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Bruising forward Wayne Simmonds calls time on NHL career: 'I'm done'

TORONTO - The Wayne Train has made its final stop. After 15 hard-nosed NHL seasons where he filled the net and threw plenty of fists, Wayne Simmonds has called time on his playing career. The 35-year-...

Jan 26, 2024

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas asks CAS to overturn race ban rules as discrimination

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has asked a Swiss sports court to overturn rules imposed by World Aquatics that stop her competing in elite women's races and she says are d...

Jan 26, 2024

Former No. 1 pick Alexandre Daigle looks back in new documentary 'Chosen One'

Alexandre Daigle sat down to relive his life in the spotlight. The videos and images that flashed before him included times both good and bad. The 50 goals he scored in youth hockey, getting selected ...

Jan 26, 2024

Former CFL defensive back Kelly Malveaux, a two-time East all-star, dead at 47

MONTREAL - Kelly Malveaux, a defensive back who played 10 seasons in the CFL and was a Grey Cup champion and two-time East Division all-star, has died at 47. The Montreal Alouettes, who Malveaux playe...

Jan 26, 2024

Argonauts sign all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to extension

TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts have signed all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to a contract extension, the CFL team announced Friday. The 29-year old was named a CFL all-star for a second-straight se...

Jan 26, 2024

Canadian rugby sevens women qualify for Cup quarterfinals in Perth tournament

PERTH, Australia - The Canadian women's rugby sevens team has made the Cup quarterfinals of the HSBC Perth Sevens, bouncing back from a narrow 14-12 loss to Britain to defeat South Africa 26-7 on the ...

Jan 26, 2024

Austrian skier Venier wins Cortina downhill, while Canada's Grenier part of three-way tie for bronze

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) - Austrian skier Stephanie Venier held her nerve after Mikaela Shiffrin and a host of other skiers crashed to win a World Cup downhill Friday on the course that will be u...

Jan 26, 2024

Dabrowski, Routliffe ousted in women's doubles semifinal at Australian Open

Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and her New Zealand playing partner Erin Routliffe were defeated 7-5, 7-5 by Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women's doubles semifinal at...

Jan 26, 2024

Djokovic says one Australian Open semifinal loss is not the beginning of the end

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - A solitary loss in 11 semifinals at the Australian Open was nowhere near enough for Novak Djokovic to contemplate a generational change in tennis. Djokovic didn't get a loo...

Jan 26, 2024

De Grasse set for earlier start to Olympic year with indoor event in Kazakhstan

Andre De Grasse is set for an earlier start than usual this season. The six-time Olympic medallist sprinter is competing in the 60 metres at the Astana Indoor Meeting in Kazakhstan on Saturday. It wil...

Jan 26, 2024