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St. Louis City SC hands struggling Toronto FC fifth straight loss
TORONTO - Aziel Jackson scored in the 50th minute as St. Louis City SC downed Toronto FC 1-0 on Saturday night to hand the struggling Canadian side its fifth straight loss. The 21-year-old midfielder ...
Jul 08, 2023
New Zealand trips Canadian women's rugby squad 52-21 in Pacific Four Series match
OTTAWA - Playing in front of the largest crowd in program history, the Canadian women's rugby 15s team gave the reigning World Cup champions a scare, but the New Zealand Black Ferns prevailed 52-21 in...
Jul 08, 2023
NBA reveals plans for in-season tournament that starts in November
LAS VEGAS (AP) - Coming soon: the NBA Cup. The NBA unveiled the details Saturday of its inaugural in-season tournament, which will have a prize pool of about $18 million and will be capped by a champi...
Jul 08, 2023
B.C. police watchdog called in after death in Surrey following 'medical distress'
SURREY, B.C. - British Columbia's police watchdog is investigating after a man died in Surrey Friday night while in custody. The Independent Investigations Office of BC says RCMP received a call about...
Jul 08, 2023
Todd scrambles for closing par to take lead in John Deere Classic
SILVIS, Ill. (AP) - Brendon Todd scrambled for par on the par-4 18th to take a one-stroke lead Saturday in the John Deere Classic, holing a 12-foot putt after drawing an awkward stance near a fairway ...
Jul 08, 2023
Smith overcomes shaky start to lead LIV Golf in England
HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, England (AP) - British Open champion Cameron Smith overcame a pair of bogeys at the start to post a 4-under 67 and take a three-shot lead at LIV Golf-London on Saturday. Smith is play...
Jul 08, 2023
Environment Canada issues heat warnings for B.C., parts of Alberta and the North
Parts of southern and coastal British Columbia as well as large swaths of Alberta and the North are under heat warnings as temperatures are forecasted to soar near or above 30 degrees Celsius over the...
Jul 08, 2023
Bianca Andreescu ousted from Wimbledon women's singles by Ons Jabeur
WIMBLEDON, United Kingdom - Canada's Bianca Andreescu was eliminated in the third round of Wimbledon women's singles Saturday in a three-set loss to Ons Jabeur of Tunisia. Jabeur, last year's Wimbledo...
Jul 08, 2023
Cavendish crashes out of Tour de France in last attempt at outright record
LIMOGES, France - Mark Cavendish will have to share the record for most career stage wins at the Tour de France. Competing in his final season, the most successful sprinter in Tour history crashed out...
Jul 08, 2023
Iowa GOP schedules Jan. 15 for leadoff presidential caucuses. It's on Martin Luther King Jr. Day
DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Iowa Republicans have scheduled the party's presidential nominating caucuses for Jan. 15, 2024, putting the first votes of the next election a little more than six months away....
Jul 08, 2023