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Whitecaps loan Canadian youth international centre back to Atletico Ottawa

OTTAWA - The Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned Canadian youth international Gianfranco Facchineri to expansion Atletico Ottawa of the Canadian Premier League until the end of September. The 18-year-old ...

Jul 06, 2020

FIFA: Edmonton, Montreal, Toronto lone Canada candidates cities for 2026 World Cup

The FIFA representative leading the review of candidate cities for the 2026 World Cup says Edmonton, Montreal and Toronto are the only sites under consideration in Canada. Asked on a media conference ...

Jul 06, 2020

NHL says 5% of players have tested positive for COVID-19 at voluntary workouts

NEW YORK - The NHL says 35 total players have tested positive for the novel coronavirus over roughly the past month. The league says 23 of 396 players checked for COVID-19 at team facilities have...

Jul 06, 2020

Spring Training 2.0: Jays set to begin camp in Toronto ahead of 60-game season

TORONTO - The Blue Jays appear set to resume training camp at Toronto's Rogers Centre after arriving in the Ontario capital on Sunday night from the team's spring-training home of Dunedin, Fla. C...

Jul 06, 2020

Canadian guard Pangos signs with Russian team after two years with Barcelona

Kevin Pangos is on the move to Russia after Barcelona chose not to re-sign the Canadian guard. The 27-year-old from Holland Landing, Ont., signed with Zenit Saint-Petersburg, the Russian club ann...

Jul 06, 2020

Jorge Masvidal to fight UFC welterweight champion Kamaru Usman on 6 days notice

Jorge (Gamebred) Masvidal has stepped in on six days notice to fight welterweight champion Kamaru (The Nigerian Nightmare) Usman on Saturday at UFC 251. Usman (16-1-0) was due to face Gilbert (Durinho...

Jul 06, 2020

Blue Jays hope to start team workouts at Toronto's Rogers Centre Monday

The Toronto Blue Jays will have plenty of young talent with them when they open summer training camp at Rogers Centre next week. But even with the minor-league season officially cancelled due to the C...

Jul 06, 2020

Canadian Taylor Pendrith one shot back heading into final round

BERTHOUD, Colo. - Canadian Taylor Pendrith is in contention for his first Korn Ferry Tour victory with one round to go at the TPC Colorado Championship at Heron Lakes. Pendrith, of Richmond ...

Jul 06, 2020

NHL, NHLPA agree on protocols to resume season

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly told The Associated Press on Sunday that the NHL and NHL Players' Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season. Daly said the sides are still negotiating a c...

Jul 05, 2020

Bottas shows he can handle pressure in winning Austrian GP

SPIELBERG, Austria - Valtteri Bottas insisted before the season-opening Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday that he has what it takes to win the Formula One world championship. That's a tall order with six-...

Jul 05, 2020