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Football Canada president optimistic sport has weathered COVID-19 storm

Football Canada president Jim Mullin is "cautiously optimistic" the amateur game in Canada has weathered the COVID-19 storm. The global pandemic shut down much of the sport in this country the last tw...

Apr 28, 2022

Hockey fans and personalities attend funeral for Hall of Famer Mike Bossy

SAINTE-THRSE, Que. - Hundreds of fans, hockey personalities and journalists paid their last respects to Hockey Hall of Famer Mike Bossy today at a funeral service north of Montreal. Bossy, a leader of...

Apr 28, 2022

Canada wins final round-robin games, will face Norway in mixed doubles playoffs

GENEVA - Canada's Jocelyn Peterman and Brett Gallant won their final preliminary matches Thursday at the world mixed doubles curling championship to finish second in their group and set up a playoff s...

Apr 28, 2022

Whitecaps sign Paraguayan midfielder Andrés Cubas as designated player

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired Paraguayan international midfielder Andrs Cubas via transfer from French club Nmes Olympique. The Whitecaps said in a release Thursday that Cubas has ...

Apr 28, 2022

"It's amazing" - Boucher would love to see Raptors extend playoffs for starved fans

TORONTO - Three years after the Raptors last played post-season basketball at home, nobody on this side of the border wants to see Toronto's run end yet. The Raptors face elimination for the third con...

Apr 28, 2022

Boston Red Sox top Toronto Blue Jays 7-1 to end four-game losing skid

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays were forced to search for small victories Wednesday after dropping a 7-1 decision to the Boston Red Sox. Starter Ross Stripling threw a season-high five innings, the te...

Apr 27, 2022

Petry helps Canadiens beat Rangers 4-3 to end 9-game skid

NEW YORK (AP) - Jeff Petry scored his second goal of the game in the final minute of the third period and Sam Montembeault made 24 saves as the Montreal Canadiens beat the playoff-bound New York Range...

Apr 27, 2022

Eric Comrie, Winnipeg Jets shutout Philadelphia Flyers 4-0

WINNIPEG - Eric Comrie made 34 saves to record his first career shutout in the Winnipeg Jets' 4-0 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday. The 26-year-old native of Edmonton was playing in h...

Apr 27, 2022

Gymnasts say they're dismayed by Sport Canada's call for a third-party investigation

A group of more than 400 Canadian gymnasts are angry over Sport Canada's response to calls for a third-party investigation into their sport, saying it "deflects and defers any meaningful action." Gymn...

Apr 27, 2022

Former Toronto FC goalkeeper Freddy Hall dies in Bermuda car crash

HAMILTON, Bermuda - Bermuda goalkeeper Freddy Hall, who played 11 games for Toronto FC in 2012, has died in a car crash. He was 37. 'Toronto FC mourns the loss of goalkeeper Freddy Hall. Everyone at t...

Apr 27, 2022