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Montreal Canadiens reach agreement with RBC to be first official game jersey partner

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have reached a multi-year jersey partnership agreement with RBC on Monday. Adding the RBC patch to their historic jersey is a part of the new Jersey Advertising Progr...

Sep 12, 2022

Canadians Marino, Bouchard advance to second round of Chennai Open

CHENNAI, India - Canadians Rebecca Marino and Eugenie Bouchard advanced to the second round of the Chennai Open tennis tournament with wins on Monday. Vancouver's Marino, seeded seventh at the WTA 250...

Sep 12, 2022

Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette named American League player of the week

Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Bo Bichette has been named the American League's player of the week. Bichette batted .500 (16-for-32) with 11 runs scored, four doubles, one triple, five home runs, 13 runs...

Sep 12, 2022

Home-field advantage is CF Montreal’s next objective as playoffs near

MONTREAL - With a post-season spot assured and four games to spare, CF Montreal has turned its attention to securing home-field advantage in the first round of the MLS Cup playoffs. Montreal (16-9-5) ...

Sep 12, 2022

3 more EPL games postponed ahead of queen's funeral

LONDON - Three English Premier League games scheduled for this weekend were called off on Monday on safety grounds while authorities make preparations for the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II. Manchester...

Sep 12, 2022

Former UFC fighter Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou won inside and outside the cage

TORONTO - Elias (The Spartan) Theodorou, a charismatic mixed martial artist who campaigned successfully for the right to use medical marijuana as an athlete, has died. He was 34. Jess Moran, his publi...

Sep 12, 2022

Canada, U.S. take women's hockey rivalry to B.C. in November

CALGARY - Fresh off winning a women's world hockey championship, Canada will host archrival U.S. in Kelowna and Kamloops, B.C. in November. Games Nov. 15 in Kelowna and Nov. 17 in Kamloops are part of...

Sep 12, 2022

Forward Nick Suzuki named captain of the Montreal Canadiens

MONTREAL - Nick Suzuki is the new captain of the Montreal Canadiens. Coach Martin St-Louis made the announcement Monday morning as part of the team's annual golf tournament at the Laval-sur-le-Lac gol...

Sep 12, 2022

Pogacar outsprints elite pack to win cycling's Montreal Grand Prix

MONTREAL - Tadej Pogacar of UAE Team Emirates prevailed in a sprint finish of six elite cyclists to win the 221.4-kilometre Grand Prix de Montreal on Sunday. The 23-year-old cyclist finished 24th two ...

Sep 11, 2022

Cowboys QB Prescott to miss multiple weeks with hand injury

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Dallas Cowboys quarterback Dak Prescott will need surgery for a fractured bone in his throwing hand sustained in the season opener and will miss multiple weeks. The quarterback...

Sep 11, 2022