PRINCE GEORGE - A goalie has committed to the Prince George Spruce Kings for next season.The Spruce Kings say it's 2009-born goaltender Asher Netherton, who is 6' 1, 190 pounds and from Kelowna.He's played the last three seasons with RINK Hockey Academy where he went 13-1 last season with a 1.86 GAA and a .937 SV% for ...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings concluded their season with a record-setting 50/50 draw that sold out on deadline day, awarding a life-changing jackpot to a local winner.Kyle Anderson, executive director of business operations, explained that the team's community-owned model makes fundraising vital for m...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Senior Lacrosse League season is in full swing, and among the players suiting up is Cole Paciejewski of the BHL Bandits. Paciejewski, known to be a force you always have to account for, has suited up in international competitions as a member of Team Scotland throughout his lacrosse car...

PRINCE GEORGE - The Prince George Spruce Kings have announced the commitment of 2007-born defenseman Cristian Achim for next season.Achim is 6'4, 194 pounds and was born in Bucharest, Romania but has developed his game mostly within the German hockey system. He spent the last two seasons with EV Landshut U20, scoring 1...

TORONTO - Easton Cowan scored in the second period, Artur Akhtyamov made 24 saves, and the Toronto Marlies edged the Chicago Wolves 1-0 on Tuesday to take a commanding 3-0 lead in the Calder Cup final. Game 4 in the best-of-seven, American Hockey Leagu...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Lionel Messi used the front of his white-and-blue, sweat-soaked jersey to wipe the tears from his eyes, a flood of emotions cracking his usually calm, confident demeanor after he gave Argentina an early lead in its World Cup ope...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Norway will go as far in this World Cup as Erling Haaland takes it. In his tournament debut, he showed he's more than up for that challenge. Haaland scored two goals, including one off a defensive bl...

DETROIT - Aerin Frankel led the Boston Fleet's domination of the Professional Women's Hockey League season's top awards Tuesday when she was named most valuable player and best goaltender. The 27-year-old from Chappaqua, N.Y., became the first goalie t...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Kylian Mbappé scored twice to move past Pelé and Lionel Messi with 14 World Cup goals, Bradley Barcola added another and France rebounded from a surprisingly poor first half to beat Senegal 3-1 Tuesday. Mbappé had 14 touche...

TORONTO - The message was clear from Dan Tolzman. The Toronto Raptors will be sticking to the script in going for the best player available in next week's NBA draft. With the deepest draft class in recent memory on offer, the team's assistant general m...

A media advocacy group says the end of NHL broadcasts on CBC television raises concerns about public access to a cherished Canadian tradition. Friends of Canadian Media says "Hockey Night in Canada" has been a shared national experience for generations...

The Professional Women's Hockey League draft Wednesday in Detroit arrives amid unprecedented player movement in the league's short history. Expansion teams in Hamilton, Detroit, Las Vegas and San Jose Calif., joining the league in 2026-27 will attempt ...

EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Kylian Mbappé passed Pelé and Lionel Messi on the World Cup goal-scoring list and moved into first in the record books for France's national team. Mbappé scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals on Tuesday in ...

NEW TECUMSETH, ONT. - Far from the FIFA World Cup hubbub that has gripped Toronto to the south, there is also plenty of soccer spirit to be found in a small town about a 90-minute drive from the Ontario capital. A Panama team logo can be seen on a larg...

VANCOUVER - Watching the first men's World Cup game to ever be played on Canadian soil, Peter Montopoli felt grateful - and relieved. The country's chief tournament officer has spent the past decade working to bring soccer's biggest showcase to Canada...

Alberta's heated debate over whether it should stay in Canada has led to harassment, threats and the cancellation of one town's annual rodeo parade. A spokesperson for the event in Sundre, northwest of Calgary, said Tuesday they have cancelled Saturday...

VANCOUVER - Questions continue to linger about Alphonso Davies' status as Canada prepares for its next World Cup matchup. The team's 25-year-old captain has been working his way back from a hamstring injury and was not available for the co-host countr...

TORONTO - Saskatchewan quarterback Trevor Harris, Montreal receiver Tyson Philpot and Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander are the top players for Week 2 of the CFL season. Harris completed 30 of 36 passes for 417 yards and three touchdowns in the Rou...

NOTTINGHAM - Canada's Leylah Fernandez was upset 6-4, 7-6 (1) by Turkey's Zeynep Sonmez in first-round action Friday at the Nottingham Open. Fernandez, seeded second at the WTA 205 grass-court event, had seven aces, but she hit into four double-faults ...

LONDON - Top seed Alex de Minaur of Australia defeated Montreal's Gabriel Diallo 7-6 (8), 6-3 in first-round action Tuesday at the HSBC Championships. De Minaur outlasted Diallo in a back-and-forth first-set tiebreaker, forcing the Canadian into an unf...

SOUTHAMPTON, N.Y. (AP) - Now that LIV Golf is flailing and the sport has pulled itself out of what once felt like a day-to-day crisis cycle, Rory McIlroy sees the future - and the past - a little differently, and worries events such as the Canadian Ope...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - John Tortorella will not return as coach of the Vegas Golden Knights after guiding them to the Stanley Cup Final on an interim basis. Uncertainty lingered over the situation through the team's elimination in Game 6 of the final against...

TORONTO - For the first time in the long, storied history of "Hockey Night in Canada," the program will not air on the CBC when the NHL season begins this fall. In a joint statement Tuesday, Rogers Sportsnet and the CBC said that the public broadcaster...

TORONTO - John Chayka has made his first big move with the Maple Leafs. Toronto's new general manager traded goaltender Joseph Woll and depth defenceman Simon Benoit to the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday for blueliner Emil Andrae, netminder Samuel Erss...

Federal regulators have banned unauthorized drones near FIFA World Cup venues and training sites in Toronto and Vancouver to manage crowded airspace and protect event security. As part of broader airspace regulations in effect from June 12 through July...

TORONTO - "Hockey Night in Canada," a program featuring National Hockey League games that has been part of the national fabric for nearly 75 years on CBC television, will not return to the public broadcaster next season. A sub-licensing agreement betwe...

TORONTO - The 2025 Grey Cup generated over $93 million in economic activity across Canada, according to an independent assessment conducted by Sport Tourism Canada. A week of festivities was held in Winnipeg from Nov. 10-16. It was capped by the Saskat...

Former NHL player Kyle Calder died Monday. He was 47. His daughter Madison announced her father's death in a social media post. The Los Angeles Jr. Kings, the team Calder coached from 2020-22, said he died after a brief illness. "Never in a million yea...