TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard is returning to Toronto seven years after leading the Raptors to the franchise's only NBA championship. Here's a look at key dates from Leonard's first stint with the Raptors to his return to Toronto: July 18, 2018 - The Toronto...

TORONTO - Zach McKinstry scored on Louis Varland's fielding error in the ninth inning as the Detroit Tigers slipped past the Toronto Blue Jays 6-5 on Monday. Infielder Hao-Yu Lee grounded to Blue Jays first baseman Vladimir Guerrero Jr., with Varland r...

The trade sending Kawhi Leonard from the Los Angeles Clippers to the Toronto Raptors has been made official. More coming. The Canadian Press

CALGARY - Calgary will host the X Games next February, marking the first edition of the action sports event in Canada. WinSport's Canada Olympic Park will stage skiing and snowboarding competitions from Feb. 19-21, 2027, with big air, knucklehuck, slop...

OTTAWA - The Canadian men were eliminated from medal contention at the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships with a 79-65 loss to Poland in round-of-16 action Monday. The teams were tied at the half, but Poland took control by outscoring the h...

SURREY - Brock Boeser didn't expect to be embarking on a rebuild in his 10th NHL season. Yet that's exactly where the veteran winger finds himself the Vancouver Canucks prepare for the 2025-26 campaign. "You can never predict what happens in this leagu...

Legendary Canadian skip Brad Gushue is certainly keeping busy since retiring from competition. He was named USA Curling's high-performance director last spring, plans to go on a book tour next month, and on Monday was named a television analyst for the...

TORONTO - The Blue Jays have recalled infielder/outfielder Davis Schneider from triple-A Buffalo ahead of their three-game home series against Detroit. Schneider will be active for tonight's game against the Tigers. The 27-year-old has split the season...

TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard is officially returning to the Toronto Raptors. After a months-long delay, the NBA approved a trade between the Raptors and Los Angeles Clippers on Monday that sent Leonard back to Toronto where he won an NBA championship in 201...

TORONTO - Baseball's stretch drive is here and the Toronto Blue Jays are in the mix as they aim to return to the post-season after reaching the World Series last fall. With 12 games to go entering play Monday against the visiting Detroit Tigers, here's...

LAVAL - Chris Kreider has skated onto the Bell Centre ice to a chorus of boos for most of his career. That, he hopes, is about to change. The veteran forward was introduced as a member of the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, two days after signing a one-y...

CASTLE ROCK, Colo. (AP) - Joe Sakic will remain in the role of general manager for the Colorado Avalanche indefinitely with no search scheduled, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Monday. Already the president of hock...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres are banking on forward Noah Ostlund's potential by signing the 22-year-old to an eight-year, $52.8 million contract, the team announced Monday. The sizable terms of the contract reflects the confidence the Sabres...

TORONTO - Gabriel Diallo withdrew from Canada's upcoming Davis Cup tie against France due to a leg injury, Tennis Canada said Monday. Diallo, who was hurt at the National Bank Open last month in his hometown of Montreal, was replaced by Keegan Rice fo...

LAVAL - Martin St. Louis ushered the Montreal Canadiens out of a rebuild. Now he'll have the opportunity to guide them through a competitive window. The head coach signed a multi-year contract extension Monday as the Canadiens held their season-opening...

TORONTO - "I Play Rocky" is about the making of the classic boxing movie, but hockey fans may recognize a familiar face in the film, too. Former NHL executive Brian Burke makes a brief cameo in the film, which recently premiered at the Toronto Internat...

MONCTON - Canada stretched its winning streak to three straight matches on Sunday, and punched its ticket to Tuesday's NORCECA men's continental volleyball championship semifinals in the process. Canada beat Mexico 25-15, 25-18, 25-20 on Sunday at the ...

ZAPOPAN - Canadian Bianca Andreescu started strong, but in the end was no match for sixth-seeded Cristina Bucsa of Spain in Sunday's opening round of the Guadalajara Open. Bucsa defeated the wild card from Mississauga, Ont., 6-4, 6-3 in a WTA 500 match...

VANCOUVER - As head coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps, Jesper Sorensen is generally calm and collected. A chippy 2-1 loss to Austin FC on Sunday tested his Zen demeanour. The Danish manager picked up a yellow card late in the game, apparently for argui...

BURNABY - Vancouver Rise FC scored three goals in a seven-minute span early in the second half to cruise to a 4-0 win over Ottawa Rapid FC on Sunday in Northern Super League action. Jessica De Filippo made it a 2-0 game in the 53rd minute minute before...

TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. claimed he never felt pressure, or thought it was time, to finally smack his first homer at home this season as he made his way to Rogers Centre in recent weeks. The Toronto Blue Jays' slumping slugger did just that on S...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam...

NEW YORK (AP) - Alexander Zverev's best year in tennis goes on, and so does that lengthy Grand Slam drought for American men. Zverev won his second major championship and disappointed a crowd that was desperate to see the first Grand Slam...

MONTREAL - Mexico's Isaac del Toro placed first in the Grand Prix Cycliste de Montreal on Sunday. He finished with a time of five hours 13 minutes 16 seconds. Ottawa's Michael Woods finished 18th. Woods retired from professional road cycling earlier in...

OTTAWA - Arinn Young led the way with 23 points, six rebounds and nine assists as Canada remained undefeated with an 80-37 win over Brazil in Group A action at the IWBF wheelchair basketball world championships on Sunday at TD Place. Cindy Ouellet and ...

TORONTO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. smacked his first homer at home this season, and Kazuma Okamoto followed with a monster solo shot to set a Toronto Blue Jays rookie-year record with 85 RBI in an 8-1 rubber-match win against the Baltimore Orioles on Sund...

GATINEAU - The Montreal Canadiens have signed Zachary Bolduc to a four-year contract, the NHL club announced Sunday. The average annual value of the deal is US$4.2 million. Bolduc had 12 goals and 18 assists in 78 regular-season games in 2025-26. He al...

In almost 100 fights, Canadian boxing titan George Chuvalo was never knocked out and never fell to the canvas. A five-time Canadian heavyweight champion and two-time world heavyweight challenger, Chuvalo died Saturday in Toronto on his 89th birthday. A...