Zoom lens needed

I still consider myself a beginner - I've been shooting for ~8 months now - and am in need of a zoom / telephoto lens for various reasons. I'll bee using it primarily for nature shots and sports shooting. I'm on a low budget (250 - 300 dollars) and have been looking at the canon 75 - 300 zoom lens and the sigma 70 - 300 zoom lens. It doesn't appear that either of those have OS or IS. I'd love some recommendations from experienced users. If you have any other suggestions within that budget please let me know. Thanks in advance.

The only thing I can tell you is: DON'T BUY A 75-300 World's worst lens.

I heard similar things about the sigma, but I know it for a fact on the canon.

No need to look further than the EF-S 55-250/4-5.6 IS.

xarqi wrote in post #10475313
No need to look further than the EF-S 55-250/4-5.6 IS.

On your budget this says it all.

Thanks guys, I'm on my way to BH right now!

Agreed. Say no to 75-300mm

There are certainly better lenses, but to say it's the worst? I own a 75-300 IS and have gotten some very nice shots with it. This is one at 300 MM f8 1/500 taken from a river boat going down the Nile in 09.

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hawkeye60 wrote in post #10475795
There are certainly better lenses, but to say it's the worst?

Evidence suggests that it is: https://photography-on-the.net/forum/showthre​ad.php?t=435842

xarqi wrote in post #10475313
No need to look further than the EF-S 55-250/4-5.6 IS.

Agreed. And I don't like the 75-300 either.