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De Grasse, Brown, Blake, LePage withdraw from Commonwealth Games following worlds

Sprinter Andre De Grasse and decathlete Pierce LePage are among the top Canadian track and field stars who have withdrawn from competing at the upcoming Commonwealth Games. De Grasse ran the anchor le...

Jul 26, 2022

Hope Solo pleads guilty to DWI, gets 30-day sentence, fine

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo pleaded guilty Monday to driving while impaired, almost four months after she was found passed out behind the whe...

Jul 26, 2022

Ronaldo arrives at Man United's training base, set for talks

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Cristiano Ronaldo arrived at Manchester United's training ground with his agent on Tuesday with the Portugal great's future at the English club up in the air. Ronaldo has ye...

Jul 26, 2022

MPs begin another two days of hearings into Hockey Canada's sex assault settlement

OTTAWA - More Hockey Canada officials are appearing before a parliamentary committee this week as fallout continues over allegations that players from two World Junior Championship teams committed gro...

Jul 26, 2022

Griner's drawn-out drug trial in Russia resumes

KHIMKI, Russia (AP) - American basketball star Brittney Griner returns Tuesday to a Russian courtroom for her drawn-out trial on drug charges that could bring her 10 years in prison if convicted. The ...

Jul 26, 2022

'It's an enormous game': Whitecaps relish chance to take on TFC in CanChamps final

VANCOUVER - When the Vancouver Whitecaps next take the field, it will be for the club's most important game in years, says head coach Vanni Sartini. The 'Caps have a chance to hoist the Voyageurs Cup ...

Jul 25, 2022

Toronto midfielder Michael Bradley named MLS player of the week

NEW YORK - Toronto FC midfielder Michael Bradley has been named the Major League Soccer's player of the week for his two-goal performance in a 4-0 win over Charlotte FC on Saturday. Bradley scored the...

Jul 25, 2022

MLB players' union rejects international draft proposal

NEW YORK (AP) - The players' association rejected what Major League Baseball called its final offer for an international draft, a move that will keep direct draft-pick compensation in place for free a...

Jul 25, 2022

Dubois denies making trade request, says Montreal comments 'blown out of proportion'

WINNIPEG - Pierre-Luc Dubois says he never asked the Winnipeg Jets for a trade and comments that he wants to play in Montreal were blown out of proportion. The five-year NHL forward spoke with the med...

Jul 25, 2022

UNBC soccer player goes international with Tongan team

PRINCE GEORGE - UNBC's very own Kiana Swift has travelled across the world to play soccer in a country that hits close to home. The Timberwolves athlete planned to play with the Tongan team in 2019, b...

Jul 25, 2022