Sports

The University of Alberta swept the U Sports awards with volleyball player Abby Guezen named female athlete of the year and sprinter Ryder Rattee male athlete of the year Wednesday.

A young Edmonton footballer will be lacing up his cleats next month in the world’s biggest sporting event.

Whoever is behind the bench next season will be Connor McDavid’s, Leon Draisaitl’s, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins’s and Darnell Nurse’s sixth head coach in a dozen years.

The Edmonton Oilers are in need of a new head coach.

As buds on trees begin sprouting and grass turns green across the city, more thoughts of the game of golf are crossing people’s minds – including those looking forward to a major international golf event coming to Edmonton this summer.

Dariel Djabome, a linebacker selected third overall in April’s Canadian Football League National draft, joins the Elks after a four-year collegiate football career at Rutgers University.

Of the new players the Edmonton Elks added this year via agency, three of them stand out for several reasons.

The Edmonton Elks have signed their second-round pick from this year’s national draft.

The Edmonton Elks kicked off their training camp at Clarke Stadium Sunday to what coach Mark Kilam said was “great energy.”

Canada men’s soccer team captain Alphonso Davies has sustained a left hamstring injury, putting his participation at the upcoming World Cup in doubt.

The national basketball spotlight will be shining Saturday afternoon on Edmonton.

Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid, Colorado Avalanche centre Nathan MacKinnon and Tampa Bay winger Nikita Kucherov are the finalists for this season’s Hart Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced Friday.

Canada left back Alphonso Davies has injured his hamstring with just over month to go before his country co-hosts the World Cup, Bayern Munich said Friday.

The Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) will be growing next season, jumping from eight teams to as many as 12 – which begs the question of whether Edmonton has an appetite to join in.

With their first home game of the season less than a month away, the owner of Spruce Grove’s summer collegiate baseball team said Thursday he can’t give “a definitive date” for when its new ballpark will open.