local sports

Plans to create a high school tackle football team in Kincardine are officially moving forward following a large donation from the local legion. “This funding gets us to our goal. We can now purchase — and are in the process of doing so — the remainder of the equipment we need for the players, training […]

After a long winter, London's municipal golf courses are teed up to open for the season.

A collection of news and notes from across the London-area sports scene

The Ontario Hockey League playoffs march on to the second round with a few would-be contenders eliminated and other expected top teams heating up.

If you were hoping for a London-Saginaw rematch, forget it. The first-place Knights will face No. 5 seed Erie in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League playoffs. The Otters dispatched the defending Memorial Cup champion Spirit in five games thanks to a series-clinching 6-3 victory Saturday at the Dow Event Center. The series […]

The London Nationals swept away defending Sutherland Cup champion Listowel in the first round of the Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League playoffs. Last year’s Cup finalists, however, are already proving a much more difficult test. The first-place St. Marys Lincolns jumped out to a four-goal lead in a Western Conference semifinal series-opening 4-2 victory over […]

The world’s best curlers will be sweeping into London for their season opener in the fall.

Golfer Luke Evans and curler Parker Doig were named Fanshawe College's athletes of the year at the Falcons' awards ceremony Thursday.

LFP sportswriter Ryan Pyette breaks down five things that became clear during the London Knights' first-round sweep of the Owen Sound Attack.

OWEN SOUND – On a team full of stars, it’s the rookie 10th-round pick who punched the London Knights’ ticket to the second round of the OHL playoffs. Noah Read’s hat trick led the way as the London Knights topped the Owen Sound Attack 8-4 in front of a sold-out crowd at the Harry Lumley […]

Kayla Cross has been hitting a lot of winners in the women’s tennis world lately.

A London baseball team's April Fools' Day prank is such a hit out of the park, the players are going to wear it on their chests.