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Winnipeg Blue Bombers sign veteran Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna to CFL deal

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Blue Bombers signed Canadian kicker Tyler Crapigna on Tuesday. Crapigna, of Ottawa, was recently released by the Montreal Alouettes. The former McMaster Marauder has made 98-of...

Jul 20, 2021

Veteran quarterback Bethel-Thompson feels he's competing with himself at Argos camp

He's vying with youngsters Nick Arbuckle and Antonio Pipkin to be the Toronto Argonauts' starter but the only quarterback competition veteran McLeod Bethel-Thompson is focused on is the one he faces d...

Jul 20, 2021

Red Bulls coach calls elusive TFC winger Yeferson Soteldo a 'dribbling monster'

TORONTO - Seven games into his Major League Soccer career and elusive Toronto FC winger Yeferson Soteldo is already turning heads. "He's a dribbling monster," said New York Red Bulls coach Gerhard Str...

Jul 20, 2021

Veteran linebacker Jovan Santox-Knox is vying for spot on Hamilton Tiger-Cats roster

It hasn't taken head coach Orlondo Steinauer long to figure out when veteran linebackers Simoni Lawrence and Jovan Santos-Knox are on the field together at the Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp. "Well...

Jul 20, 2021

Price tops list of talent Seattle Kraken can steal from Canadian teams in draft

The Seattle Kraken will get to choose from some of the NHL's biggest names as they pick their innaugral team on Wednesday. Clubs across the league scrambled to protect their assets with last-minute mo...

Jul 20, 2021

Montreal Canadiens name new head coach for AHL's Laval Rocket

MONTREAL - The Montreal Canadiens have named Jean-Franois Houle as the new head coach for the club's American Hockey League affiliate. Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin says in a statement that ...

Jul 20, 2021

Canada will finish out Gold Cup without injured forwards Ayo Akinola, Cyle Larin

Toronto FC suffered a blow Tuesday with news that forward Ayo Akinola is out for the season after injuring the anterior cruciate ligament in his knee in Canada's 1-0 loss to the U.S. on Sunday at the ...

Jul 20, 2021

World shares mixed on worries virus may upend recoveries

TOKYO (AP) - European shares opened higher Tuesday after Asia tracked a retreat on Wall Street as investors grew jittery over the possibility that surging virus cases could stifle the global economic ...

Jul 20, 2021

Veteran centre Mike Filer announces retirement after eight seasons with Tiger-Cats

Mike Filer is putting himself and his family ahead of the game of football. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats veteran centre retired Monday after playing eight seasons with the CFL club. Filer, 31, re-signed Ma...

Jul 19, 2021

'Better job' needed in teaching Canadians about residential schools: Carey Price

KELOWNA, B.C. - The Montreal Canadiens' Carey Price says more needs to be done to make more people aware of the history of residential schools. Price, from Anahim Lake, B.C., has previously spoken abo...

Jul 19, 2021