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China cites pandemic and withdraws as host of 2023 Asian Cup

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - China withdrew as host of soccer's 2023 Asian Cup on Saturday in the latest cancellation of the country's sports hosting duties during the COVID-19 pandemic. The Asian Fo...

May 14, 2022

Stars double Flames 4-2 to force playoff series to seventh game

DALLAS - The Calgary Flames and Dallas Stars will take their playoff series the distance to a seventh and deciding game. Dallas doubled the visiting Flames 4-2 on Friday to even up their conference qu...

May 13, 2022

Olympic champion Kelsey Mitchell takes silver at Nations Cup track cycling

MILTON, Ont. - Canadian cyclist Kelsey Mitchell had a specific gameplan for the women's sprint final against Emma Hinze on Friday night at the Tissot UCI Track Nations Cup. "I wanted to make it hurt,"...

May 13, 2022

Lowe, Margot help Rays hand Blue Jays 5th straight loss

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) - Brandon Lowe hit a pair of triples and Manuel Margot had a tiebreaking single in the eighth inning, leading the Tampa Bay Rays over the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 Friday night. ...

May 13, 2022

Decisive Game 7 in Edmonton is 'what dreams are made of': Smith

LOS ANGELES - For goalie Mike Smith, this is what the NHL playoffs are all about. With a victory in L.A. on Thursday, Smith and the Oilers forced a Game 7 in their first-round series against the Kings...

May 13, 2022

Palmer shoots 62, joins lead at low-scoring Byron Nelson

McKINNEY, Texas (AP) - Jordan Spieth thought the course for his hometown Byron Nelson would play more difficult after yielding more birdies in its debut than any other tournament on the PGA Tour last ...

May 13, 2022

Minjee Lee takes 3-shot lead in LPGA Tour's Founders Cup

CLIFTON, N.J. (AP) - The only only thing missing from Minjee Lee's resume this year is a victory and the best scorer on the LPGA Tour took a big step toward that in the second round of the Cognizant F...

May 13, 2022

First-round selections Richards, Philpot among draftees signed by Alouettes

MONTREAL - Linebacker Tyrell Richards, the first player taken in the 2022 CFL draft, was among eight selections signed Friday by the Montreal Alouettes. The six-foot-four, 218-pound Richards, of Bramp...

May 13, 2022

Mickelson decides not to defend title at PGA Championship

Phil Mickelson withdrew Friday from the PGA Championship, electing to extend his hiatus from golf following his incendiary comments about a Saudi-funded rival league he supports and the PGA Tour he ac...

May 13, 2022

Injury bug forces Toronto Arrows to sign eighth scrum half of challenging season

TORONTO - Add Toronto Arrows scrum halves to baby formula, semiconductor chips, aluminum and other things in short supply these days. On Thursday, the Major League Rugby team signed its eighth scrum h...

May 13, 2022