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Senators complete comeback by beating Flames in OT

OTTAWA - Tim Stutzle was the overtime hero Monday night as the Ottawa Senators scored three unanswered goals to stun the Calgary Flames 4-3. The Ottawa Senators waited until the final 2 1/2 minutes of...

Feb 13, 2023

Canada advances to round of 16 at CONCACAF Men's Under-17 Championship

GUATEMALA CITY - Canada advanced to the round of 16 at the CONCACAF men's' Under-17 Championship with a 2-0 win over Barbados on Monday. Liam MacKenzie scored in the 21st minute and Alessandro Biello ...

Feb 13, 2023

Ukrainian Peewees unable escape reminders of war

QUEBEC CITY (AP) - If Mykyta Staskevich needed another reminder of what his boys hockey team of Ukrainian refugees was playing for back home, it came in the poignant form of the nation's flag unfolded...

Feb 13, 2023

Ukrainian team beats Romania 2-0 at Quebec peewee tournament

QUEBEC - Maksym Kukharenko scored a power-play goal in the first period, Ivan Bilozerov added an insurance marker in the third and netminder Matvii Kulish stopped every shot he faced as Ukraine Team S...

Feb 13, 2023

Canada's Gilgeous-Alexander named NBA Western Conference player of the week

Canadian basketball star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander has been named the NBA's Western Conference player of the week. The Oklahoma City guard from Hamilton averaged 31.3 points, on 57.1 per cent shooting, ...

Feb 13, 2023

Jays begin early training camp, keen to make strides after wild-card exit last fall

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Feelings of optimism, joy and excitement were ever-present Monday at the Toronto Blue Jays' player development complex as a couple dozen players kicked off spring training ahead of the...

Feb 13, 2023

Player Jim Rutledge and writer Robert Stanley Weir to join Canadian Golf Hall of Fame

Jim Rutledge was mowing his lawn in Victoria when Ted Fletcher, chair of the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame's selection committee, gave him a call. Rutledge and reporter Robert Stanley Weir would be the n...

Feb 13, 2023

Liberal MP wants to expedite having Canada Soccer before parliamentary committee

It appears Canada Soccer may soon join Hockey Canada in coming under the scrutiny of the Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather says the parliamentary committee has al...

Feb 13, 2023

IFAF approves Canadian rules in competitions, use of the Canadian rulebook

VANCOUVER - The International Federation of American Football has approved Canadian rules in international competition and the use of the Canadian Amateur Football rulebook in IFAF-sanctioned global c...

Feb 13, 2023

'I bet on us:' Raptors confident in figuring it out entering later stretch of season

TORONTO - It's been a season full of highs and lows for the 10th-place Toronto Raptors, but all-star forward Pascal Siakam says confidence hasn't wavered with just 24 games left in the regular season....

Feb 13, 2023