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Canada tops Cuba 4-2 to advance to CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals

HOUSTON - Canada has advanced to the CONCACAF Gold Cup quarterfinals. Junior Hoilett, Jonathan Osorio, Jayden Nelson and Liam Millar scored as Canada topped Cuba 4-2 in their group stage finale on Tue...

Jul 04, 2023

Bull rider heralded as 'up-and-coming star' dies during weekend rodeo near Calgary

CALGARY - A bull rider heralded as a promising star on the Indigenous rodeo circuit has died during a competition in southern Alberta. Reg Fountain, emergency management director for the Stoney Nakoda...

Jul 04, 2023

Jays pitcher Manoah set to return from minors, manager eyes Friday start at Detroit

CHICAGO - Toronto pitcher Alek Manoah is set to return from a conditioning stint and start for the Blue Jays on Friday. Jays manager John Schneider told reporters before Toronto's series-opening game ...

Jul 04, 2023

Oilers sign Condors' netminder Rodrigue to one-year deal

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers padded their goaltending ranks by signing 22-year-old Olivier Rodrigue on Tuesday to a one-year, two-way NHL contract with an average annual value of US$775,000. The six...

Jul 04, 2023

Mountain biker dies after crash at B.C.'s Big White resort

KELOWNA, B.C. - Police in Kelowna, B.C., say a mountain biker has died after a crash at Big White Ski Resort, which was hosting the B.C. Cup downhill racing event on the weekend. An RCMP spokesman con...

Jul 04, 2023

Marie-Philip Poulin ready for new women's pro hockey league

A woman destined to be a star player in the new North American women's professional hockey league can't wait to get started. Canadian women's hockey team captain Marie Philip-Poulin was among the Prof...

Jul 04, 2023

'The next Cale Makar': Hutson impresses Reinbacher at Canadiens development camp

BROSSARD, Que. - Canadiens fifth-overall draft pick David Reinbacher had some high praise for talented defence partner Lane Hutson at Montreal's development camp on Tuesday. "You get the puck, skate i...

Jul 04, 2023

Canada's Hadwin credits more positive outlook for Rocket Mortgage Classic success

Despite a solid FedEx Cup ranking hovering around 50th, Adam Hadwin was losing his cool on the course. For nearly six weeks the product of Abbotsford, B.C., was getting frustrated when he played, even...

Jul 04, 2023

Hockey Canada names former Curling Canada exec Katherine Henderson as president, CEO

CALGARY - Hockey Canada is appointing Katherine Henderson as its next president and chief executive officer. She spent the last seven years as Curling Canada's CEO. Hockey Canada is coming off a scand...

Jul 04, 2023

Redblacks acquire rights to Canadian linebacker Francis from Elks

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Redblacks have acquired the rights to Canadian linebacker Kevin Francis from the Edmonton Elks for a fourth-round pick in the 2024 CFL draft. The 30-year-old Francis was on the Elk...

Jul 04, 2023