Sports

Tennis player Basilashvili acquitted of domestic violence

TBILISI, Georgia (AP) - Professional tennis player Nikoloz Basilashvili has been acquitted of domestic violence charges in his home country of Georgia in a case involving his former wife. The 30-year-...

Oct 25, 2022

Source: Canada Soccer comes to terms with Alphonso Davies on name/image rights

Canada Soccer has come to terms on an agreement with Alphonso Davies, its marquee man, on name/image likeness rights, according to a source. The deal just needs final signatures, according to the sour...

Oct 25, 2022

Hockey Canada will not collect participants' fee for 2022-23 season

CALGARY - Hockey Canada says it will not collect a participant assessment fee for the upcoming season. Several provincial organizations had already withheld those fees - typically $3 per player - from...

Oct 25, 2022

Canada's Shapovalov defeats Rodionov to advance to second round at Vienna Open

VIENNA - Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of Vienna Open with a 6-4, 6-4 victory over Jurij Rodionov of Austria on Tuesday. The No. 19-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont....

Oct 25, 2022

Nielsen, Amazon Prime spar over who really watches football

NEW YORK (AP) - By the Nielsen company's count, 7.8 million people watched Amazon Prime's coverage of last Thursday's NFL game between New Orleans and Arizona. But Amazon says no, there were actually ...

Oct 25, 2022

Zermatt-Cervinia World Cup downhill ski races cancelled after warm weather

ZERMATT, Switzerland - The start of alpine's World Cup downhill season reverts to Lake Louise, Alta., with the cancellation of European races in Zermatt-Cervinia. Tuesday's cancellation of the women's...

Oct 25, 2022

James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington, Dedrick Mills earn CFL players of week honours

TORONTO - Running backs James Butler, Sean Thomas Erlington and Dedrick Mills are the Canadian Football League's top players of the week. Butler, a running back for the B.C. Lions, had a career-high 1...

Oct 25, 2022

Canada coach looks to his youth for Americas Rugby Trophy match against Brazil 'A'

TORONTO - Canada rugby coach Kingsley Jones is looking to his youth Wednesday when Canada 'A' takes on Brazil 'A' at the Americas Rugby Trophy. Jones has kept just six starters from the team that Cana...

Oct 25, 2022

Russian court hears appeal by Griner against 9-year sentence

MOSCOW (AP) - A Russian court on Tuesday started hearing American basketball star Brittney Griner's appeal against her nine-year prison sentence for drug possession. Griner, an eight-time all-star cen...

Oct 25, 2022

Kessel ties NHL ironman record, Vegas tops Leafs 3-1

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Phil Kessel matched the NHL record for consecutive games played, Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and the Vegas Golden Knights defeated the Toron...

Oct 24, 2022