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Injured defender Doneil Henry doing his bit off the pitch to help Canada at World Cup

DOHA, Qatar - Doneil Henry's World Cup experience has been far different than the one he originally hoped for. But the veteran defender is still doing whatever he can for Canada. Sidelined by a calf i...

Nov 29, 2022

Neymar to miss Brazil's last group game at World Cup

DOHA, Qatar (AP) - Neymar will miss Brazil's last group game at the World Cup because of his right ankle injury, the team doctor said Tuesday. Rodrigo Lasmar said the Brazil forward will not be fit to...

Nov 29, 2022

Croatia charged for fan taunts of Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan at World Cup

DOHA, Qatar (AP-CP) - FIFA opened a disciplinary case against Croatia on Tuesday because of its fans' taunts aimed at Canadian goalkeeper Milan Borjan, who has Serbian family ties, during the teams' W...

Nov 29, 2022

Devils overcome quick 2-goal deficit, rally past Rangers 5-3

NEW YORK (AP) - Jack Hughes and Michael McLeod scored in the second period, Vitek Vanecek stopped 35 shots and the New Jersey Devils rallied from an early two-goal deficit to beat the New York Rangers...

Nov 28, 2022

Draisaitl nets OT winner to lift Oilers past slumping Panthers for 4-3 victory

EDMONTON - Leon Draisaitl scored the overtime winner as the Edmonton Oilers came away with a 4-3 victory over the suddenly slumping Florida Panthers on Monday. Draisaitl took a pass back from Connor M...

Nov 28, 2022

Siakam has 18 points, 11 rebounds in return to lift Raptors to 100-88 win over Cavs

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam wasted little time in showing what the Toronto Raptors had been missing. Back after a 10-game absence, Siakam scored Toronto's first points of the game en route to 18 points an...

Nov 28, 2022

Marner extends point streak to 17 games, Leafs top Wings 4-2

DETROIT (AP) - Auston Matthews and William Nylander scored 51 seconds apart in the first period, Mitch Marner extended his point streak to 17 games and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Detroit Red Win...

Nov 28, 2022

Favre asks to be dismissed from Mississippi welfare lawsuit

JACKSON, Miss. (AP) - Retired NFL quarterback Brett Favre is asking to be removed from a lawsuit by the state of Mississippi that seeks to recover millions of dollars in misspent welfare money that wa...

Nov 28, 2022

Raptors stars Siakam, Barnes return to lineup for game against Cavaliers

TORONTO - The depleted Toronto Raptors got a huge boost before their game Monday night against Cleveland with the return of stars Pascal Siakam and Scottie Barnes. Siakam missed 10 games with a strain...

Nov 28, 2022

"It was time for Canada" — Davis Cup team tennis trophy finally in Canadian hands

Robert Bettauer was Tennis Canada's director of tennis development some three decades ago when the federation created a vision statement with some lofty goals. One of the top priorities was to one day...

Nov 28, 2022