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WHL hands Swift Current Broncos coach Devan Praught five-game suspension

CALGARY - Swift Current Broncos head coach Devan Praught was handed a five-game suspension on Thursday for violating the Western Hockey League's standards of conduct. The violation occurred during a t...

Nov 23, 2023

Road to 2024 Summer Olympics has already begun for surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin

Every athlete that qualified for the Olympics at last month's Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, got a ceremonial ticket to Paris for the 2024 Summer Games. Canadian surfer Sanoa Dempfle-Olin has ...

Nov 23, 2023

French military to contribute 15,000 soldiers to massive security operation for Paris Olympics

PARIS (AP) - France's military is planning to contribute 15,000 soldiers to the massive security operation for next year's Paris Olympics, an army general involved in the preparations said Thursday. T...

Nov 23, 2023

Canada's Olivier Aubin-Mercier goes after second straight PFL lightweight crown

It's been a year since Olivier (The Canadian Gangster) Aubin-Mercier won the PFL lightweight title and the US$1 million that goes with it. On Friday, the 34-year-old from Montreal looks to do it all a...

Nov 23, 2023

Blackhawks' Taylor Hall is expected to miss the rest of the season with a right knee injury

CHICAGO (AP) - Blackhawks forward Taylor Hall will have right knee surgery, likely sidelining the 2018 NHL MVP for the rest of the season. The team placed Hall and forward Andreas Athanasiou on injure...

Nov 23, 2023

Sinner leads Italy past the Netherlands in Davis Cup. Italians reach semis for 2nd straight season

MALAGA, Spain (AP) - Jannik Sinner kept Italy alive by winning his singles match and then successfully teamed up with Lorenzo Sonego in the doubles against the Netherlands to send his nation into the ...

Nov 23, 2023

F1 bosses Wolff and Vasseur handed formal warnings by FIA for bad language at Las Vegas GP

Mercedes team principal Toto Wolff and Ferrari counterpart Fred Vasseur were both handed formal warnings by motorsports governing body FIA on Thursday for using bad language at the Las Vegas Grand Pri...

Nov 23, 2023

Struggling Edmonton Elks to review ownership structure

Edmonton's CFL team has struck a committee to review its ownership structure. The Elks say in a statement that the goal of the five-person committee is to ensure professional football continues to thr...

Nov 23, 2023

Canada Soccer to honour Sinclair, Schmidt and McLeod at Australia friendly in B.C.

Captain Christine Sinclair won't be the only player in the spotlight when Canada hosts Australia in Victoria and Vancouver next month. Veteran goalkeeper Erin McLeod and midfielder Sophie Schmidt, who...

Nov 23, 2023

Newhook scores twice, Canadiens beat Ducks 4-3 to end four-game skid

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) - Alex Newhook scored with 3:20 remaining for his second goal of the game, and the Montreal Canadiens beat the Anaheim Ducks 4-3 Wednesday night to snap a four-game losing streak....

Nov 22, 2023