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Former world No. 5 Bouchard gets wild-card berth at Odlum Brown VanOpen

VANCOUVER - Former world No. 5 Eugenie Bouchard has been given a wild-card berth at the Odlum Brown VanOpen tennis tournament. Bouchard will play for the first time since sustaining a right shoulder i...

Aug 09, 2022

Naomi Osaka retires in first-round match against Kanepi at National Bank Open

TORONTO - Naomi Osaka retired from her opening match with a back injury Tuesday at the National Bank Open. Osaka was losing 7-6 (4), 3-0 against Estonia's Kaia Kanepi when she withdrew from the match....

Aug 09, 2022

Jack Hanratty elevated to full-time coach of Canadian women's rugby sevens team

After almost 10 months in an interim role, Jack Hanratty has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women's rugby sevens team. Hanratty was an assistant coach with the women's team for sevens event...

Aug 09, 2022

Blue Jays sign veteran outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to one-year deal

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have signed outfielder Jackie Bradley Jr. to a one-year major-league contract. The 32-year-old was released by Boston on Thursday. He has a .210 average with 19 doubles...

Aug 09, 2022

Canada's Rebecca Marino falls in opening match at National Bank Open

TORONTO - Canada's Rebecca Marino lost 6-3, 6-7 (5), 4-6 to China's Zheng Qinwen in the opening round of the National Bank Open on Tuesday. The Vancouver native entered the tournament coming off a qua...

Aug 09, 2022

Meaghan Mikkelson has unfinished business with Canadian women's hockey team

CALGARY - Meaghan Mikkelson wasn't done playing hockey. After three Olympic Games and two gold medals, the 37-year-old defender could have moved on from the Canadian women's team with her head held hi...

Aug 09, 2022

Canada's Pospisil drops opener to Paul, Shapovalov to resume rain-suspended match

MONTREAL - Canada's Vasek Pospisil was eliminated from singles play at the National Bank Open on Tuesday after dropping a 6-4, 6-4 decision to American Tommy Paul. Pospisil, a native of Vernon, B.C., ...

Aug 09, 2022

Insigne pulls out of MLS all-star skills challenge due to family medical situation

TORONTO - A medical issue involving Italian star Lorenzo Insigne's family promoted Toronto FC to delay its flight out of Nashville on the weekend. Toronto coach Bob Bradley said Insigne "was made awar...

Aug 09, 2022

Nurse, LeBlanc among group that will study, advise on women's pro sport in Canada

Kia Nurse and Karina LeBlanc are among a star-studded group of Canadian women tasked with helping determine the course for professional women's sport in Canada. Canadian Women and Sport announced a co...

Aug 09, 2022

Russia's Medvedev focusing on the positives after being forced to skip Wimbledon

MONTREAL - There's a blank space in the nationality column beside Daniil Medvedev's name on the drawsheet at the National Bank Open. The Russian flag is also missing from the Moscow native's bio on th...

Aug 09, 2022