARLY Early Look at Canada’s Group at Olympics in Sochi

  In less than a year the puck drops on the Ice Hockey portion of the 2014 Winter Olympic Games in Sochi, Russia, and already the defending champions have more than a...

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  Calling FOUL on the IOC for Giving Wrestling the Axe

  The International Olympic Committee (IOC) recently announced that it would drop a sport from its Summer Games program. If you were to ask me which sport, I would probably say something...

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  Canada Breaks New Ground at the Davis Cup

  On Sunday, Milos Raonic, Frank Dancevic, Daniel Nestor and Vasek Pospisil made history becoming the first Canadians to advance to the quarter finals of the Davis Cup. Milos earned a straight...

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  Is the Joker a Serious Threat to Federer?

  On Sunday Novak Djokovic defeated Andy Murray in four sets to win the Australian Open and kick off 2013 in impressive fashion. With the victory Djokovic became the first man to...

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  Canadian Connections: Hope is on the Horizon for Canadian Soccer

  In the late stages of 2012, the word that best characterised the Canadian Soccer Association would be momentum. A few months later that word has transformed into limbo. Canada’s program was...

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  Canadian Connections: Jonathan Lao on the Importance of Playing Abroad

  Up until recently, domestic development has never been a strong suit for the Canadian Soccer Association. A failure to produce talent within soccer p rograms in the country has been a...

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  Aussie Open: Serena is Still the Best

  With the first three rounds of this year’s Australian Open nearly completed, the women’s side of the coin is dominated by one question; can anyone touch Serena Williams? The early answer...

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  Liar Liar – The Sporting World’s Biggest Cheat FINALLY Admits What We Already Knew

  Are we really THAT surprised? After an entire decade of denial, Lance Armstrong has admitted to Oprah Winfrey that he had used performance-enhancing drugs to win the world’s most gruelling and...

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  Where have all the Canadian Goaltenders gone?

  Earlier this week I took a look at Hockey Canada and questioned if it was panic time after not winning a medal at the World Junior Championships.  While the facts suggest...

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  Hockey Canada: No Medal, is it Panic Time?

  In 1999, Hockey Canada held the first Hockey Summit.  The move was precipitated by Canada’s lack of recent international success.  The Canadian Men’s Olympic team failed to medal in Nagano 1998. ...

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  Top Shelf Prospects: The 2013 Draft Eligibles at the WJC

  With the World Juniors now in the books, and congratulations the United States on winning gold, its a good time to look back at the last 10 days and assess what...

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  The World has noticed the World Junior Hockey Championships

  Over the past several years there has been talk that Canada is the only country that really cared about the World Juniors. Tournaments held in cities like Calgary, Edmonton, Halifax, Winnipeg,...