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Illinois running back Brown wins Cornish Trophy as top Canadian in NCAA football

VANCOUVER - Illinois running back Chase Brown has been awarded the Jon Cornish Trophy as the top Canadian in NCAA football. Brown was second in the NCAA and first in the Power Five conference with 1,6...

Dec 14, 2022

CPL expansion club Vancouver FC adds local 'keeper Irving as first ever signing

Vancouver FC have signed free-agent goalkeeper Callum Irving, making him the first player ever to agree to a deal with the Canadian Premier League expansion club. The 29-year-old from Vancouver spent ...

Dec 14, 2022

B.C. Lions sign co-general managers Campbell, McEvoy to extensions

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed co-general manager and head coach Rick Campbell and co-general manager and director of football operations Neil McEvoy to contract extensions through the 2024 CF...

Dec 14, 2022

Blue Bombers sign defensive back Rose to one-year contract extension

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed cornerback Winston Rose to a one-year contract extension. He had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. Rose was third on the Bombers last ...

Dec 14, 2022

Canada's Maggie Mac Neil wins butterfly gold at short course world championships

MELBOURNE, Australia - Canada's Maggie Mac Neil won gold in the women's 50-metre butterfly on Wednesday at the FINA world short course swimming championships. The 22-year-old from London, Ont., finish...

Dec 14, 2022

Soccer writer Grant Wahl died of heart aneurysm at World Cup

NEW YORK (AP) - Grant Wahl died of an aneurysm in his heart when he was stricken while covering a World Cup match last weekend, according to an autopsy of the well-known American soccer writer. Wahl's...

Dec 14, 2022

Premier Hockey Federation to double salary cap to US$1.5 million per team in 2023-24

BOSTON - The Premier Hockey Federation, which includes clubs in Toronto and Montreal, has announced a doubling of its salary cap to US$1.5 million per team for the 2023-24 season. The Toronto Six and ...

Dec 14, 2022

World Cup: Moroccan fans hope for upset against 2018 champions France

MONTREAL - Fans of Morocco's national team say the odds are good that their underdog squad can beat defending World Cup champions France today in the semifinal. Moroccan Montrealer Bilal Mammes, 33, s...

Dec 14, 2022

Ovechkin scores 800th goal as Capitals beat Blackhawks 7-3

CHICAGO (AP) - Alex Ovechkin scored three times to become the third NHL player with 800 career goals, and the streaking Washington Capitals beat the lowly Chicago Blackhawks 7-3 on Tuesday night. Nic ...

Dec 13, 2022

Marchessault scores twice, Golden Knights hang on for 6-5 win over Jets

WINNIPEG - Jonathan Marchessault's second power-play goal late in the third period broke a tie and helped lift the Vegas Golden Knights to a 6-5 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday. The final mi...

Dec 13, 2022