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Swimming Canada CEO to take personal leave of absence

OTTAWA - Swimming Canada says chief executive officer Ahmed El-Awadi will be taking a personal leave of absence starting Monday. The organization's board of directors made the announcement to staff an...

May 25, 2023

All-star kicker Rene Paredes combines football and firefighting this CFL season

CALGARY - Rene Paredes is the most veteran player in the Calgary Stampeders' locker room and a rookie at the fire station. The six-time CFL all-star kicker and two-time Grey Cup winner with the Stampe...

May 25, 2023

Toronto FC's injury list shorter for game against D.C. United but still holes to fill

Toronto FC's injury list is a little shorter this week but the slumping MLS club still has holes to fill for Saturday's game against visiting D.C. United. Listed as out on TFC's injury list Thursday w...

May 25, 2023

Eflin gets 7th win, Rays beat struggling Manoah and Blue Jays 6-3

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Zach Eflin became major leagues' third seven-game winner, and the Tampa Bay Rays beat struggling Alek Manoah and Toronto 6-3 on Thursday to take three of four from the Blue...

May 25, 2023

Canadian rider Derek Gee records his fifth top-five finish at Giro d'Italia

VAL DI ZOLDO, Italy - Canadian Derek Gee finished fourth in Stage 18 of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday, his fourth top-five finish in his first Grand Tour event. The 25-year-old from Ottawa, riding for...

May 25, 2023

Canada beats host Finland 4-1 to reach semifinals at world hockey championship

TAMPERE, Finland - Canada is moving on to the semifinals at the world hockey championship. Jack Quinn, Samuel Blais, Michael Carcone and Tyler Toffoli scored as Canada defeated Finland 4-1 today at th...

May 25, 2023

Familiar foe Tsitsipas could await Canada's Auger-Aliassime at French Open

PARIS - Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime may need to get past a familiar foe to secure a breakthrough run at the French Open. The 10th seed from Montreal was drawn into a bracket at the clay...

May 25, 2023

Canada's Chan, Rochette named ambassadors for 2024 figure skating worlds in Montreal

MONTREAL - Canadian figure skating great Patrick Chan still remembers the feeling of competing at a world championships on home soil. "It's the closest thing to competing at the Olympic Games in Vanco...

May 25, 2023

Lake Louise men's downhills tentatively on next season's racing schedule

CALGARY - Men's World Cup downhill ski races are tentatively scheduled to return to Lake Louise, Alta., this year and continue over 30 years of racing there. The international governing body of skiing...

May 25, 2023

A capsule look at the 2023 Memorial Cup

A capsule look at the four teams competing in the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C. Teams are listed by conference, along with their respective regular season records. The tournament runs from Friday to ...

May 25, 2023