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Canadian fighter Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday on UFC card in Las Vegas

Canadian Alexis Davis returns to action Saturday with a surgically repaired shoulder and a renewed zest for fighting. The 36-year-old from Port Colborne, Ont. who now makes her home in California, ste...

Feb 25, 2021

Messing leads Canadian figure skating team at world championships

Keegan Messing headlines the Canadian team for next month's world figure skating championships in Stockholm. The worlds, March 22-28, cap a rocky season for Canadian skaters that saw both Skate Canada...

Feb 25, 2021

How the Larry Nassar scandal has affected others

A former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach being charged Thursday with crimes, including sexual assault, human trafficking and running a criminal enterprise is the latest fallout from the sexual abuse sc...

Feb 25, 2021

Wins by Manitoba, Saskatchewan create three-way tie atop Pool B at Scotties

CALGARY - Manitoba's Jennifer Jones and Saskatchewan's Sherry Anderson picked up victories in Thursday's early draw at the Canadian women's curling championship to create a three-team logjam atop the ...

Feb 25, 2021

Bujold, Canadian teammates in isolation after camp cut short due to COVID-19 case

Eleven-time national boxing champion Mandy Bujold is in isolation in Kitchener, Ont., after the Canadian team training camp in Montreal was cut short due to a positive COVID-19 case. In a post on her ...

Feb 25, 2021

Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged

LANSING, Mich. - Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday against a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Details about the charges against Joh...

Feb 25, 2021

No-size-fits-all residence approach a reality for Canadian Hockey League teams

The Red Deer Rebels' official Twitter bio is a taut four-word entry that sums up the team's current situation. "Livin' at the rink" is usually reserved for hockey cliche. For players on the Western Ho...

Feb 25, 2021

Citing family reasons, Thierry Henry steps down as CF Montreal head coach

MONTREAL - Head coach Thierry Henry is leaving CF Montreal.The MLS team said the 43-year-old Henry is leaving for family reasons. The former French international had been linked to England's Bournemou...

Feb 25, 2021

Butler leads Heat to 4th straight win, 116-108 over Raptors

MIAMI - Jimmy Butler and the Miami Heat are continuing to claw their way back from a brutal start to the season. Butler scored 27 points, 14 of them in the final quarter, and the Heat won their fourth...

Feb 24, 2021

William Nylander ties game late, scores winner as Leafs beat Flames in OT

TORONTO - William Nylander scored his second goal of the night 1:06 into overtime as the North Division-leading Toronto Maple Leafs defeated the Calgary Flames 2-1 on Wednesday. Michael Hutchinson sto...

Feb 24, 2021