Sports

Raptors sign Japanese forward Yuta Watanabe to standard NBA contract

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed forward Yuta Watanabe to a standard NBA contract. The six-foot-nine, 205-pound native of Yokohama, Japan is averaging four points, 3.3 rebounds and 13.4 minut...

Apr 19, 2021

UEFA could ban Super League players from Euro 2020, WCup

MONTREUX, Switzerland - Players at the 12 clubs setting up their own Super League could be banned from this year's European Championship and next year's World Cup, UEFA President Aleksander Ceferin sa...

Apr 19, 2021

Canadian bowler Francois Lavoie wins PBA Super Slam and US$100,000

ANNANDALE, Va. - Canadian bowler Franois Lavoie has won the Guaranteed Rate PBA Super Slam. The 28-year-old from Quebec City, who now makes his home in Wichita, Kan., defeated PBA Players Championship...

Apr 19, 2021

Alberta's Boser set to face off against the Sledgehammer on June UFC card

Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser will face Sweden's Ilir (The Sledgehammer) Latifi on a June 5 UFC Fight Night card. The 29-year-old from Bonnyville, who now calls Edmonton home, is co...

Apr 19, 2021

Evacuations, damage as raging wildfire spreads in Cape Town

CAPE TOWN, South Africa - People were evacuated from Cape Town neighbourhoods Monday as a huge wildfire sweeping across the slopes of the city's famed Table Mountain was fanned by high winds and threa...

Apr 19, 2021

Patrick Marleau set to break Gordie Howe's record for most NHL games played

LAS VEGAS - Patrick Marleau is poised to make history tonight.The 41-year-old native of Aneroid, Sask., will surpass Gordie Howe's record for most games played in NHL history when the San Jose Sharks ...

Apr 19, 2021

AP Source: Tottenham fires manager Jose Mourinho

LONDON - Tottenham has fired manager Jose Mourinho, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the decision has no...

Apr 19, 2021

Whitecaps beat Timbers 1-0 in Cascadia Cup opener

SANDY, Utah - Vancouver Whitecaps head coach Marc Dos Santos dedicated the team's season-opening victory to all the fans back in Vancouver who could not be in attendance. The Whitecaps kicked off the ...

Apr 18, 2021

Canadians Brendan Bottcher, Rachel Homan earn spots in finals of Champions Cup

CALGARY - Brendan Bottcher beat Kevin Koe 6-2 in another big all-Alberta game on Sunday to book a spot in the men's final of the Humpty's Champions Cup, while Ottawa's Rachel Homan secured a berth in ...

Apr 18, 2021

Maple Leafs hoping knee injury to Zach Hyman not 'too serious' following collision

VANCOUVER - The sight of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Zach Hyman lying on the ice in pain has his teammates worried about his status. Hyman left Sunday's game against the Vancouver Canucks with a knee ...

Apr 18, 2021