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Winnipeg Jets forwards Patrik Laine, Nate Thompson head to injured reserve

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed forwards Patrik Laine and Nate Thompson on injured reserve.Laine has missed the past three games with an upper-body injury.The second overall pick in the 2016 ...

Jan 22, 2021

Saskatchewan Roughriders add to depth at quarterback with signing of Tom Flacco

REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Tom Flacco. Flacco joins the Roughriders after two strong seasons at Towson University in Maryland. In his senior year, Flacco wa...

Jan 22, 2021

Canadian rankings to be used to determine final wild-card spots at Scotties and Brier

Curling Canada has decided to use the national ranking system as its selection criteria for the final wild-card berths at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Tim Hortons Brier. The announcement clea...

Jan 22, 2021

Hank Aaron, baseball's one-time home run king, dies at 86

ATLANTA - Hank Aaron, who endured racist threats with stoic dignity during his pursuit of Babe Ruth but went on to break the career home run record in the pre-steroids era, died early Friday. He was 8...

Jan 22, 2021

Canadian women strike gold on return to World Cup speedskating

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadian women won a World Cup speedskating gold medal in team pursuit in their first international races in months Friday. Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann and...

Jan 22, 2021

Toronto Maple Leafs won't have Auston Matthews, Joe Thornton against Edmonton Oilers

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs will be missing two forwards in Friday night's rematch against the visiting Edmonton Oilers. Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe says star centre Auston Matthews will sit...

Jan 22, 2021

'Ready to be flexible': NHL teams know different looks key against familiar foes

Players and coaches across the NHL have talked a lot about embracing change and new normals in this most unusual of seasons. The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it an abbreviated schedule, realigned di...

Jan 22, 2021

Canadian Olympic boss says IOC plans to go ahead with Tokyo Games this summer

TORONTO - The head of the Canadian Olympic Committee says the IOC remains committed to staging the Summer Games in Tokyo this summer. COC chief executive officer David Shoemaker tweeted he attended a ...

Jan 22, 2021

Amid cancellation talk, Tokyo Olympics `focused on hosting'

TOKYO - IOC President Thomas Bach and local organizers are pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be cancelled. Now set to open July 23, the Tokyo Games were postponed 10 ...

Jan 22, 2021

Hearing today in case of taekwondo coach convicted of sexually assaulting student

The case of an elite taekwondo coach convicted of sexually assaulting one of his teenage students is back before an Ontario court today.Ontario Superior Court Justice Anne Molloy is set to hear submis...

Jan 22, 2021