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Leafs centre Tavares suffers oblique injury while practising with Canada

Toronto Maple Leafs centre John Tavares suffered an oblique injury while practising with the Canadian team ahead of the world hockey championship and will miss the tournament, Hockey Canada ...

May 11, 2019

Canada men's rugby team to face Irish powerhouse Leinster in Hamilton in August

TORONTO - Canada will play Irish powerhouse Leinster in a Rugby World Cup warmup match Aug. 24 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field. The game will be part of Leinster's pre-season preparations. ...

May 11, 2019

Swiss thrash Italy, Denmark beat France at ice hockey worlds

BRATISLAVA, Slovakia - Kevin Fiala scored a hat trick and added an assist as Switzerland thrashed Italy 9-0 in their first game at the world hockey championship on Saturday. It was Switzerland's bigge...

May 11, 2019

Durant goes down, Warriors hold off Rockets in Game 5

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Golden State Warriors have won plenty of games on the post-season stage without their biggest stars. This time, Kevin Durant went down, and Klay Thompson and company found a way ...

May 10, 2019

Warriors star Kevin Durant out for rest of West semifinals

OAKLAND, Calif. - The Golden State Warriors will be without post-season scoring leader Kevin Durant as they try to close out the Houston Rockets in the Western Conference semifinals. "Well, we'll just...

May 10, 2019

Against backdrop of controversy, Red Sox honoured by Trump

WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump honoured the World Series champion Boston Red Sox - well, some of them - at the White House on Thursday, but made no mention of the controversy that shadowed the vi...

May 10, 2019

Fredy Montero scores, Vancouver Whitecaps beat Portland Timbers 1-0

VANCOUVER - Forward Fredy Montero scored an early goal and the Vancouver Whitecaps refused to fold under pressure from the Portland Timbers to collect a 1-0 victory Friday night. Montero scored in the...

May 10, 2019

Curry, short-handed Warriors knock out Rockets in Game 6

HOUSTON - Stephen Curry scored all 33 of his points in the second half and the Golden State Warriors overcame Kevin Durant's absence to finish off Houston in six games, beating the Rockets 118-113 on ...

May 10, 2019

Bucks beat Celtics 116-91 to advance to East final

MILWAUKEE - Giannis Antetokounmpo and the Milwaukee Bucks found another gear after their first loss of the playoffs. Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics just couldn't keep up. Antetokounmpo had 20 poi...

May 10, 2019

Toronto Blue Jays edge Chicago White Sox 4-3 to end five-game losing skid

TORONTO - Randal Grichuk and Teoscar Hernandez homered as the Toronto Blue Jays ended a five-game losing skid with a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Rogers Centre. Joe B...

May 10, 2019