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Nuggets star Jamal Murray crossing fingers that he can play for Canada at Olympics

DENVER - Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this s...

Dec 03, 2020

Raptors' Siakam wants to rediscover joy of playing after struggling in NBA bubble

Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID...

Dec 03, 2020

Canadians Jeff Smith, Matt Campbell learn draw at World Darts Championship

TORONTO - Jeff (The Silencer) Smith will face Keane Barry while fellow Canadian Matt (Ginga Ninja) Campbell takes on Scott Waites in the first round of the William Hill World Darts Championship. The 2...

Dec 03, 2020

Two Grand Slam events added to curling bubble at Canada Olympic Park in Calgary

Add two more competitions to the Calgary curling "bubble" that's slated to hold several events later this season. The Grand Slam of Curling said Thursday that it plans to host The Players' Championshi...

Dec 03, 2020

Ottawa to host 2026 world wheelchair basketball championships

Ottawa has been named host city for the 2026 world men's and women's wheelchair basketball championships.Sixteen men's teams and a dozen women's international squads will compete for world titles over...

Dec 03, 2020

Golf Canada names Kevin Blue new chief sport officer

Golf helped make Kevin Blue who he is today, so it's only fitting that he returned to the sport that was so influential for him. Blue was named the new chief sport officer for Golf Canada on Thursday....

Dec 03, 2020

CP NewsAlert: Alphonso Davies voted Canada's top soccer player

Alphonso Davies, who drew worldwide acclaim while helping Bayern Munich fill its trophy case in 2020, has been named Canada Soccer's Men's Player of the year.The 20-year-old from Edmonton also won the...

Dec 03, 2020

Canadian moguls star Mikael Kingsbury out four to six weeks with back injury

MONTREAL - Canada's Mikael Kingsbury will miss moguls races for the first time in his World Cup career after suffering a back injury in training on Sunday. The 2018 Olympic gold medallist fractured hi...

Dec 03, 2020

Toronto actor-brothers Stephan James and Shamier Anderson launch The Black Academy

TORONTO - When Toronto-raised actor Stephan James got the inaugural Radius Award at last year's Canadian Screen Awards, he felt incredibly honoured but also a bittersweetness. The elation from being p...

Dec 03, 2020

MLSE reopens giant kitchen to prep meals for local agencies, front-line workers

TORONTO - Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's giant kitchen is open again. MLSE and its partners, who combined to donate 500,000 meals to front-line workers and community agencies from April to June...

Dec 03, 2020