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SYDNEY (AP) - Rocked by the late withdrawal of Sam Kerr through injury, Australia took time to settle before getting off to a winning start at the Women's World Cup on Thursday by beating Ireland 1-0 ...

CAIRO (AP) - A prominent Egyptian rights activist with ties to Italy walked free from jail Thursday, according to his family and a rights defender. Patrick George Zaki, a postgraduate student in Italy...

AUCKLAND, New Zealand (AP) - Hannah Wilkinson scored to open the second half and New Zealand went on to beat Norway 1-0 on Thursday for its first-ever win at the Women's World Cup, just hours after a ...

When Reese Lange was in kindergarten, she dreamed of joining the police. But it was in high school that she realized her true calling. The 21-year-old is now part of an army of young men and women, ma...

MELBOURNE, Australia - The FIFA Women's World Cup is already setting records. But there have been growing pains getting to Thursday's kickoff. The hope is the focus will now remain on football. Canada...

The fallout from the labour dispute at British Columbia ports continues to unfold, as the union representing about 7,400 workers abruptly rescinded a strike notice hours after issuing it. Meanwhile, P...

MELBOURNE, Australia - On the eve of her sixth FIFA Women's World Cup, Canada captain Christine Sinclair acknowledged feeling familiar emotions. "Honestly it's like the same as my first World Cup," Si...

TORONTO - Manny Machado's two-run single was all the San Diego Padres needed for a 2-0 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday. Yu Darvish (7-6) struck out seven over six scoreless innings of work...

BAGHDAD (AP) - Protesters angered by the burning of a copy of the Quran stormed the Swedish Embassy in Baghdad early Thursday, online videos purported to show. The videos showed demonstrators at the d...

When Jasmine Ly walked into the clubhouse at Midland Country Club she was left speechless seeing so many of the golfers she admires, including fellow Canadian Brooke Henderson. "I was stunned for a bi...