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Toronto FC has early start of playoff match against D.C. United moved back

Toronto FC will have its first-round MLS playoff match against visiting D.C. United kick off at 6 p.m. local time on Oct. 19. Originally slated to start at noon that day, the match's start time w...

Oct 09, 2019

Police: High school coach lifted $40 from player's wallet

CLOVIS, N.M. - A New Mexico football coach has been fired and faces criminal charges after authorities said a student used a cellphone video to capture the coach on video taking money from a player's ...

Oct 09, 2019

Canadian forward Josh Larsen apologizes to Springboks for rugby red card

KOBE, Japan - Canadian forward Josh Larsen visited the South African dressing room after Canada's Rugby World Cup loss to apologize for his red card. Larsen, who came on in the 12th minute as an ...

Oct 09, 2019

Former Portugal under-21 midfielder Stephen Eustaquio back in Canada fold

TORONTO - Stephen Eustaquio was seven when he left Canada for Portugal with his family. Fifteen years later, the Cruz Azul defensive midfielder is back - looking to make his debut for Canada. Coach Jo...

Oct 09, 2019

Sherman plans to apologize to Mayfield over handshake flap

BEREA, Ohio - San Francisco cornerback Richard Sherman says he'll apologize to Browns quarterback Baker Mayfield for accusing him of not shaking his hand before Monday night's game. Sherman initially ...

Oct 09, 2019

Canada's Shapovalov and Auger-Aliassime drop second-round matches in Shanghai

SHANGHAI - Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime lost second-round singles matches Wednesday at the Shanghai Masters. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., dropped a 6-3, 6-3 decision to...

Oct 09, 2019

Seats from Quebec City Colisee to be sold off ahead of arena demolition

Quebec City will be selling off seats from the former home of professional hockey in its town, last known as the Pepsi Colisee. The old arena's white wooden seats will be sold on t...

Oct 09, 2019

High-profile soccer wives in Twitter spat over story leaks

The wives of two of English soccer's most high-profile players got embroiled in a spat on Twitter on Wednesday about the leaking of information to a tabloid newspaper. In a post to her 1.3 million fol...

Oct 09, 2019

FIFA fines Hong Kong soccer body for China anthem protest

ZURICH - FIFA has fined Hong Kong's soccer federation 15,000 Swiss francs ($15,100) for fans disrespecting the Chinese national anthem before a World Cup qualifying game last month. Hong Kong fans boo...

Oct 09, 2019

7 2-out runs in 6th lift LA past Nats 10-4 for 2-1 NLDS lead

WASHINGTON - David Freese wasn't in the Los Angeles Dodgers' starting lineup for Game 3 of the NL Division Series. Neither was Kik Hernndez or Chris Taylor. All are right-handed batters, and all knew ...

Oct 08, 2019