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Top wide receiver Shaq Evans signs one-year extension with Saskatchewan Roughriders

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed star wide receiver Shaq Evans to a one-year contract extension. The six-foot-one, 210-pound Evans was fourth in the league with 1,334 receiving yards ...

Dec 24, 2020

FIFA provides breakdown of expanded 32-team Women's World Cup field

CONCACAF will have four direct berths for the expanded Women's World Cup in 2023 with two more teams from the region having a chance to join them via a 10-team playoff tournament. Canada, the U.S. and...

Dec 24, 2020

Canadian defensive back declares for NFL draft after run at Minnesota

Canadian defensive back Benjamin St-Juste's collegiate career at Minnesota is over. The Gophers' starting cornerback decided earlier this week to skip his remaining college eligibility and declare for...

Dec 24, 2020

Canuck Metchie, top-ranked Crimson Tide to take on 4 Notre Dame in Rose Bowl showdown

Now the real fun begins for Canadian John Metchie III and the top-ranked Alabama Crimson Tide. Alabama, ranked first in The Associated Press top-25 NCAA football poll, improved to 11-0 on Saturday wit...

Dec 24, 2020

'Very hopeful:' Planning underway for modified Calgary Stampede in 2021

CALGARY - A world-famous annual rodeo that survived the Great Depression, two world wars and a devastating flood seven years ago was felled by a microscopic virus this year and will have a different l...

Dec 24, 2020

Raptors lose first opener in eight years in 113-99 loss to Pelicans

TAMPA, Fla. - It was a Toronto Raptors' home opener unlike any other, played a couple thousand kilometres from home, in front of a tiny bipartisan crowd, on a day that saw the league postpone a game -...

Dec 23, 2020

Canada beats Russia in pre-tournament game ahead of world junior hockey championship

EDMONTON - Jamie Drysdale scored the game's only goal as Canada defeated Russia 1-0 on Wednesday in a pre-tournament game ahead of the world junior hockey championship. Drysdale beat Russian goalie Ar...

Dec 23, 2020

OKC-Houston game postponed, Harden out after COVID violation

Houston's season opener against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night has been postponed after coronavirus cases and James Harden's violation of the NBA's COVID-19 protocols left the Rockets wi...

Dec 23, 2020

Toronto FC's Ayo Akinola accepts chance to see what life is like in Canadian colours

Toronto FC striker Ayo Akinola will get a chance to see how the other half lives next month at a Canadian national team camp in Florida. The 20-year-old Akinola, who was born in Detroit but moved to C...

Dec 23, 2020

Two Saskatchewan-born offensive linemen sign extensions with Roughriders

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed homegrown offensive linemen Dan Clark and Brendon LaBatte through the 2022 season.The Regina-born Clark was a CFL all-star in 2019, helping the Roughr...

Dec 23, 2020