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Stamkos, Vasilevskiy pace Lightning's 8-0 rout of Islanders

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Steven Stamkos had two goals and an assist and Andrei Vasilevskiy notched his fourth career playoff shutout, helping the Tampa Bay Lightning rout the New York Islanders 8-0 in Game ...

Jun 21, 2021

Summer Time: 14-year-old McIntosh wins again at Olympic swim trials

TORONTO - Youth was served in the opening race at the Canadian Olympic swim trials on Monday. A resurgent veteran later capped the evening in style. Summer McIntosh, who edged Rio Olympic star Penny O...

Jun 21, 2021

Southgate wants England to excite again as last 16 looms

LONDON (AP) - With a place in the round of 16 secured before taking to the field again, England has a chance to rediscover its attacking flair against the Czech Republic on Tuesday at the European Cha...

Jun 21, 2021

Denmark beats Russia 4-1 to advance at Euro 2020

COPENHAGEN - After scoring a goal to help Denmark advance at the European Championship, Joakim Maehle walked straight to a TV camera and formed a "10" with his fingers. That was for Christian Eriksen....

Jun 21, 2021

Belgium wins 3rd straight at Euro 2020, beats Finland 2-0

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Three straight wins, seven goals and its top players with game time in their legs. For Belgium, the group stage at the European Championship could hardly have gone better. The...

Jun 21, 2021

Toronto FC's Zavaleta wastes little time settling in with El Salvador national team

Eriq Zavaleta hit the trifecta in donning El Salvador colours for the first time during the recent international break. The 28-year-old Toronto FC centre back started all four of El Salvador's World C...

Jun 21, 2021

Roughriders sign receiver Terell Jana, their second-round pick at CFL draft

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed wide receiver Terrell Jana, their second-round selection at the 2021 CFL draft. The Vancouver native was selected 17th overall by Saskatchewan after f...

Jun 21, 2021

Canadian sprinter says 10k fans at Tokyo Olympics is better than 'zero k' fans

Canadian decathlete Pierce LePage estimates there were perhaps 100 or 150 fans at the recent Hypo-Meeting multi-events competition in Gotzis, Austria, where he finished runner-up to teammate Damian Wa...

Jun 21, 2021

Depay, Wijnaldum score, Netherlands beats NMacedonia 3-0

AMSTERDAM - Memphis Depay scored one, he set up Georginio Wijnaldum for the next two, and the Netherlands made it three out of three. The Dutch team completed the group stage at the European Champions...

Jun 21, 2021

Positive virus case disrupts Scotland, England at Euro 2020

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) - A coronavirus infection created disruption for two teams at the European Championship on Monday after a positive test for Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour also led to two Eng...

Jun 21, 2021