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Two-time Open champion Norman unwanted guest at St Andrews
NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) - Greg Norman once talked about playing in the British Open next week. Now he doesn't even get to attend the dinner at St. Andrews for past champions. Norman, who won the ...
Jul 09, 2022

Canadian teams fall in quarterfinals at beach volleyball tournament
GSTAAD, Switzerland - Two Canadian duos fell in quarterfinal play Saturday at the Beach Pro Tour Elite 16 beach volleyball competition. Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto and Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, ...
Jul 09, 2022

Interac services "fully available" again after Rogers outage
TORONTO - Interac says its services are fully available again after debit transactions were halted by a widespread Rogers network outage impacting mobile and network services across much of Canada.Int...
Jul 09, 2022

Van Aert wins 8th stage of Tour, Pogačar extends lead
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Belgian rider Wout van Aert won the eighth stage of the Tour de France on Saturday in Switzerland and two-time defending champion Tadej Pogaar slightly increased his overa...
Jul 09, 2022

Predators sign Filip Forsberg to $68M, 8-year contract
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - The Nashville Predators have re-signed Filip Forsberg to a $68 million, eight-year contract with an $8.5 million annual salary cap hit. The team announced the deal Saturday, ge...
Jul 09, 2022

Verstappen cruises from pole to win Austrian GP sprint
SPIELBERG, Austria (AP) - Max Verstappen comfortably won the sprint race from pole at the Austrian Grand Prix while Ferrari's Charles Leclerc and Carlos Sainz Jr. almost collided as they scrapped behi...
Jul 09, 2022

Kazakhstan's Rybakina wins women's Wimbledon title, 1st Slam
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) - Elena Rybakina beat Ons Jabeur 3-6, 6-2, 6-2 in the Wimbledon final on Saturday to become the first tennis player from Kazakhstan to win a Grand Slam singles championship. Ry...
Jul 09, 2022

'Star power': Federal politicians use Calgary Stampede to lasso support from voters
CALGARY - There's more to the Calgary Stampede than a rodeo, cowboy hats and horses - it's also a major opportunity for politicians. Regardless of their political stripe, they into ride into the city ...
Jul 09, 2022

Canada to use traditional spelling of 'Türkiye' following UN move
The Canadian government has quietly changed the name of Turkey to the official Turkish spelling Trkiye in all official communications. The move follows a request by President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's go...
Jul 09, 2022

Eugenio Suárez homers in 11th as Mariners top Blue Jays 5-2
SEATTLE (AP) - Eugenio Surez hit a three-run homer off Sergio Romo in the 11th inning, and the Seattle Mariners beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Friday night for their season-best sixth straight vict...
Jul 09, 2022