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After celebrating World Cup qualification, Canadian men get back to business

TORONTO - After celebrating Sunday's World Cup qualification, it was back to business Tuesday for the Canadian men's soccer team. The squad trained under a bright sun at BMO Field in the morning befor...

Mar 29, 2022

World No. 1 Scottie Scheffler to play in RBC Canadian Open this summer

TORONTO - World No. 1 golfer Scottie Scheffler will make his RBC Canadian Open debut this June. Scheffler is on an impressive hot streak on the PGA Tour, winning the World Golf Championships-Dell Tech...

Mar 29, 2022

NHL general managers discuss playoff salary cap at meetings: 'A healthy discussion'

MANALAPAN, Fla. - Nikita Kucherov was happy to be the villain last summer. After his Tampa Bay Lightning hoisted the Stanley Cup for a second straight season, the star winger sported a T-shirt with th...

Mar 29, 2022

With Canada in World Cup, fan allegiances among multicultural fanbase could be split

While some soccer fans in Canada are feeling elation over the country's World Cup qualification, others are less certain where their allegiances will lie when the showcase tournament kicks off this ye...

Mar 29, 2022

Wolfville, N.S. will play host to regular-season CFL game in July

HALIFAX - The Canadian Football League announced Tuesday that Wolfville, N.S. will host a regular-season game between the Saskatchewan Roughriders and Toronto Argonauts on July 16. "On behalf of the S...

Mar 29, 2022

Sport Minister: Mechanism for reporting harassment, abuse in place by late spring

Pascale St-Onge says plans are in place for an independent mechanism for the reporting of maltreatment in sport, and it will be operational by late spring. Canada's Sport Minister released a statement...

Mar 29, 2022

Canadian men's soccer team will be armed when it goes to Qatar for the World Cup

TORONTO - The Canadian men's soccer team is going to the World Cup and it will be armed this November in Qatar. John Herdman's team travels with a sword these days. "The sword's something that symboli...

Mar 29, 2022

Thousands to commemorate Warne, cricket's 'box office' star

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Shane Warne mixed with Mick Jagger and Elton John, bowled to Ed Sheeran in the practice nets at the spiritual home of cricket, and for a while was engaged to be married to L...

Mar 29, 2022

Raptors end Celtics' six-game win streak with thrilling 115-112 OT victory

TORONTO - Nick Nurse has insisted he's not watching what other teams are doing in a tightly packed Eastern Conference and only a handful of games left in the regular season. But the Toronto Raptors co...

Mar 28, 2022

Ottawa Senators announce that owner Melnyk has died at the age of 62

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died at the age of 62. The Senators made the announcement Monday night. The cause of death was not immediately known. In 2015, Melnyk had a liver transplant at ...

Mar 28, 2022