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Bryan Trottier among Indigenous sport leaders featured on Canada Post stamps
CALGARY - Hockey Hall of Famer Bryan Trottier will be featured on a Canada Post stamp to celebrate Indigenous leaders in sport. Stamps featuring Trottier, a six-time Stanley Cup champion as a player, Chief Wilton Littlechild and Edward Lennie were unve...
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Golden Knights promote Ryan Craig to head coach from AHL
LAS VEGAS (AP) - The Vegas Golden Knights have promoted Ryan Craig to head coach, replacing John Tortorella, the club announced Wednesday. Craig has been the organization's American Hockey League coach in Henderson, Nevada. Craig will address reporters...
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Fernandez, Starodubtseva advance to Nottingham doubles quarterfinals
NOTTINGHAM - Canada's Leylah Fernandez and Ukraine's Yuliia Starodubtseva advanced to the doubles quarterfinals at the Nottingham Open with a 6-0, 6-2 win over Taiwan's Wu Fang-Hsien and Japan's Eri Hozumi on Wednesday. Fernandez and Starodubtseva were...
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Auger-Aliassime overcomes tough test against Tien, reaches Halle quarterfinals
HALLE - Montreal's FΓ©lix Auger-Aliassime narrowly avoided an upset at the Terra Wortmann Open, rallying for a 6-7 (5), 7-5, 7-6 (5) win over Learner Tien of the United States in second-round action Wednesday. Auger-Aliassime, the tennis tournament's se...
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De Minaur continues mastery of Shapovalov with second-round win at Queen's Club
LONDON - Australia's Alex de Minaur continued his mastery of Canada's Denis Shapovalov on the ATP Tour with a 6-4, 6-1 win in second-round action Wednesday at the HSBC Championships. De Minaur, the top seed at the ATP 500 grass-court event at West Lond...
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Toronto Maple Leafs hire former L.A. Kings coach Jim Hiller as new head coach
TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have hired Jim Hiller as the 41st head coach in franchise history. The 57-year-old returns to Toronto after spending four seasons as an assistant coach with the club from 2015-19. Hiller replaces Craig Berube as part o...
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The Latest from the 2026 FIFA World Cup in Canada
Here are the latest developments from the 2026 FIFA World Cup. All times Eastern: 1:30 p.m. Qatar's fans will be outnumbered in Vancouver for tomorrow's match against Canada, but they'll be making their presence felt in the city today. The team's offic...
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New-look Saturday Nights: CBC plans to 'lean in harder' on sports with HNIC deal over
TORONTO - The NHL's long, storied tradition on the CBC is over now that the venerable "Hockey Night in Canada" television program has been iced after a near 75-year run. While noting it was "an end of an era," CBC Sports executive director Chris Wilson...
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Christopher Morales Williams aims to perfect race plan, defend 400m national title
Christopher Morales Williams is searching for perfection. The 21-year-old from Vaughan, Ont., is set to defend his national title this week at the Canadian track and field championships in Ottawa. Morales Williams will run in the men's 400-metre semifi...
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Ghana, Panama set to open World Cup competition tonight at Toronto Stadium
TORONTO - Ghana and Panama will launch their prove-'em-wrong World Cup campaigns tonight at Toronto Stadium. Soccer pundits don't give either Group L side a chance to finish ahead of England or Croatia - who square off today in Arlington, Texas - which...
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Retired sociologist Reginald Bibby proposes regional American expansion plan for CFL
Quebec City is very much on the CFL's expansion radar but Dr. Reginald Bibby feels the league should again incorporate American-based franchises. Last month, veteran journalist Sylvain Bouchard divulged talks have been ongoing for more than a year betw...
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Retired sociology professor Bibby sees definite advantages for CFL returning to U.S.
Dr. Reginald Bibby, a retired University of Lethbridge sociology professor and author, suggests in the appendix of his book The Canadian Transformation: 1975-2025 that the CFL should expand into four American states that border existing Canadian franch...
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Vancouver bars rush beer and staff to the front line of World Cup's war on thirst
VANCOUVER - Vancouver's Tyler Broers said he's never seen anything like what unfolded on Saturday. Australian World Cup fans filled his multi-level sports bar, Dublin Calling, before and after their team's match against Turkey, and nearly drank the bar...
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Ghana, Panama fans gather in Toronto for World Cup match as stormy weather looms
TORONTO - Soccer fans are gearing up for Toronto's second FIFA World Cup match as Ghana takes on Panama this evening, although potentially stormy weather may get in the way of some festivities. Ghana supporters are gathering at Sankofa Square in downto...
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Austria beats Jordan 3-1 for its first World Cup win in 36 years
SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) - Austria won a World Cup game for the first time in 36 years with a 3-1 victory Tuesday over a Jordan team on debut at soccer's premier global event. An own goal from a corner kick that deflected off Jordanian d...
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Messi has his first World Cup hat trick as defending champion Argentina beats Algeria 3-0 in opener
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Lionel Messi registered his first World Cup hat trick while moving into a tie for first on the tournament's career scoring list Tuesday night, sending defending champion Argentina to a dominant 3-0 victory over Algeria in its gr...
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Blue Jays back Cease with 3 homers in 6-1 victory over Red Sox
BOSTON (AP) - Davis Schneider and AndrΓ©s GimΓ©nez hit back-to-back home runs, Dylan Cease pitched five shutout innings, and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Boston Red Sox 6-1 on Tuesday night. George Springer added a two-run homer, the 300th of his caree...
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Mitchell scores 27 as surging Fever beat struggling Tempo 113-91
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Kelsey Mitchell scored 27 points on 9-of-11 shooting, Caitlin Clark and Aliyah Boston each had a double-double, and the Indiana Fever beat the Toronto Tempo 113-91 on Tuesday night for their fourth straight victory. Clark finished w...
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Marlies beat Wolves 1-0, lead Calder Cup final series 3-0
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...
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Lionel Messi ties men's World Cup goals record with a hat trick as Argentina tops Algeria
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...
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Erling Haaland scores twice in World Cup debut as Norway tops Iraq 4-1
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...
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League Shakeup
PJHL schedule released as Moosomin ceases operations, dispersal draft set for Wednesday
The Prince Albert Timberjaks will have one less team to worry about this upcoming Prairie Junior Hockey League (PJHL) season.This after the Moosomin Steelhawks ceased operations in the league after just one season.The announcement was made on Monday across the team's social media accounts, saying the franchise is explo...
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Boston Fleet goaltender Aerin Frankel named PWHL's most valuable player, top goalie
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...
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Kylian MbappΓ© sparks France with two goals in 3-1 win over Senegal at the World Cup
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Kylian MbappΓ© scored twice to move past PelΓ© 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. MbappΓ© had 14 touche...
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Raptors eye best player available with 19th pick in next week's NBA draft
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...
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End of NHL broadcasts on CBC raises public access questions, advocacy group says
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...
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Four-team expansion magnifies PWHL draft, defender Caroline Harvey top prospect
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 ...
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France striker Kylian MbappΓ© scores 13th and 14th World Cup goals, moving into tie for 3rd all time
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) - Kylian MbappΓ© passed PelΓ© and Lionel Messi on the World Cup goal-scoring list and moved into first in the record books for France's national team. MbappΓ© scored his 13th and 14th World Cup goals on Tuesday in ...
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