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CFL, CFL Players' Association reach another tentative agreement

The CFL and CFL Players' Association have reached another tentative agreement. According to a league source, the two sides hammered out a second agreement in principle Thursday, two days after CFL com...

May 26, 2022

Spain replaces French Barbarians as July opponent for Canadian men's rugby team

TORONTO - Spain has replaced the French Barbarians as Canada's opponent in a men's rugby match July 10 at Ottawa's TD Place. "We had an agreement from the French Barbarians that they would be travelli...

May 26, 2022

Ray Liotta, 'Goodfellas' and 'Field of Dreams' star, dies

Ray Liotta, the blue-eyed actor best known for playing mobster Henry Hill in "Goodfellas" and baseball player Shoeless Joe Jackson in "Field of Dreams," has died. He was 67. Liotta's publicist, Jen Al...

May 26, 2022

Vancouver Canucks sign Swedish prospect Linus Karlsson to entry-level deal

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed forward prospect Linus Karlsson to an entry-level contract. Karlsson, 22, played 52 games for Skelleftea AIK of the Swedish Hockey League last season and ...

May 26, 2022

Canada tops Sweden 4-3 in OT, advances to semis at world hockey championship

TAMPERE, Finland - Drake Batherson scored 43 seconds into overtime, powering Canada to a 4-3 comeback victory over Sweden in the quarterfinals at the world hockey championship Thursday. Sweden jumped ...

May 26, 2022

Raptors big man Khem Birch undergoes knee procedure in Los Angeles

Toronto Raptors centre Khem Birch has undergone arthroscopic surgery "to clean up loose debris" in his right knee. The Raptors says the procedure was performed Wednesday in Los Angeles by Dr. Daniel K...

May 26, 2022

Argos head coach Dinwiddie expecting his club to play exhibition game Friday night

Ryan Dinwiddie is expecting to participate in his first-ever CFL exhibition game as a head coach Friday night. The Toronto Argonauts are scheduled to visit the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday night in one ...

May 26, 2022

Vancouver Island fight promoter Jason Heit set for first post-pandemic boxing show

There's not much Jason Heit hasn't done in combat sports. As a fighter, Heit competed in boxing, kickboxing and MMA. And away from the cage or ring, he looked after the likes of Drew Barrymore, David ...

May 26, 2022

Canada Soccer calls off planned friendly match with Iran in face of rising criticism

TORONTO - Canada Soccer has cancelled a planned friendly with Iran in the face of growing criticism. In a one-paragraph statement, the governing body gave no reason for the cancellation of the schedul...

May 26, 2022

Whitecaps down Cavalry FC in penalty kicks in Canadian Championship quarterfinal

CALGARY - Cristian Gutierrez scored on a penalty kick to give the Vancouver Whitecaps of Major League Soccer a win over Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League in an exciting quarterfinal match of t...

May 25, 2022