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With everyone on board, Toronto FC coach finally able to settle on starting 11

TORONTO - With 10 regular-season games remaining and a healthy roster, Toronto FC coach Greg Vanney is finally able to start settling on a preferred starting 11. Venezuelan winger Erickson Gallardo, w...

Aug 09, 2019

Montreal Impact sign former Barcelona attacking midfielder Bojan Krkic

MONTREAL - The Montreal Impact have signed former Barcelona attacking midfielder Bojan Krkic through the end of the 2020 season. The Major League Soccer club said in a release Wednesday that Krkic was...

Aug 09, 2019

Andreescu advances to 3rd round at Rogers Cup with marathon three-setter

TORONTO - Bianca Andreescu's fatigue quickly turned into frustration on Wednesday when she felt her second-round Rogers Cup match slipping away from her in the third set. That's when the Canadian...

Aug 09, 2019

Hello again: Michael Azira faces Montreal Impact just three days after trade

It will be strange for Impact players to see former teammate Micheal Azira in Chicago Fire red this weekend - just three days after being traded away from Montreal. The Impact sent Azira and a 2020 dr...

Aug 09, 2019

Vancouver Whitecaps add Canadian striker Tosaint Ricketts

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed Canadian striker Tosaint Ricketts. The deal is for the rest of the season and includes a club option for 2020. A former Toronto FC player, Ricketts, 32,...

Aug 09, 2019

Former international Rhian Wilkinson named head coach of women's youth teams

TORONTO - Former Canadian international Rhian Wilkinson has been appointed head coach of the Canadian women's under-17 and under-20 soccer teams. The 37-year-old Wilkinson will remain an assistant coa...

Aug 09, 2019

Bombers' Bighill says no disrespect to Arbuckle, but not facing Mitchell is a break

WINNIPEG - Linebacker Adam Bighill figures the Blue Bombers are catching a bit of a break since veteran Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell remains sidelined recovering from a shoulder inj...

Aug 09, 2019

Ex-brothers-in-law battle over Habs season tickets spills into courtroom

MONTREAL - Quebec Superior Court has awarded nearly $45,000 to a man whose former brother-in-law deprived him of their Montreal Canadiens season tickets over a family dispute, ruling that he...

Aug 09, 2019

Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims announces plans to retire at end of season

Toronto Wolfpack forward Ashton Sims has announced plans to retire at the end of the season. The 34-year-old Australian, a pony-tailed man-mountain at six foot four and 245 pounds, has made his living...

Aug 09, 2019

Woods withdraws from Northern Trust, citing oblique strain

JERSEY CITY, N.J. - Tiger Woods has withdrawn from the opening FedEx Cup playoff event with what he calls a mild oblique strain. Woods opened with a 75 on Thursday in The Northern Trust. He says his o...

Aug 09, 2019