Sports

Britain’s Mark Cavendish has won his second straight stage at the Tour de France, while Lance Armstrong climbed to third place overall by keeping up with a breakaway group.

The Red Deer Carstar Braves enjoyed a productive weekend against Fort McMurray in NorWest Midget AAA Baseball League action at Great Chief Park.

For the first time in five years the Sherwood Park Titans weren’t favoured heading into the provincial junior women’s lacrosse championships.

Jesse Lumsden isn’t giving up on this season or his CFL career.

Toronto’s ethnic diversity has helped lure Turkish forward Hedo Turkoglu to the Raptors.

Roger Federer hoisted the trophy and celebrated making Grand Slam history, a year removed from an epic five-set final when he left Wimbledon a broken man, his title ripped away and his aura of invincibility shattered.

Shot twice in the head and two more times in the chest, former NFL quarterback Steve McNair was the victim of a homicide, police declared Sunday.

Even after 68 victories, Tiger Woods never had a finish quite like Sunday at the AT&T National.

Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter looked like an all-star on Sunday, although that’s hardly a surprise.

Former NFL quarterback Steve McNair, whose most noted drive was the final one of the 2000 Super Bowl, was found dead with a gunshot wound to the head Saturday afternoon in a downtown condominium. Police said a pistol was discovered near the body of a woman also shot dead.