LILLEHAMMER - Canadian skier Valérie Grenier closed the World Cup alpine season with a victory in women's giant slalom on Wednesday. The 29-year-old from St-Isidore, Ont., posted a combined time of two minutes 16.79 seconds to stand atop the podium in ...

HAFJELL, Norway (AP) - Mikaela Shiffrin secured a record-tying sixth women's overall World Cup skiing title by holding off a challenge from emerging German rival Emma Aicher in the final race of the season Wednesday. Shiffrin needed only ...

VANCOUVER - Mason McTavish is quick to admit he's been struggling. So when the Anaheim Ducks forward snapped his scoring skid on Tuesday, a sense of relief followed. "It's been a while, so it's nice to get one," he said of the tally that helped the Du...

How athletes competing on the world stage are funded was just one piece of an omnibus report on the state of Canadian sport, but a key one given the country's performance at the recent Winter Games. Of the 98 calls to action in the Future of Sport in C...

MONTREAL - Cole Caufield used the words "confidence" and "swagger" to describe what he likes to see in a starting goalie. Jakub Dobes showed both Tuesday night. Dobes made a career-high 41 saves as the Montreal Canadiens rallied from a 2-0 deficit to b...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele is the Winnipeg Jets' leading scorer, known for his elite offensive production rather than his toughness. But when Vegas Golden Knights forward Brett Howden took a run at linemate Kyle Connor late in the second period of Tuesd...

DETROIT (AP) - Carter Yakemchuk scored a second-period goal and also had an assist in his NHL debut as the streaking Ottawa Senators edged the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Yakemchuk, the No. 7 overall pick of the 2024 draft, ha...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Connor McDavid scored twice to give him 401 career goals and 1,200 points, sparking the Edmonton Oilers to a 5-2 victory over the Utah Mammoth on Tuesday night. McDavid became the fifth player in Oilers history to re...

VANCOUVER - Mikael Granlund scored twice, Alex Killorn had a goal and an assist, and the Anaheim Ducks outlasted the Vancouver Canucks for a 5-3 victory on Tuesday. Mason McTavish and Troy Terry - into an empty net - also scored for the Ducks (40-27-4...

CALGARY - Yegor Sharangovich scored in the fourth round of the shootout to lead the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 NHL victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Tuesday night. Olli Maatta and Zayne Parekh, each with their first goals of the season, scored in regu...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele registered a goal and two assists and added a second-period fighting major to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-1 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in front of 13,478 fans at Canada Life Centre Tuesday night. Kyle Connor, who ...

BOSTON (AP) - Matthew Knies scored a pair of goals and the Toronto Maple Leafs snapped a three-game losing streak with a 4-2 victory over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night. Max Domi and William Nylander also scored for the Maple Leafs and John Tavare...

DETROIT (AP) - Carter Yakemchuk scored a second-period goal and also had an assist in his NHL debut as the streaking Ottawa Senators edged the Detroit Red Wings 3-2 on Tuesday night. Yakemchuk, the No. 7 overall pick of the 2024 draft, had been playing...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Laura Kluge scored her first PWHL goal midway through the second period, Aerin Frankel tied a season high with 35 saves in her sixth shutout of the season, and the Boston Fleet beat the Vancouver Goldeneyes 2-0 on Tuesday night. Bo...

MONTREAL - Cole Caufield scored his 44th goal of the season and Jakub Dobes made 41 saves as the Montreal Canadiens held off the Carolina Hurricanes for a 5-2 win on Tuesday. Juraj Slafkovsky and Ivan Demidov had a goal and an assist each, while Oliver...

Patrick Chan was nearing the end of his storied career when Stephen Gogolev burst onto the scene with limitless potential. Just 13, Gogolev was already armed with a full arsenal of quad jumps and was poised to become Chan's heir apparent in Canadian me...

Football success, it seems, hasn't changed Ottawa's Akheem Mesidor. Since heading to the U.S. in 2019, the defensive lineman has developed into a projected first-round pick in the upcoming NFL draft. But Jesse Chinchar, Mesidor's former high school coa...

MIAMI - Canada's Victoria Mboko was ousted by Czechia's Karolina Muchova deep into a WTA 1000 tournament for a second time this year. Muchova posted a 7-5, 7-6 (5) win over Mboko in a tightly contested quarterfinal Tuesday at the Miami Open. The Czech ...

TORONTO - Jesse Marsch watched his players go through warm-up drills on a chilly, windswept pitch. "Be sharp," the head coach of Canada's men's soccer coach bellowed as his charges darted back and forth. Just over 90 minutes later after concluding a bl...

Mohamed Salah will leave Liverpool at the end of the season, the English club said Tuesday, after nine years at Anfield in which he has established himself as one of its greatest-ever players. Liverpool said the 33-year-old Salah has "rea...

TORONTO - Maple Leafs Sports & Entertainment chief operating officer Nick Eaves says Toronto Stadium will outshine its small size when it hosts matches at the 2026 FIFA World Cup. The City of Toronto and MLSE unveiled several new upgrades to Toront...

MONTREAL - The Montréal Victoire have placed captain Marie-Philip Poulin on long-term injured reserve, the Professional Women's Hockey League team announced Tuesday. Poulin has been out since leaving in the first period of a March 15 game against Bosto...

What is the Future of Sport in Canada Commission? Announced in December, 2023 by former federal sports minister Carla Qualtrough, the commission was among various federal government remedies in response to a wave of maltreatment and abuse reports, both...

Canadian sport needs an overhaul, and it starts with the federal government. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's final report released Tuesday. The Canadian sport system is broken, fragmented and unsustainable, said Li...

Canadian sport needs an overhaul, and it starts with the federal government. That was the conclusion of the Future of Sport in Canada Commission's final report released Tuesday. The Canadian sport system is broken, fragmented and unsustainable, said Li...

HAFJELL, Norway (AP) - Olympic champion Lucas Pinheiro Braathen added the World Cup giant slalom season title on Tuesday in a stunning campaign for the Brazilian skier. Racing on the slope where he grew up, the Norway-born star protected ...

New Zealand is set to return to soccer's biggest stage for the first time in 16 years this summer - and the man guiding the nation's efforts is on the cusp of history. When Darren Bazeley takes his place on the sidelines at the FIFA World Cup, he'll b...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - RJ Barrett scored 27 points, Sandro Mamukelashvili added 23, and the Toronto Raptors defeated the Utah Jazz 143-127 on Monday night. Ja'Kobe Walter had 21 points and Scottie Barnes finished with 20 points, 10 assists and seven reb...