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B.C. Lions acquire veteran quarterback Adams from Montreal Alouettes

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions acquired veteran quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. from the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday for a 2023 first-round draft pick. Adams fills a need for B.C. (8-2). Last week, start...

Aug 31, 2022

Canadian women's hockey team hits reset button for quarterfinal after loss to U.S.

HERNING - With Canada's bid to defend its women's world hockey title a work in progress, players and coaches got down to the work of making progress Wednesday ahead of their quarterfinal against Swede...

Aug 31, 2022

Czechs poised to make a move in women's hockey with Canada's Carla MacLeod

Carla MacLeod spent her July holiday in Maui studying flash cards she'd made of hockey players she was about to coach. A two-time Olympic gold medallist with Canada's women's hockey team in 2006 and 2...

Aug 31, 2022

Star swimmer Penny Oleksiak has surgery to repair cartilage tear in knee

Decorated swimmer Penny Oleksiak says she has a long recovery process ahead of her after undergoing surgery to repair torn cartilage in her knee. The seven-time Olympic medallist form Toronto says in ...

Aug 31, 2022

AC Milan announces ownership change involving the NY Yankees

ROME (AP) - AC Milan announced the closing of its latest ownership change Wednesday, which involves a minority stake for the New York Yankees. RedBird Capital Partners completed the deal to purchase a...

Aug 31, 2022

UEFA: Women's Euro live TV audience doubles from '17 edition

NYON, Switzerland (AP) - The European Championship in women's soccer was watched by a tournament-record total live audience of 365 million broadcast viewers, which is double the number from Euro 2017,...

Aug 31, 2022

Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling admits cannabis use

SINGAPORE (AP) - Olympic gold-medal swimmer Joseph Schooling has apologized for using cannabis in Vietnam while competing there on leave from military service in his native Singapore. Schooling achiev...

Aug 31, 2022

Venus Williams out of US Open; Raducanu loses in 1st Rd, too

NEW YORK (AP) - The welcome and support for Venus Williams in Arthur Ashe Stadium on Tuesday afternoon were not the same as they were for her sister, Serena, a night earlier. Nor was the result. Venus...

Aug 30, 2022

Teoscar Hernandez lifts Blue Jays over Cubs 5-3 to back Kevin Gausman's strong outing

TORONTO - Teoscar Hernandez's three-run homer in the sixth inning gave Toronto its first lead of the game as the Blue Jays beat the Chicago Cubs 5-3 on Tuesday. Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had a solo home r...

Aug 30, 2022

Shapovalov grinds out five-set win over Huesler at US Open

NEW YORK - Denis Shapovalov's first set in the U.S. Open on Tuesday was over in a New York minute. But it wasn't the 19th-seeded Canadian who took only 26 minutes to post a quick 6-2 victory in men's ...

Aug 30, 2022