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Flames sign defenceman Brayden Pachal to two-year contract extension

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed defenceman Brayden Pachal to a two-year contract extension with an average annual value of US$1,187,500, the NHL club announced Tuesday. Pachal has a goal and ...

Dec 17, 2024

Saskatchewan Roughriders sign Canadian Zerr to one-year contract extension

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Noah Zerr to a one-year contract extension Tuesday. The six-foot-six, 325-pound Zerr, from Langenburg, Sask., helped the Riders ...

Dec 17, 2024

B.C.'s Duncan McDonald named Canada Soccer Para Player of the Year

Midfielder Duncan McDonald has been named Canada Soccer's 2024 Para Player of the Year. The 24-year-old from Powell River, B.C., played every minute at the 2024 IFCPF World Cup in Spain, where Canada ...

Dec 17, 2024

Montreal Roses sign hometown forward Latifah Abdu to contract

MONTREAL - The Montreal Roses have signed hometown forward Latifah Abdu to a contract. The Northern Super League team announced the deal Tuesday. Abdu returns to Montreal after spending parts of four ...

Dec 17, 2024

Canadian Jim (The Gentleman) Long loses at world darts championship

LONDON - Canadian Jim (Gentleman) Long lost his first-round game at the Paddy Power World Darts Championship on Tuesday, beaten 3-0 by England's James (Hillbilly) Hurrell. The 40-year-old Hurrell, ran...

Dec 17, 2024

Defensive lineman Deionte Knight among four Canadians signed by Ottawa Redblacks

OTTAWA - Defensive lineman Deionte Knight was among four Canadian players signed by the Ottawa Redblacks on Tuesday. The six-foot-three, 278-pound Knight split last season between Toronto and Hamilton...

Dec 17, 2024

Patience pays off for Canada's Easton Cowan: 'No one really thought anything of him'

Easton Cowan had to bide his time. Taken in the second round of the Ontario Hockey League's 2021 priority selection draft by the London Knights, he was initially bumped down two levels at age 16 for m...

Dec 17, 2024

Chelsea confirms FA has contacted Mykhailo Mudryk after 'adverse finding' in player's doping test

Chelsea forward Mykhailo Mudryk has been contacted by the English Football Association over an "adverse finding" in a routine urine test, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Chelsea said Ukraine int...

Dec 17, 2024

Fatal MMA fight near Edmonton linked to company cited in death of U.K. boxer

EDMONTON - A mixed martial arts organizer being questioned by police about an Alberta fighter's death is linked to a company earlier cited for safety concerns after a novice boxer died in the United K...

Dec 17, 2024

Feisty winger Kiefer Sherwood providing big offence, big hits for Vancouver Canucks

VANCOUVER - Kiefer Sherwood was a thorn in the Vancouver Canucks' side last spring. Eight months later, the feisty winger has bloomed into one of the team's top forwards. Chants of "Kie-fer Sher-wood!...

Dec 16, 2024