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Toronto Blue Jays pitcher Alek Manoah named to all-MLB first team

Toronto Blue Jays right-hander Alek Manoah has been named to the all-MLB first team on Monday. Manoah posted a 16-7 record while boasting a 2.24 earned run average, good for fourth in the major league...

Dec 05, 2022

Vancouver, Calgary first teams announced in new women’s pro soccer league

VANCOUVER - A new professional women's soccer league is coming to Canada. The Vancouver Whitecaps announced Monday that it will be home to one of two founding teams when the eight-team league begins i...

Dec 05, 2022

Hockey Canada releases list of invitees for upcoming world junior selection camp

CALGARY - Connor Bedard will highlight a group of 10 players hoping to win their second junior hockey championship title in six months when Hockey Canada kicks off its selection camp for the 2023 team...

Dec 05, 2022

Former CFL player Jerome Messam gets 18-month suspended sentence in voyeurism case

CALGARY - A former running back with the Calgary Stampeders, who filmed a sexual encounter with a woman without her permission, won't be going to jail but will have a criminal record. Jerome Messam ha...

Dec 05, 2022

Neymar scores, Brazil beats South Korea 4-1 at World Cup

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - It was the same old Neymar out there, looking fit and scoring a goal to move closer to Pel's all-time record and lead Brazil into the World Cup quarterfinals. Neymar returned from i...

Dec 05, 2022

Jeanson, Forsythe among testifying athletes as safe sport study continues

Genevieve Jeanson's story began, she said, when her coach first hit her on the head in training at the age of 14. The Canadian cyclist said in testimony in front of members of Parliament on Monday - a...

Dec 05, 2022

Bonds, Clemens Hall of Fame bids now on even shakier ground

SAN DIEGO (AP) - Barry Bonds and Roger Clemens were rejected by baseball writers in their bids for the Baseball Hall of Fame ten times. On Sunday, the duo chased by steroid suspicions got another rebu...

Dec 05, 2022

Actor Maitreyi Ramakrishnan among notable names to cameo as 'Nutcracker' cannon dolls

TORONTO - Canadian actress Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and Olympic hockey players Sarah Nurse and Renata Fast are among the celebrities set to appear as cannon dolls in "The Nutcracker." The National Ballet...

Dec 05, 2022

Canadiens forward Gallagher out at least two weeks with lower-body injury

VANCOUVER - The Montreal Canadiens say forward Brendan Gallagher will miss at least two weeks with a lower-body injury. Gallagher missed games at Calgary and Edmonton last week because of the injury. ...

Dec 05, 2022

Canada's Ismael Kone leaves Montreal for England's Watford in wake of World Cup

Midfielder Ismael Kone is leaving CF Montreal for England's Watford, becoming the second member of Canada's World Cup squad to switch teams since leaving Qatar. Watford, which plays in England's secon...

Dec 05, 2022