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NBA beckons for teenage Canadian basketball star Shaedon Sharpe

When Shaedon Sharpe arrived on campus at the University of Kentucky, he received an uncommonly quiet welcome compared to most top basketball recruits. The 18-year-old wasn't introduced with pyrotechni...

Jan 28, 2022

Prince Andrew gives up membership of prestigious golf club

LONDON (AP) - Britain's Prince Andrew has given up his honorary membership of the Royal and Ancient Golf Club of St. Andrews, one of the world's most prestigious golf clubs, as he fights allegations o...

Jan 28, 2022

Kane asks fans to keep an open mind as controversial forward joins Oilers

EDMONTON - Evander Kane knows signing with the Edmonton Oilers won't be a move universally loved by the team's fans. Edmonton will be his fifth NHL city, and the Oilers the fourth franchise, for which...

Jan 28, 2022

Lions sign all-star wide receiver Bryan Burnham to contract extension

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have signed star wide receiver Bryan Burnham to a contract extension. The 31-year-old has been a CFL all-star in each of his last four seasons. Burnham had 965 receiving yar...

Jan 28, 2022

Nomadic goalkeeper Greg Ranjitsingh takes the long road home to Toronto FC

Greg Ranjitsingh has been a nomadic goalkeeper, with stops in Orlando City, Minnesota United and Philadelphia Union as well as time as an MLS pool 'keeper. That journey has taken him full circle as he...

Jan 28, 2022

Canadian team sidelined by COVID at ICC U19 Cricket World Cup in Caribbean

A COVID-19 outbreak has sidelined the Canadian team at the ICC Under-19 Men's Cricket World Cup in the Caribbean. The International Cricket Council said Friday that nine Canada players have tested pos...

Jan 28, 2022

Canada represented by 215 athletes at Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games

Five-time Olympic gold medallist Charles Hamelin is back to compete in his fifth and final Winter Olympic Games as part of a 215-athlete delegation Canada is sending to Beijing. Hamelin, the decorated...

Jan 28, 2022

Five members of Team Canada delegation in COVID-19 protocol ahead of Beijing Olympics

Five members of Team Canada's delegation in Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics are currently in COVID-19 protocol, the Canadian Olympic Committee said Friday. The COC announced the numbers in a rele...

Jan 28, 2022

Skip Tracy Fleury enters COVID-19 protocol will miss start of Tournament of Hearts

THUNDER BAY, Ont. - Skip Tracy Fleury will sit out the start of the Canadian women's curling championship in COVID-19 protocol. The skip of a wild-card team was one of two athletes in the Scotties Tou...

Jan 28, 2022

Djokovic feted in Montenegro amid new virus test doubts

BUDVA, Montenegro (AP) - Tennis star Novak Djokovic received honors at a small Adriatic Sea resort in Montenegro on Friday even as doubts re-emerged about the positive COVID-19 test he used to try to ...

Jan 28, 2022