TORONTO - Blue Jays manager John Schneider had good news and bad news for Toronto's post-season push. Trey Yesavage felt good after a conditioning start with the triple-A Buffalo Bisons and could pitch for the Blue Jays as soon as Sunday in Texas again...

TORONTO - Auston Matthews wanted to take his time. The Maple Leafs were coming off their worst season in a decade - and his career - and change was afoot. Following a summer of seismic shifts across the organization, Toronto's captain is all-in ahead o...

TORONTO - Toronto FC announced Wednesday that midfielder Nelson Palacio will miss the remainder of the 2026 Major League Soccer season after undergoing surgery for a thigh injury. The club says Palacio had the procedure on Tuesday. Toronto acquired the...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - The New Jersey Devils have hired Jessica Campbell as manager of hockey development and Bryan McCabe as VP of prospect personnel and assistant general manager of the American Hockey League's Utica Comets. The moves, announced Wednesd...

TORONTO - The Toronto Tempo announced Wednesday that all-star guard Marina Mabrey will miss the rest of the 2026 WNBA season with a right adductor injury. The Tempo say Mabrey is expected to make a full recovery and will not need surgery. The announcem...

TORONTO - A new study suggests emergency department visits for gambling disorders have doubled in Ontario since the expansion of online gambling and legalization of single-event sports betting a few years ago. The Institute for Clinical Evaluative Scie...

TORONTO - A new national basketball centre will be built in Toronto with an injection of $76 million from the federal government. Humber Polytechnic's North Campus will be the future home of Canada Basketball, with six gymnasiums for provincial, nation...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - In the mind of Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, the difficult part of his comeback is already over. It happened in May, in a far-from-filled Swedish arena, when Barkov suited up for Finland in an exhibition again...

TORONTO - It wasn't just that the Toronto Blue Jays lost badly. The timing was bad too. Alejandro Kirk's RBI single was all the offence Toronto could muster in a 10-1 loss to the Detroit Tigers on Tuesday. The defeat put the Blue Jays two games back of...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - The Anaheim Ducks signed forward Cutter Gauthier to a six-year, $81-million contract Tuesday night, getting the deal done on the eve of players reporting to training camp. Gauthier, 22, was the most prominent restricted free agen...

TORONTO - Spencer Torkelson smashed a three-run homer as part of a four-run inning and the Detroit Tigers routed the Toronto Blue Jays 10-1 on Tuesday. Max Clark had a one-run double earlier in the fourth inning as Detroit (72-79) won its sixth straigh...

HAMILTON - Hamilton Forge secured a berth in the Telus Canadian Championship final with a 1-0 win over Supra du Québec on Tuesday. Ben Paton scored for the Forge in the 26th minute. The first match of the two-legged semifinal ended in a 1-1 draw. Supra...

The family of famed Canadian skyrunner and mountaineer Kalie McCrystal, who went missing on the Matterhorn in the Alps more than two weeks ago, say she "remains among the mountains where she felt most at home." Her mother and sister said in a statement...

MONCTON - Sharone Vernon-Evans and Eric Loeppky each had a match-high 14 points as Canada advanced to the final of the NORCECA men's continental volleyball championship with a 3-0 win over Cuba on Tuesday. Set scores were 26-24, 25-22 and 22-17 as the ...

OTTAWA - Arinn Young had a game-high 32 points and added 10 rebounds as the Canadian women's team finished undefeated in the group stage of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships with a 92-91 double-overtime win over Britain on Tuesday. You...

BROSSARD - The Montreal Canadiens have signed a four-year contract extension with forward Alex Newhook, the NHL team announced Tuesday. The deal carries an average annual value of US$5.55 million and begins in the 2027-28 season. Newhook recorded 13 go...

TORONTO - Damonte Coxie will never complain about all of the extra attention he's attracting this season from CFL defences. That's what comes with being one of the CFL's top receivers, something Coxie had hoped to achieve since joining the Toronto Argo...

BUENOS AIRES (AP) - Lionel Messi might have one last dance with Argentina after all. Despite announcing his international retirement, the 39-year-old Inter Miami star was included Tuesday in Lionel Scaloni's 28-man Argentina squad ahead o...

NEW YORK (AP) - NBA Commissioner Adam Silver wanted to impose a significant punishment on the Los Angeles Clippers for circumventing salary cap rules, even while understanding the impact it will have on fans hoping to see a winning team. ...

After he finished the Elite Series season with his first-ever win, Canadian Evan Kung can end the year with an unofficial world title and a million-dollar payday. Kung, 27, of Pickering, Ont., won last month's Series finale on the St. Lawrence River in...

MONTREAL - Banks are looking to ramp up artificial intelligence use for millions of customers, but executives say hurdles abound and checks need to be built in. At the Canada Fintech Forum on Tuesday, banking and tech leaders said financial institution...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes signed a multiyear contract extension Tuesday after leading the team to its first playoff series win in 11 seasons, continuing a long-running relationship with general manager Bill Guerin. With Hyn...

WASHINGTON (AP) - After NHL career goal-scoring leader Alex Ovechkin appeared in an ad for Vladimir Putin's United Russia party that came to light this week, the Washington Capitals said their long-time captain was asked to participate in the video cam...

The clock was ticking toward an unusual deadline in the NHL, and teams with players relevant to it rushed to beat the final horn. The new collective bargaining agreement went into effect Tuesday at midnight, at which time a seven-year contract became t...

ATLANTA (AP) - Five professional sports leagues and their players associations have aligned forces to ask for protections for players and staff who face threats and harassment from sports bettors. The Associated Press obtained a copy of the letter sent...

TORONTO - Toronto Argonauts receiver David Ungerer III, Montreal Alouettes linebacker Tyrice Beverette and B.C. Lions receiver Keon Hatcher Sr. have been named the CFL's top players for Week 15. Ungerer recorded seven receptions for a career-high 175 y...

The head coach of Canada's men's soccer team says he's balancing his top players' needs as he names a squad for a pair of World Cup homecoming games. Captain Alphonso Davies was not on the 26-man roster announced by Jesse Marsch on Tuesday. Canada Soc...

CHICAGO (AP) - Connor Bedard has been the central figure for Chicago since he was selected by the Blackhawks with the No. 1 pick in the 2023 draft. A single capital "C" had been heading toward the front of his No. 98 jersey for a while. Bedard was name...