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Montreal Canadiens extend COVID-19 pause through Saturday

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens are extending their pause on team activities as the club continues to deal with a COVID-19 outbreak. The Canadiens announced Thursday that both the NHL team and its A...

Jan 06, 2022

Canada Soccer cancels January camp, training match over COVID-19 concerns

Citing the pandemic and impact of the Omicron variant, Canada Soccer has cancelled its planned January men's camp and a training match in Florida. The 40th-ranked Canadian men had been scheduled to pl...

Jan 06, 2022

Canada beats Germany to join Russia in ATP Cup semifinals

SYDNEY (AP) - Felix Auger-Aliassime sent Canada into the semifinals of the ATP Cup on Thursday by beating third-ranked Alexander Zverev 6-4, 4-6, 6-3. Denis Shapovalov had set up Auger-Aliassime's cli...

Jan 06, 2022

Canada's Bev Priestman fails to make list of final nominees for FIFA coaching award

Bev Priestman, who led Canada to the top of the podium at the Tokyo Olympics, did not make the list of final three nominees for The Best FIFA Women's Coach. Priestman was one of five nominees for the ...

Jan 06, 2022

Montreal Alouettes hire CFL legend Anthony Calvillo as quarterback coach

MONTREAL - Anthony Calvillo is once again a Montreal Alouette. The Alouettes announced Thursday that the Canadian Football League's all-time leading passer has rejoined the club as quarterback coach. ...

Jan 06, 2022

COVID-19 spectre hangs over Canada's Olympic figure skating trials in Ottawa

After three flights over a stressful 33 hours with numerous delays, Keegan Messing finally in arrived in Ottawa for Canada's figure skating Olympic trials on Wednesday. He was nearly a day late. His s...

Jan 06, 2022

Djokovic in limbo as he fights deportation from Australia

BRISBANE, Australia (AP) - Novak Djokovic spent a day confined to a hotel room waiting for a court, dealing with the confronting prospect of an early departure from Australia. The 20-time major winner...

Jan 06, 2022

Maple Leafs down undermanned Oilers 4-2 to send Edmonton to its 11th loss in 13 games

TORONTO - Ilya Mikheyev and the Toronto Maple Leafs added to the Edmonton Oilers' misery Wednesday night. Mikheyev scored on a third-period power play as Toronto defeated the undermanned Oilers 4-2 at...

Jan 05, 2022

Antonio Brown says he was forced to play injured by Bucs

Antonio Brown says he was forced to play injured by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, and that an MRI on Monday revealed damage to his ankle. While not specifying which ankle was hurt, Brown - through a state...

Jan 05, 2022

Siakam scores 33 points, Raptors beat short-handed Bucks

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Pascal Siakam scored 33 points, OG Anunoby and Gary Trent Jr. had 22 apiece and the Toronto Raptors beat the short-handed Milwaukee Bucks 117-111 on Wednesday night. Fred VanVleet add...

Jan 05, 2022