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Restrictions may be gone, but 2022 world juniors feels like 'bubble' tournament

EDMONTON - Fans are welcome. Players are free to leave their hotels and the arena to walk the streets. But to United States coach Nate Leaman, this year's world junior hockey championships feels like ...

Aug 12, 2022

Dispute over athlete agreement has bobsled pilot without funding for four months

Chris Spring is a four-time Olympian who's competed for Canada in bobsled for close to a decade. But for the past four months, he's received no federal funding due to a dispute over his athlete's agre...

Aug 12, 2022

Toronto FC looks to put an end to Portland Timbers' 10-game unbeaten streak

Toronto FC's new high-flying offence and somewhat improved defence gets a test Saturday in the form of the visiting Portland Timbers. The Timbers (7-6-12) are unbeaten in their last 10 league games (4...

Aug 12, 2022

Ruud Awakening: Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Norwegian at National Bank Open

MONTREAL - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the National Bank Open after dropping a 6-1, 6-2 decision to Norway's Casper Ruud in quarterfinal play Friday at IGA Stadium. The Montrealer was the...

Aug 12, 2022

Two-time champion Simona Halep advances past Coco Gauff at National Bank Open

TORONTO - Two-time champion Simona Halep has moved on to the semifinals of the National Bank Open. The Romanian player dispatched Coco Gauff of the United States 6-4, 7-6 on Friday. The 30-year-old Ha...

Aug 12, 2022

Elks host Riders looking to end struggles both at home and against the West

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Elks are trying to stop history from repeating itself. Edmonton opened the 2022 CFL season with a blowout 59-15 loss to the B.C. Lions, and then fell 26-16 to the Saskatchewan ...

Aug 12, 2022

Canadian bobsled, skeleton athletes repeat calls to St-Onge to improve toxic culture

More than 90 current and retired Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes are renewing their call for action from federal Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge to help clean up what they say is a toxic climate...

Aug 12, 2022

CF Montréal looks to solidify playoff position on the road against Houston

MONTREAL - CF Montral's playoff position is far more solid entering the final third of the Major League Soccer season than it was at this point last year. The club was on the bubble of the playoff rac...

Aug 12, 2022

Quebec's Olivier Rioux, world's tallest teen, chasing hoops dream at Canada Games

Olivier Rioux landed with a size-large exclamation point on Michael Meeks' radar when the Canada Basketball coach opened a photo in his inbox seven years ago. Rioux was attending a kids basketball cam...

Aug 12, 2022

Rory MacDonald ready for anything, anyone as PFL switches opponent at last minute

In the leadup to Saturday's Professional Fighters League semifinal against (Prince) Magomed Umalatov in Cardiff, Wales, Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald pointed to a priority in his tra...

Aug 12, 2022