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Canadian Denis Shapovalov upsets Fabio Fognini

PARIS - Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the third round of the Paris Masters after recording his first win over a top-15 player since March. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., upset No. 11 seed...

Nov 01, 2019

Canada futsal team gathers in Montreal ahead of CONCACAF Championship

Canada came close to making the 2016 FIFA Futsal World Cup, denied by a 7-4 loss to Cuba in the CONCACAF qualifier. Coach Kyt Selaidopoulos looks to end Canada's 30-year absence from the futsal w...

Nov 01, 2019

Slotback Tasker to play in Ticats regular-season finale versus Argonauts

HAMILTON - There will be no final-season break for Luke Tasker. The slotback will be one of the few veterans on the field Saturday night when the Hamilton Tiger-Cats (14-3) close out the regular seaso...

Nov 01, 2019

Carlson, Pastrnak, Draisaitl named NHL's three stars for October

NEW YORK - Washington Capitals defenceman John Carlson, Boston Bruins right-wing David Pastrnak and Edmonton Oilers centre Leon Draisaitl are the NHL's three stars for October. Carlson led all defence...

Nov 01, 2019

Canadian women take final step on Olympic field hockey qualifying road

The Canadian men's field hockey team has booked its ticket to the Tokyo Olympics. Now it's the women's turn. Like the men, the women have Ireland standing in their way. But unlike the men, the women w...

Nov 01, 2019

Canucks recall Baertschi from Utica, place Ferland on injured reserve

ANAHEIM, Calif. - The Vancouver Canucks have recalled forward Sven Baertschi from the American Hockey League's Utica Comets. Baertschi was surprisingly put on waivers at the end of the Canucks' t...

Nov 01, 2019

Bombers award winners feel Harris should be top Canadian despite positive drug test

WINNIPEG - Willie Jefferson and Mike Miller both put an asterisk beside one of their Winnipeg Blue Bombers awards on Wednesday. The pair spoke out against voters for not selecting teammate Andrew Harr...

Nov 01, 2019

All Blacks veterans finish with bronze after win over Wales

TOKYO - Ben Smith scored two vintage tries, Kieran Read did a power of work and Sonny Bill Williams produced a pair of trademark offloads as three veteran All Blacks went into retirement with a bronze...

Nov 01, 2019

Fajardo listed as Roughriders' starting QB for key game against Eskimos

REGINA - It appears Cody Fajardo will start at quarterback for the Saskatchewan Roughriders when they host the Edmonton Eskimos tomorrow. The Roughriders released their depth chart for the game and ha...

Nov 01, 2019

Former Maple Leafs GM and longtime NHL executive Jim Gregory dies at 83

TORONTO - Struggling to find traction early in his career, Lanny McDonald remembers being summoned into Jim Gregory's office at Maple Leaf Gardens. McDonald, the No. 4 pick in the 1973 ...

Nov 01, 2019