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CF Montreal transfers midfielder Mathieu Choinière to Swiss club Grasshopper Zurich

MONTREAL - Mathieu Choinire is heading to Europe. CF Montreal announced Tuesday that Choinire is joining Switzerland's Grasshopper Club Zurich, ending a months-long saga after the homegrown midfielder...

Aug 27, 2024

Paralympic Games in Paris will stand out for veteran goalball captain Amy Burk

PARIS - Amy Burk doesn't know if her fifth Paralympic Games will be her last, but she does know Paris will feel monumental to her. Her sons Lucas, 10, and five-year-old Ryan have albinism and visual i...

Aug 27, 2024

'So ridiculous': Canada's air guitar world champ on letting loose with invisible axe

After being named the world's top air guitarist in Finland, a 34-year-old Canadian man is trying to drum up interest back home for his tongue-in-cheek craft. Zachary Knowles, also known as "Ichabod Fa...

Aug 27, 2024

Thiem, the 2020 champion, ends U.S. Open career with cheers

NEW YORK (AP) - Dominic Thiem never heard the unmistakable sounds of the New York crowd when he won the U.S. Open for his lone Grand Slam title. Arthur Ashe Stadium was nearly empty for his historic c...

Aug 26, 2024

Vancouver Rise FC revealed as city's Northern Super League franchise

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Rise FC has been unveiled as the name for the city's new Northern Super League club. The new professional women's soccer team revealed its name Monday, saying in a release that t...

Aug 26, 2024

Danny Jansen plays for both teams in Blue Jays-Red Sox game, an MLB first

BOSTON (AP) - Former Blue Jays and current Red Sox catcher Danny Jansen didn't just play for both teams in the same game - a first in Major League Baseball history. He played for both teams in the sam...

Aug 26, 2024

Receiver CeeDee Lamb agrees to 4-year, $136M deal with Cowboys, AP sources say

FRISCO, Texas (AP) - CeeDee Lamb's monthslong holdout with the Dallas Cowboys is over, and the All-Pro receiver is a close second to Justin Jefferson as the highest-paid non-quarterback in NFL history...

Aug 26, 2024

Resurgent Toronto FC hopes to rally past Forge's lead in Canadian Championship semi

Hamilton's Forge FC holds a seemingly comfortable 2-1 lead on aggregate heading into the second leg of the Canadian Championship semifinal on Tuesday night. Except that Toronto FC is practically a new...

Aug 26, 2024

Blue Jays beat Red Sox 4-1, and Danny Jansen shows up on both sides of box score -- an MLB first

BOSTON (AP) - Danny Jansen's former team beat his current one on Monday, when George Springer cleared the Green Monster with a 416-foot home run and seven Toronto pitchers combined on a four-hitter to...

Aug 26, 2024

Defending champion Montreal Carabins top first U Sports football rankings of season

TORONTO - The defending Vanier Cup champion Montreal Carabins topped the first Canadian university football rankings list of the 2024-25 season. The Carabins (1-0), who opened the campaign with a 45-1...

Aug 26, 2024