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TORONTO - Finally a little good fortune for Scott Milanovich and the struggling Toronto Argonauts. Veteran quarterback Ricky Ray practised with the starting offence Monday as Toronto began preparing t...
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NEW YORK - Edmonton captain Connor McDavid, Toronto rookie forward Auston Matthews and Florida goaltender Roberto Luongo have been named the three stars for the opening week of the NHL season. McDavid...
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MADRID - Neymar will sign a three-year contract extension with Barcelona on Friday, a deal that will keep the Brazil forward with the Spanish club until 2021. Barcelona and Neymar had made the announc...
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MONTREAL - Duron Carter’s controversy-ridden stay with the Montreal Alouettes ended Monday when he and fellow receiver Kenny Stafford were released by the CFL club. The team gave no explanation ...
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GENEVA - FIFA has blocked rock concerts from being staged in World Cup stadiums in the weeks before the 2018 tournament kicks off in Russia. FIFA passed a rule “to ensure that the field of play ...
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CALGARY - The start of this curling season is an attempt to stuff the sweeping genie back in the bottle. Elite curlers now have the same fabric - an “ugly mustard yellow” as skip Brad Gush...
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LEXINGTON, Ky. - Thousands of people joined Olympic sprinter Tyson Gay at a candlelight vigil Monday night on a Kentucky high school track honouring Gay’s 15-year-old daughter, who was fatally s...
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LONDON - Nick Kyrgios will miss the rest of the season after being suspended by the men’s tour and fined an additional $25,000 on Monday for “tanking” a match and insulting fans in t...
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TORONTO - Kevin Pillar didn’t mince words when talking about his team’s sudden inability to drive in runs. “Well it would help if (the bottom of the order) got on base,” the Bl...
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TORONTO - An effort to ban the Cleveland Indians from using their full team name and logo when they played the Toronto Blue Jays was dismissed by an Ontario judge on Monday evening, just a few hours b...
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