VANCOUVER - Vancouver Rise FC has parted ways with sporting director Stephanie Labbé, the club announced Friday. The former Canadian national team goalkeeper was the club's first employee and helped build the team that won the inaugural Northern Super ...

BROSSARD - Montreal Canadiens forward Florian Xhekaj will be sidelined for another two weeks with a lower-body injury, the team said Friday. Xhekaj has missed the team's last three games after appearing in two contests without recording a point. Meanwh...

REGINA - In a complicated CFL playoff picture, the Saskatchewan Roughriders understand one simple fact - close out the season with victories in their final two regular season games and they're in the post-season. The Roughriders (8-8) are heading into ...

OWINGS MILLS, Md. (AP) - Lamar Jackson is out again this weekend because of an ankle injury. This year, there's no doubt who his primary backup is. Tyler Huntley will have another chance to shine in relief of Jackson after t...

TORONTO - Tyson Beukeboom is leaving rugby with a Canadian record, two World Cup silver medals and no desire to take another hit. The 35-year-old from Uxbridge, Ont., announced her retirement Friday after 13 years with Canada's women's team, ending a c...

The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving the state's universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in defia...

The NCAA filed a federal lawsuit against Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine on Friday, three days after he signed an executive order giving the state's universities the option of allowing athletes who graduated from high school in 2022 to play a fifth year in defia...

ASTANA - Canada's Taylor Ruck swam to a gold medal in the women's 200-metre backstroke Friday at a World Aquatics Swimming World Cup event. Ruck swam to victory in a time of two minutes 2.29 seconds. The 26-year-old from Kelowna, B.C., won gold in the ...

WUHAN - Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Brazilian partner Luisa Stefani advanced to the doubles semifinals of the Wuhan Open tennis tournament with a 7-6 (4), 6-4 win over Mexico's Giuliana Olmos and Estonia's Ingrid Neel on Friday. The top seeds had...

EDMONTON - The Utah Mammoth have not had much success against Edmonton in their brief existence. But they changed that around on Thursday while further signifying they are a team to keep an eye on this season. Clayton Keller scored a pair of goals as ...

OTTAWA - Eight games is a small sample size but there's no denying the Ottawa Senators are playing with confidence. The Senators improved to 6-2-0 after posting a 2-1 shootout win over the New York Islanders Thursday night. Perhaps most impressive, and...

TORONTO - Even on one of the most memorable nights of his NHL career, Kirill Marchenko was his own harshest critic. Marchenko had a hat trick in his 300th NHL game, including a spectacular highlight-reel goal, but he blamed himself for the Buffalo Sabr...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mark Stone had the fourth hat trick of his career and the Vegas Golden Knights beat the Calgary Flames 6-2 on Thursday night. Vegas (7-2-0) leads the NHL with 14 points. Stone scored all three of his goals in the third period to put th...

EDMONTON - Clayton Keller scored a pair of goals as the Utah Mammoth emerged with a 4-2 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday. Barrett Hayton and Logan Cooley also scored for the Mammoth (6-2-0), who have won three straight. Karel Vejmelka stopp...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, Milwaukee's brilliant bullpen slammed the door late and the Brewers rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series ...

CHICAGO (AP) - Artyom Levshunov scored 1:37 into overtime and Patrick Kane set the NHL record for most assists by a U.S.-born player in a 4-3 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night. Connor Bedard scored on the power play for his first goal of the...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Garrett Mitchell hit a go-ahead homer in the sixth inning, Milwaukee's brilliant bullpen slammed the door late and the Brewers rallied past the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-4 on Thursday in Game 4 of the National League Championship Series ...

NEW YORK - Scottie Barnes led the way with 23 points, Canadian RJ Barrett had 21 but the Toronto Raptors narrowly lost 122-120 to the New York Knicks on Thursday in NBA pre-season action. Kawhi Leonard, the Raptors' star off-season acquisition, had ju...

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) - Brady Tkachuk completed his second straight natural hat trick with a nifty move up the middle in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday night. Tkachuk also scored three straight g...

OTTAWA - Shane Pinto's shootout winner lifted the Ottawa Senators to a 2-1 win over the New York Islanders on Thursday night. Ridly Greig scored in regulation, while Linus Ullmark made 20 saves for Ottawa (6-2-0). Semyon Varlamov, making his second sta...

TORONTO - Owen Power had the overtime winner as the Buffalo Sabres reeled off three unanswered goals to rally past the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Thursday. Jack Quinn had a pair of goals for Buffalo (4-3-1) before Dennis Gilbert and Mattias Samuelsson ...

The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired Finnish forward Aatu Raty from the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for forwards Brandon Buhr and Jacob Quillan. The 23-year-old has one goal in four games with Vancouver this season and 29 points in 118 career NHL ga...

Stephen Gogolev still can't quite believe the heights he reached last season. His coach, Benoît Richaud, foresees even higher peaks for Canada's top men's figure skater. "The season was fantastic last year because he was one of the most stable skaters,...

OTTAWA - It has been 406 days since Ottawa Redblacks fans last saw a win at TD Place. And they may have to wait a lot longer if the Redblacks (0-16) can't snap a 22-game losing streak Friday night when they host the Toronto Argonauts (9-7) in their las...

CLEVELAND (AP) - In a season where Cleveland rookies helped propel to the Guardians to their third straight AL Central title, it was the team's emotional spark plug that powered the Guardians to a pivotal victory in Game 3 of the AL Championship Series...

OTTAWA - Canadian receiver Nick Mardner, the second pick of the 2024 CFL draft, was released Thursday by the Ottawa Redblacks. Ottawa also let American receiver Binjimen Victor go. The Redblacks drafted Mardner following his college career at Auburn. T...

ZURICH (AP) - Gianni Infantino apologized to FIFA's ruling council on Thursday for "mistakes" in his secretive investment plan for the World Cup but didn't give details sought by his toughest critics who want to oust him as the president of soccer's go...

TORONTO - The Calgary Stampeders will be playing for much more than the season series with the B.C. Lions on Saturday night. Calgary (8-9) hosts B.C. (10-6) with the two teams having split their previous two contests this season. The Lions can cement a...