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Canada and Australia face off at FIFA Women's World Cup with elimination on the line

MELBOURNE, Australia - The exit door at the FIFA Women's World Cup could swing open for Canada on Monday. Or the Canadians could use it to usher out co-host Australia. The stakes couldn't be higher on...

Jul 30, 2023

Canada's Summer McIntosh claims second world swim gold

FUKUOKA, Japan - Summer McIntosh became a double gold medallist at the world aquatics championships with Sunday's victory in the women's 400-metre individual medley. After winning the 200-metre butter...

Jul 30, 2023

A look at the possible outcomes for Canada's group at FIFA Women's World Cup

MELBOURNE, Australia - A look at the permutations in Group B at the FIFA Women's World Cup ahead of Monday's final group games (top two teams advance to knockout round of 16): Nigeria (1-0-1, four poi...

Jul 30, 2023

Newly appointed sports minister meets with Canadian team at FIFA Women's World Cup

MELBOURNE, Australia - The Canadian women's soccer team got a pep talk from newly appointed Sports Minister Carla Qualtrough before training Sunday. "I wanted to make them know that there are 40 milli...

Jul 30, 2023

Blue Jays looking to add pitching depth and a veteran bat at MLB trade deadline

TORONTO - The players and coaches in the Toronto Blue Jays' clubhouse are getting used to being buyers ahead of Major League Baseball's trade deadline. Toronto holds the third and final wild-card spot...

Jul 30, 2023

Some of soccer's biggest stars are struggling at Women's World Cup

SYDNEY (AP) - Some of the biggest names in soccer have yet to show up at the Women's World Cup. That's literally been the case of Australian star Sam Kerr, who missed the first two games with a calf i...

Jul 29, 2023

Crawford unifies welterweight division with 9th-round TKO in dominant performance over Spence

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Terence Crawford knocked down Errol Spence Jr. three times Saturday night before finally ending the fight at 2:32 of the ninth round on a technical knockout to cement himself as one o...

Jul 29, 2023

B.C. Lions add to Elks' misery with 27-0 victory in Edmonton

EDMONTON - Dane Evans completed a pair of touchdown passes as the B.C. Lions defeated the Edmonton Elks 27-0 on Saturday, helping the Elks take sole possession of the worst run of home losses in North...

Jul 29, 2023

Rangers get Scherzer from Mets in all-in blockbuster from surprise AL West leaders

The Texas Rangers acquired three-time Cy Young Award winner Max Scherzer in a blockbuster trade with the New York Mets on Saturday night, an all-in move for the surprise leaders in the AL West, a pers...

Jul 29, 2023

Hodges takes 5-shot lead onto 3M Open final round

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) - Chasing his first PGA Tour victory Lee Hodges shot a 5-under 66 on Saturday to stretch his lead to five strokes with a round left in the 3M Open. Hodges had a 20-under 193 total a...

Jul 29, 2023