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Paris Saint-Germain staves off Villa comeback to reach Champions League semifinals

BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain staved off a gallant fightback by Aston Villa to reach the Champions League semifinals despite a 3-2 loss to the English club on Tuesday. Holding a 3-1 l...

Apr 15, 2025

Veteran CFL receiver Ellingson calling it a career and retiring as an Ottawa Redblack

OTTAWA - Greg Ellingson is calling it a career and retiring as an Ottawa Redblack. Ellingson, 36, played 10 CFL seasons with Hamilton (2013-14), Ottawa (2015-18), Edmonton, (2019, 2021), Winnipeg (202...

Apr 15, 2025

Judge rejects defense that Gaudreau brothers contributed to their deaths by cycling while impaired

SALEM, N.J. (AP) - The family of NHL hockey player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew listened in pain Tuesday as lawyers debated whether the men's own drinking contributed to their deaths when t...

Apr 15, 2025

Captain Gabriel Landeskog rejoins the Avalanche after 2-game minor-league rehab assignment

DENVER (AP) - Gabriel Landeskog has rejoined the Colorado Avalanche after taking part in a two game minor-league rehab assignment. The team said Tuesday the captain's conditioning loan to the American...

Apr 15, 2025

AFC Toronto gets new majority owner just days ahead of debut in Northern Super League

TORONTO - AFC Toronto has a new majority owner, just days ahead of its debut in the Northern Super League. The new owner is Canadian-American entrepreneur Mark Mitchell of Mitchell Family Office (MFO)...

Apr 15, 2025

Jets forward Ehlers out week-to-week, will miss start of playoffs

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers will miss the start of the playoffs with a right foot injury. Jets coach Scott Arniel said Tuesday that Ehlers was out week-to-week after re-aggravating...

Apr 15, 2025

Canadians Auger-Aliassime, Shapovalov lost their matches at BMW Open event

MUNICH - Canadians Flix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov both dropped their first-round matches Tuesday at the BMW men's tennis tournament. German teenager Diego Dedura-Palomero advanced to the se...

Apr 15, 2025

Erie Otters defenceman Schaefer top-ranked North American skater for NHL draft.

TORONTO - Matthew Schaefer is the top-ranked North American skater heading into the 2025 NHL draft. Schaefer, of Hamilton, was ranked first overall by NHL Central Scouting on its final NHL draft ranki...

Apr 15, 2025

Winnipeg Jets head coach Scott Arniel making most of second chance in NHL spotlight

Scott Arniel was head coach of the Columbus Blue Jackets just over 19 months. It didn't go well. A winning percentage of .439 across those 123 games, including a disastrous 11-25-5 start to the 2011-1...

Apr 15, 2025

Canada Soccer names roster for inaugural CONCACAF W Futsal Championship

Canada Soccer has announced its roster for the inaugural CONCACAF W Futsal Championship, scheduled for April 28 to May 4 in Guatemala. Jadyn Steinhauer, Jade Houmphanh and Erika Hindmarsh are drawn fr...

Apr 15, 2025