CALGARY - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was hesitant to lay out details about potential bids to host the World Cup of Hockey in Alberta, but suggested Tuesday that there was interest. The NHL and NHL Players' Association announced last year the World C...

Tickets for the playoffs in Mexico that will determine two of the final World Cup berths are being sold by FIFA for less than $17, far less than the $4,185 to $8,680 FIFA is charging for this year's final in New Jersey. FIFA put tickets on sale Tuesday...

Sam La Roue is getting another chance to be a football player. The six-foot-four, 220-pound receiver figured he was done in the sport after the Western Mustangs lost 51-31 to Wilfrid Laurier in the 2024 Yates Cup. But on Friday, La Roue, currently a de...

DUNEDIN - Riley Tirotta hit a three-run homer in the eighth inning as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated Canada's national baseball team 10-7 in an exhibition game Tuesday afternoon. Tirotta's homer came after Canada came back to tie the game after giving ...

United States coach Emma Hayes is expecting to face a tougher Canada on Wednesday than the side that meekly succumbed 3-0 to the Americans in July the last time they met. "Canada is in a different place," Hayes told a pre-match news conference Tuesday....

NEW YORK (AP) - Atlanta outfielder Jurickson Profar faces a 162-game suspension by Major League Baseball for a possible second failed test for a performance-enhancing drug, a person familiar with the issue told The Associated Press on Tuesday. ...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) - Jack Hughes was enthralled by Lorne Michaels' stories that highlighted his time at "Saturday Night Live" and enjoyed sharing the stage with brother Quinn and U.S. women's captain Hilary Knight on "The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fal...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Max Scherzer says the note his daughter composed asking the Toronto Blue Jays to re-sign the three-time Cy Young Award winner arose as his kids were writing letters to Santa Claus in December. After Scherzer agreed last week to a $...

ST. JOHN'S - Canada's Brad Jacobs kept his perfect record intact Tuesday with an 8-4 victory over Quebec's Jean-Michel Menard at the Montana's Brier. The reigning Olympic champion made an open draw for a pair in the eighth end and stole a point in the...

VANCOUVER - Signs of the FIFA World Cup are slowly beginning to emerge in Vancouver and Toronto - literally. Windows at the former Hudson's Bay flagship store in downtown Vancouver now don the tournament's logo in a variety of colours with the words "...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs put a positive spin on their fourth straight loss since the Olympics. The Maple Leafs gained a point in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Philadelphia Flyers on Monday, but they will enter their final 21 regular-season games ...

VANCOUVER - Adam Foote knows a deflated feeling has periodically crept into the Vancouver Canucks' locker room this season. It's something the head coach wants to banish - quickly. "That's what we've got to keep out. And the players are aware of it. ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Kirill Marchenko scored his second goal of the game 1:04 into overtime and the Columbus Blue Jackets edged the New York Rangers 5-4 Monday night after squandering a four-goal lead. Columbus built a 4-0 advantage through th...

VANCOUVER - Two goals from Lian Bichsel powered the Dallas Stars to a lopsided 6-1 victory over the struggling Vancouver Canucks on Monday. Colin Blackwell, Jason Robertson and Matt Duchene each scored and notched a helper for the Stars (37-14-9), who...

TORONTO - Matvei Michkov and Trevor Zegras scored in a shootout and the visiting Philadelphia Flyers beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2, extending the hosts' losing streak to four games on Monday. William Nylander scored on the Maple Leafs' first shootou...

CALGARY - Canadian women's hockey team leadership is in transition after a heartbreaking overtime loss to the United States in the Olympic Games final. Head coach Troy Ryan has indicated he likely won't return for a seventh season, so a new head coach ...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers acquired defenceman Connor Murphy from the Chicago Blackhawks on Monday in exchange for a second-round pick in the 2028 NHL Draft. The Blackhawks will retain 50 per cent of Murphy's US$4.4-million salary, the Oilers said ...

DUNEDIN, Fla. (AP) - Max Scherzer threw a bullpen session in spring training Monday for the Toronto Blue Jays, even before the reigning American League champions formally agreed to terms with the American League champions. Blue Jays manager John Schnei...

SEATTLE (AP) - Former Toronto Raptors center Jontay Porter, who was banned for life from the NBA in 2024 after a league probe found he disclosed confidential information to sports bettors and wagered on games, even betting on the Raptors to lose, is pl...

ATLANTA (AP) - The runner who was leading the women's race at the U.S. half marathon championships until she was mistakenly led off the course by a guide vehicle is calling for USA Track & Field to make right an outcome that cost her a spot in the ...

DUNEDIN - Addison Barger hit a grand slam and starter Cody Ponce worked two innings as the Toronto Blue Jays dropped a 7-6 decision to the Boston Red Sox in pre-season play on Monday afternoon. Barger went deep off Red Sox reliever Patrick Halligan in ...

VANCOUVER - It's been two years since Elias Pettersson inked a whopping eight-year, US$92.8-million extension with the Vancouver Canucks. The Swedish centre admits he hasn't been the franchise star expected of such a deal. "I haven't lived up to expe...

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Supreme Court has approved a $475,000 settlement in a class-action lawsuit against the Vancouver Whitecaps and Major League Soccer after star players, including Lionel Messi, were promoted to play in a 2024 game but didn't show up....

NEW YORK - New York Islanders defenceman Matthew Schaefer was named NHL first star of the week on Monday after leading all players with four goals last week. Schaefer, the top pick in last year's NHL draft, also had an assist over the three-game stretc...

ST. JOHN'S - Manitoba's Matt Dunstone defeated Jamie Koe of the Northwest Territories 8-3 on Monday to remain unbeaten at the Montana's Brier. Dunstone moved into a first-place tie with Alberta's Kevin Koe in the Pool B standings at 3-0. Koe was idle f...

VANCOUVER - The Gridiron Nations Championship is returning in 2026. The senior men's international tackle football event will be held Dec. 12-19 in Panama City. Canada, Mexico and Panama have confirmed their participation. Canada won the inaugural GNC ...

MONTREAL - Canadian divers didn't win any medals at the World Cup in Montreal on Sunday, but several athletes left the competition with personal bests and plenty of optimism. Nathan Zsombor-Murray of the Pointe-Claire, Que., diving club finished fifth ...

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Cutter Gauthier scored twice in regulation, Leo Carlsson and Mason McTavish both converted in the shootout, and the Anaheim Ducks beat the Calgary Flames 3-2 on Sunday. Lukas Dostal made 32 saves and denied Matvei Gridin on the f...