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Canadians front and centre in this year's Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race

Canadians will be front and centre Sunday in the annual Oxford-Cambridge Boat Race. Ollie Parish is the stroke in the Cambridge men's boat. As cox in the Light Blues women's boat, younger brother Jasp...

Apr 02, 2022

Canada coach looks to help other parents get early autism diagnosis for their kids

Bev Priestman has already made her mark by coaching the Canadian women's soccer team to Olympic gold in Tokyo last summer. Now she wants to deliver an assist off the pitch, by helping raise awareness ...

Apr 02, 2022

Nova Scotia, New Brunswick working on bid for 2023 world junior hockey championship

HALIFAX - Nova Scotia and New Brunswick say they are working together on a bid to host the 2023 world junior men's hockey championship. Both provincial governments put out joint statements late Friday...

Apr 02, 2022

Joseph notches first hat trick, Senators top Red Wings 5-2

DETROIT (AP) - Recently acquired Mathieu Joseph scored three times in the third period for his first career hat trick, Mads Sogaard made 27 saves in his NHL debut and the Ottawa Senators defeated the ...

Apr 01, 2022

Raptors beat Magic 102-89 for fifth straight win

Orlando, Fla. (AP) - Fred VanVleet and Scottie Barnes scored 19 points apiece, Pascal Siakam added 16 points and 11 rebounds and the Toronto Raptors beat the Orlando Magic 102-89 on Friday night for t...

Apr 01, 2022

South Carolina women top Louisville, advance to title game

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Aliyah Boston had 23 points and 18 rebounds to back up her AP National Player of the Year award and carry South Carolina to the NCAA championship game with a 72-59 victory over Loui...

Apr 01, 2022

Maple Leafs No. 1 goaltender Jack Campbell set to return from rib injury

TORONTO - Jack Campbell has been through plenty of tough times. Selected by the Dallas Stars with the 11th pick in the 2010 draft, the highly-touted goaltender waited until the 2018-19 season to final...

Apr 01, 2022

Longtime Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens saw it all and told it well

Former Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens, who earned Hall of Fame recognition in both lacrosse and hockey while criss-crossing the globe in more than three decades with the national news agency...

Apr 01, 2022

Hope Solo arrested on DWI, child abuse charges

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) - Former U.S. women's national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old t...

Apr 01, 2022

Athletes can battle effects of maltreatment in sport well into adulthood

Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You...

Apr 01, 2022