Sports

Judge set to deliver ruling after turbulent sexual assault trial of five hockey players

Seven years after an encounter that put sports culture under a national microscope and sparked a new wave of conversations about consent, a judge is set to rule this week on whether the actions of fiv...

Jul 23, 2025

Max Scherzer blames himself for Blue Jays' 5-4 loss to rival Yankees

TORONTO - Max Scherzer has never been one to make excuses. Scherzer didn't take the loss on the scorecard when the Toronto Blue Jays dropped a 5-4 decision to the New York Yankees on Tuesday, but he d...

Jul 22, 2025

Rice's late homer lifts Yankees over Blue Jays 5-4 to cut Toronto's AL East lead to 3

TORONTO - Ben Rice's ninth-inning home run helped the New York Yankees salvage a 5-4 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Tuesday. Jazz Chisholm Jr., had a three-run homer in the first inning and Cody Be...

Jul 22, 2025

45-year-old Venus Williams becomes the oldest woman since Martina Navratilova to win a match

WASHINGTON (AP) - Venus Williams became the second-oldest woman to win a tour-level singles match in professional tennis, delivering some of her familiar big serves and groundstrokes at age 45 while b...

Jul 22, 2025

Kraken sign forward Kaapo Kakko to three-year contract

SEATTLE (AP) - Forward Kaapo Kakko signed a three-year contract with the Seattle Kraken on Tuesday with an average annual value of $4.525 million. The Kraken acquired the 24-year-old Kakko from the Ne...

Jul 22, 2025

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime says National Bank Open withdrawals 'unfortunate'

TORONTO - Felix Auger-Aliassime feels for Canadian tennis fans who are disappointed by the withdrawals of big-name players from the National Bank Open. Top ranked Jannik Sinner, world No. 2 Carlos Alc...

Jul 22, 2025

Diallo advances to third round at Citi Open with win over Marozsan

WASHINGTON - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo advanced to the third round of the Citi Open hardcourt tennis tournament with a 6-3, 6-4 win over Hungary's Fabian Marozsan on Tuesday. Diallo, who had a first-r...

Jul 22, 2025

Euro 2025: England breaks Italy's hearts in extra time to advance to final

GENEVA (AP) - England is living on the brink and survived another near-inevitable elimination all the way to another Women's European Championship final. The defending champion broke Italy's hearts - ...

Jul 22, 2025

Many CFL teams enter the week with questions at quarterback position

The bye week comes at an opportune time for Dru Brown and the Ottawa Redblacks. Ottawa (1-6) will have time to recover from its 30-15 loss Sunday to the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. The Redblacks, who have no...

Jul 22, 2025

Vancouver Whitecaps defender Ranko Veselinovic suffers season-ending knee injury

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Whitecaps defender Ranko Veselinovic will miss the rest of the Major League Soccer season after suffering a knee injury. The 26-year-old centre back left the field after getting ...

Jul 22, 2025