TORONTO - Kayla Alexander, Natalie Achonwa and Kia Nurse headline the Canadian women's basketball team headed to the Paris Olympics. Achonwa is Canada's first four-time Olympian in women's basketball. The fifth-ranked Canadians qualified for the Games back in February at an Olympic qualifying tournament in Hungary. Can...

LONDON (AP) - Marketa Vondrousova became the first defending women's champion at Wimbledon to lose in the first round the next year since it happened to Steffi Graf in 1994. Vondrousova was eliminated by Jessica Bouzas Maneiro 6-4, 6-2 at Centre Court on Tuesday. ___ AP tennis: Howard Fendrich, The Associated Press

LONDON (AP) - Two-time singles champion Andy Murray will play only doubles at his last Wimbledon after recent surgery. He was due to play in the first round of singles on Tuesday but withdrew just hours beforehand. Murray had surgery on June 22 to remove a cyst from his spinal cord, and his management team announced th...

TORONTO - Jeremy Pena's fifth-inning solo homer provided enough of an edge for the Houston Astros 3-1 to prevail in a series-opening pitcher's duel against the Toronto Blue Jays on Monday. Yordan Alvarez put on the finishing touches for Houston with a two-run homer to left field in the ninth inning off Blue Jays reliev...

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) - A game of epic personal drama and tears for Cristiano Ronaldo ended with his Portugal making the European Championship quarterfinals after beating Slovenia in a penalty shootout on Monday. The last-16 game went to a shootout because Ronaldo's extra-time spot kick in the 114th minute was saved ...

The NHL lifted its ban on longtime coach Joel Quenneville and executives Stan Bowman and Al MacIsaac on Monday, clearing the way for their return to the league more than two years after they were punished in the fallout from the Chicago Blackhawks sexual assault scandal. Bowman, MacIsaac and Quenneville can sign contra...

BROSSARD, Que. - The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Alex Barré-Boulet to a one-year, one-way contract. The Canadiens did not provide the contract's value, but multiple outlets report it's worth US$775,000. Barré-Boulet had six goals and three assists in 36 games with the Tampa Bay Lightning last s...

CF Montreal's Mathieu Choinière, Toronto FC's Federico Bernardeschi and Vancouver's Ryan Gauld are joining Inter Miami's Lionel Messi, Luis Suarez, Jordi Alba and Sergio Busquets at the MLS all-star game later this month. The 30-man all-star roster will face a team of Liga MX all-stars on July 24 at Lower.com Fi...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have signed goaltender Eric Comrie to a two-year contract with an average annual value of US$825,000, the club announced Monday. It's the third stint with the Jets for the 28-year-old from Edmonton. He played the last two campaigns with the Buffalo Sabres and had a 2-7-0 record with a 3.69 ...

DUESSLEDORF, Germany (AP) - Kylian Mbappé and France advanced to the European Championship quarterfinals after Randal Kolo Muani's deflected shot secured a 1-0 win over Belgium on Monday. Kolo Muani sent in an effort in the 85th minute that looped up off Belgium defender Jan Vertonghen and over stranded goalkeep...