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Underdog St. Kitts preparing for Canada at CONCACAF Olympic soccer qualifier

Coach Jene Baclawski had been on the job just a week with her St. Kitts and Nevis team before Caribbean Olympic qualifying started in late September. It didn't matter as the underdog Sugar Girlz advan...

Jan 27, 2020

Italian town where Bryant played as a kid mourns - again

ROME - For a city already familiar with losing a basketball hero, Kobe Bryant's death made a particularly strong impact in the Italian town of Rieti. Nicknamed "the centre of Italy" for its geographic...

Jan 27, 2020

Calgary sport school that grooms Olympic champions threatened with shutdown

CALGARY - The National Sport School in Calgary that produces Olympic and Paralympic champions faces possible closure after a quarter century. The Calgary Olympic Development Association - no...

Jan 27, 2020

Vincent Lapointe cleared to return to competition by anti-doping panel

MONTREAL - An anti-doping panel has cleared top Canadian canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe to return to training and competition ahead of her sport's Olympic debut this summer The panel convened by t...

Jan 27, 2020

Music stars pay tribute to Kobe Bryant at Grammys award show

LOS ANGELES - From the red carpet to the main stage, sadness loomed over music's biggest night Sunday at the arena in downtown Los Angeles where Kobe Bryant played for 20 years for the city's NBA team...

Jan 26, 2020

Lowry, Siakam lead Raptors past Knicks for 6th straight win

NEW YORK - On "Star Wars" night at Madison Square Garden, the Toronto Raptors showed why they remain a galaxy far, far away from the New York Knicks. With All-Star players and big-game experience, the...

Jan 26, 2020

Women once again take centre stage at NHL all-star skills competition

ST. LOUIS - On a night where pucks rocketed from the stands, hockey's best player was dethroned as its fastest skater and a hulking defenceman regained the hardest shot crown, wome...

Jan 26, 2020

Raptors, Spurs share 24-second Bryant tributes; Toronto wins

SAN ANTONIO - The Toronto Raptors and the San Antonio Spurs collaborated on a touching tribute to Kobe Bryant at the beginning of their game Sunday, with each team dribbling out the 24-second shot clo...

Jan 26, 2020

Decision on top Canadian canoeist's doping case set to be revealed

MONTREAL - One of Canada's top 2020 Olympic medal contenders is expected to find out a decision on a doping case affecting her status for Tokyo on Monday. Canoeist Laurence Vincent Lapointe is slated ...

Jan 26, 2020

Canadian women defeat Ireland in opening match at New Zealand Sevens

HAMILTON, New Zealand - Canada captain Ghislaine Landry booted her 300th career conversion in a 24-7 win over Ireland at the HSBC New Zealand Sevens on Friday. A late Phil Berna try then lifted the 12...

Jan 26, 2020