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Jonathan Osorio's milestone goal gives Toronto FC its first win of the season
TORONTO - Jonathan Osorio scored his 50th goal in all competitions for Toronto FC to defeat D.C. United 2-1 on Saturday, giving coach Bob Bradley his first win at TFC's helm. The victory snapped a nin...
Mar 19, 2022
Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury wins two more Crystal Globe trophies
MEGVE, France - Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury capped his World Cup season in style Saturday by winning gold in the men's dual moguls and securing top spot in the discipline's rankings. Kin...
Mar 19, 2022
Canada's Damian Warner wins heptathlon gold at world athletics indoor championships
BELGRADE, Serbia - Canada's Damian Warner won heptathlon gold on Saturday at the world athletics indoor championships. His time of two minutes 39.56 seconds in the 1,000 metres gave him an overall tot...
Mar 19, 2022
IIHF reschedules world junior hockey championship for mid-August in Edmonton
ZURICH - The International Ice Hockey Federation has rescheduled the 2022 world junior championship for mid-August in Edmonton. The under-20 men's tournament was originally scheduled to be played over...
Mar 19, 2022
Leclerc takes pole for Bahrain GP ahead of champ Verstappen
SAKHIR, Bahrain (AP) - Ferrari's Charles Leclerc stunned Formula One champion Max Verstappen by taking a brilliant pole position Saturday for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix. Verstappen was .015...
Mar 19, 2022
Italy ends 7-year wait for Six Nations rugby win by beating Wales 22-21
CARDIFF, Wales (AP) - Paolo Garbisi booted the match-clinching conversion before throwing himself to the ground and bursting into tears. After seven humiliating years, Italy finally won a Six Nations ...
Mar 19, 2022
Second Brett Gallant to leave Team Gushue at end of curling season
Just days after winning the national men's curling championship, Team Brad Gushue says that second Brett Gallant will be leaving the rink at the end of the season. The St. John's, N.L.-based team conf...
Mar 19, 2022
Scots reshuffle lineup in women's world curling because of COVID-19
PRINCE GEORGE, B.C. - Scotland called in another player ahead of its Saturday opener at the women's world curling championship because the skip and alternate have tested positive for COVID-19. Beth Fa...
Mar 19, 2022
Montreal heads toward the weekend with violent Friday night, three attempted murders
Montreal police say they are investigating three separate attempted murders that happened at almost the same time late Friday night. Sgt. Raphal Bergeron, a Montreal police spokesman, says a 19-year o...
Mar 19, 2022
Three Nanaimo United soccer teams vying for cup championships
NANAIMO - The Nanaimo United soccer program will send three different squads into cup finals in March.The women's premier side, the U21 men's team and the division one men are all looking to bring hom...
Mar 19, 2022