DUNEDIN - Nathan Lukes hit a grand slam as part of a five-run fourth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Pittsburgh Pirates 9-2 in spring training action Friday. Lukes went deep off of Pittsburgh's Jarod Bayless to give Toronto its first lead of t...

Dominic Cozzolino is happy he took the break from Para hockey. However, it didn't take long for the competitive itch to catch up to him. The star forward will be making his return to Paralympic action for the first time since 2018 when Canada's hockey ...

ST. JOHN'S - Alberta's Kevin Koe and Manitoba's Matt Dunstone have won their first playoff games at the Canadian men's curling championship. Four-time Brier champion Koe and last year's runner-up Dunstone will meet in Saturday's Page playoff between th...

Enjoyment has a hand in the longevity of Ina Forrest's curling career. Success has another hand in keeping her competitive flame lit for this long. The 63-year-old - turning 64 on May 25 - will once again lead Canada's Paralympic curling squad at the M...

FREDERICTON - A middle school art teacher from Fredericton says she started running again not long after giving birth 17 months ago, and now all those kilometres may have her on track for a Guinness World Record. Julia Reid-Howell's doctor said she co...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers will be without Mattias Janmark for the rest of the season. Head coach Kris Knoblauch says the 33-year-old forward has had surgery for an undisclosed injury and won't play again in the 2025-26 campaign, including playoff...

Nick Foligno is set to play alongside a familiar face. Minnesota acquired the Chicago Blackhawks captain - and older brother of Wild winger Marcus Foligno - for future considerations ahead of the NHL's 3 p.m. ET trade deadline Friday. The 38-year-old h...

Phoenix Suns forward Dillon Brooks was arrested for suspicion of driving under the influence early Friday morning in Scottsdale, Arizona, police said. Officers conducted a traffic stop in Scottsdale at roughly 1 a.m. and after an investigation, Brooks ...

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders say fans have taken them up on pre-game drinking and barbecuing in the parking lot outside Mosaic Stadium. The club says many have entered the lottery to win tailgating passes for the upcoming season. It says the...

CALGARY - Dylan Cozens, Tim Stutzle, and Linus Ullmark are all on a roll and so are the Senators. Led by contributions from all three players, Ottawa climbed to within four points of the Boston Bruins for the second wild-card spot in the NHL's Eastern ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have dealt winger Conor Garland to the Columbus Blue Jackets ahead of the NHL's trade deadline on Friday. The team announced late Thursday that they'll receive a second-round pick in the 2028 draft and a third-round s...

WINNIPEG - The final horn on Thursday didn't just cement a 4-1 win against the Tampa Bay Lightning - it closed the Winnipeg Jets' final on-ice audition. With Friday's NHL trade deadline looming, the players have put in their final pitch to general mana...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday night to pick up their first regulation win at home in more than three months. It was ...

CALGARY - Dylan Cozens' power-play goal 6:33 into the third period was the game-winner as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday night. Lars Eller, Tim Stutzle and Shane Pinto also scored for Ottawa (30-22-9). The last two goa...

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Anthony Edwards scored 22 points, including an impressive two-handed slam over RJ Barrett, and the Minnesota Timberwolves beat the Toronto Raptors 115-107 on Thursday night for their fifth straight victory. In the third quarter, Edwa...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele had a goal and an assist as the Winnipeg Jets defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 at Canada Life Centre on Thursday. Morgan Barron, Gustav Nyquist and Kyle Connor, into an empty net, also scored for Winnipeg (25-26-10), which...

QUÉBEC - Kourtney Oss had 18 points and 17 rebounds to lead the Calgary Dinos to a 58-45 win over the McGill Martlets in quarterfinal play Thursday at the U Sports Women's Final 8. The third-seeded Dinos outscored McGill 42-22 in the paint at the Amph...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexis Lafreniere scored the go-ahead goal on a deflection in the third period, and the New York Rangers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-2 on Thursday night to pick up their first regulation win at home in more than three months. It was ...

SAO PAULO (AP) - A Brazilian sports court said on Thursday it suspended a defender of top-flight club Red Bull Bragantino for 12 matches because of sexist remarks he made about a female referee after a Sao Paulo state league game. Defender Gustavo Marq...

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) - Daniel Berger has enough history at Bay Hill to know what kind of test to expect. He made nine birdies, all but one of them inside 10 feet, for a 9-under 63 and a round no one was expecting Thursday in the Arnold Palmer Invitationa...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings on the eve of the NHL trade deadline. The Senators announced Thursday that they sent the Kings a 2026 second-round draft pick previously acquired from the Buffalo ...

MONTREAL - CF Montreal's annual season-opening road trip has become a recurring headache for the club. Due to the lack of winterproofing at Stade Saputo and limited access to the Olympic Stadium's indoor pitch, the club has been forced start every sea...

RABAT, Morocco (AP) - Morocco coach Walid Regragui has quit the team just months before it competes at the World Cup, he confirmed at a late-night press conference on Thursday. Regragui's departure - less than 100 days before the United S...

It's a most unconventional job interview. On Friday, the CFL will hold its invitational combine in Waterloo, Ont., with over 80 players vying for spots at the league's national combine in Edmonton on March 27-29. Representatives from all nine teams wil...

NORTH PORT - Mauricio Dubon had a two-run double and Drake Baldwin hit an RBI single in a three-run sixth inning as the Atlanta Braves topped the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Thursday in exhibition play. Dominic Smith smashed a two-run homer for Atlanta (9...

NHL general managers have until 3 p.m. ET on Friday to make a splash, tweak the edges of their roster, or secure deals with an eye toward the future. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the players who could be on the move before the bell sounds...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have acquired Jack Thompson from the San Jose Sharks for fellow defenceman Jett Woo, the NHL club announced Thursday. Thompson, 23, had 12 points (three goals, nine assists) and a plus-13 rating in 42 games for the Ame...

TALLINN - Canadian pair Ava Kemp and Yohnatan Elizarov are world junior figure skating champions. The Winnipeg duo captured gold Thursday in Tallinn, Estonia, climbing from second to first place with a winning free skate to "Clair De Lune" by Claude De...