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Canada's Dabrowski prepares to resume doubles partnership with Ostapenko

Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski and Latvia's Jelena Ostapenko have enjoyed some success on the handful of occasions they've teamed up together in the past. They're hoping to reki...

Jan 14, 2020

Ottawa Redblacks re-sign Canadian defensive back Justin Howell

OTTAWA - Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles o...

Jan 14, 2020

Veteran Canadian centre Tristan Thompson setting tone in Cleveland

Tristan Thompson gleefully bounded around the Cleveland dressing room, his teammates enthusiastically showering him with buckets of water. The Canadian centre had just scored a career-high 35 poi...

Jan 14, 2020

Toronto FC officially parts ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet

Toronto FC officially parted ways with French winger Nicolas Benezet on Tuesday, sending his rights to the Colorado Rapids in exchange for US$50,000 general allocation money. Toronto will get another ...

Jan 14, 2020

Villanova Wildcats to retire Kyle Lowry's jersey during a game next month

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will see his Villanova jersey raised to the Finneran Pavilion rafters next month. As part of the team's 100th-season celebrations, the Wildcats are retiring the j...

Jan 14, 2020

N.S. hockey group withdraws from Hockeyville competition to support P.E.I. rival

HALIFAX - A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a smal...

Jan 14, 2020

Canada looks to add to valuable FIFA ranking points in friendly against Iceland

Two wins, eight goals but just 2.26 ranking points. A pair of comfortable 4-1 victories over No. 162 Barbados has given Canada confidence but done little to move the needle when it come...

Jan 14, 2020

'He messed with the wrong guy': Kassian sends warning to Tkachuk ahead of rematch

EDMONTON - It doesn't appear Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian is ready to drop his feud with Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk. Kassian spoke to reporters Tuesday, a day after the NHL handed ...

Jan 14, 2020

Raptors forward Pascal Siakam appreciates Canadian Gilgeous-Alexander's feat

TORONTO - Pascal Siakam knows how tough it is to grab 20 rebounds in a game. And so the Toronto Raptors forward has a ton of respect for Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, who recorded his first triple-double o...

Jan 14, 2020

Leafs make another blue-line move, recalling Liljegren from the AHL Marlies

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have made another blue-line move, recalling Timothy Liljegren from the American Hockey League Marlies On Monday, the team summoned Swedish teenager Rasmus Sandin...

Jan 14, 2020