LONDON (AP) - South Africa won the World Test Championship against titleholder Australia by five wickets after knocking off the last 69 runs required on the fourth morning of the final on Saturday. The Proteas achieved their first major cricket title in 27 years, sparking wild celebrations at Lord's. They moved from a ...

OTTAWA - Discipline or lack of it told the story for the Ottawa Redblacks Friday night. Plagued by penalties and missed opportunities, Ottawa came up short in a 39-18 loss to the Montreal Alouettes spoiling its home opener. For the second straight week the Redblacks took far too many penalties, 11 for 98 yards, and it ...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Game on the line, season quite possibly on the line, the Oklahoma City Thunder had only one place to turn. They went to the MVP. And Shai Gilgeous-Alexander delivered, scoring 15 of his 35 points in the final 4:38, capping Oklahoma City's rally from a 10-point, second-half deficit and sealing a 111-...

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Shai Gilgeous-Alexander scored 15 of his 35 points in the fourth quarter, and the Oklahoma City Thunder rallied from a 10-point, second-half deficit to beat the Indiana Pacers 111-104 on Friday night and tie the NBA Finals at two games apiece. Jalen Williams added 27, Alex Caruso had 20 and Chet Hol...

OTTAWA - Davis Alexander was solid going 23-for-32 for 344 yards, one touchdown and one interception as the Montreal Alouettes took control early and never looked back in a 39-18 victory over the Ottawa Redblacks on Friday. Montreal (2-0-0) extended its winning streak at TD Place to 11 games. Matt Shiltz, who got the s...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - The pounding rain arrived far too late to douse so many of the meltdowns across Oakmont on Friday in a U.S. Open that produced a brilliant round by Sam Burns and a litany of collapses and tantrums typical in a major that prides itself on being the toughest test. Only three players remained under par...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber hit a three-run homer, Ranger Suárez struck out six in seven shutout innings and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 8-0 on Friday night. Suárez (5-1) continued to shine since his return from an early season back injury. He allowed seven runs in his firs...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - Sam Burns avoided a meltdown that ruined his opening round at the U.S. Open and wound up with a big par save on his last hole for a 5-under 65 and the 36-hole lead. Best of all, he was long gone before the real calamity arrived late Friday afternoon at Oakmont. Rory McIlroy threw a club in disgust a...

KING CITY - Pargat Singh scored 89 runs and fellow opener Yuvraj Samra added 61 as Canada defeated the Cayman Islands by 126 runs in the NoFrills Quadrangular T20I Cricket Series. Singh belted six sixes and six fours in his 44-ball knock, combining with Samra on a 109-run partnership. Canada won the toss at the Maple L...

FRANKFURT AM MAIN - Canada's (Gentleman) Jim Long and Matt (Ginjaninja) Campbell lost 4-1 to Denmark on Friday, failing to advance out of the group stage at the BetVictor World Cup of Darts. Long, from London, Ont., and Campbell, from Hamilton, were beaten 4-1 by Malaysia on Thursday. Malaysia's Tengku Shah Tan Jenn Mi...

OAKMONT, Pa. (AP) - Shane Lowry had spent 32 holes being battered by Oakmont Country Club. Then he made a mistake that couldn't be blamed on the course. "Probably one of the stupidest things I've ever done," he said. Lowry was penalized a stroke Friday at the U.S. Open after he picked up his ball on the 14th ...

BELMONT, Mich. (AP) - Lexi Thompson was back in contention going into the weekend in her beloved Meijer LPGA Classic, a year after a playoff loss at Blythefield County Club. Making her sixth start of the season in a part-time tour schedule, Thompson birdied three of the last four holes in breezy afternoon conditions fo...

VANCOUVER - Even as a ball boy, Niko Sigur was hungry to learn. From his post on the B.C. Place sidelines, Sigur watched as rising stars Jonathan David and Alphonso Davies sprinted down the field for the Canadian men's soccer team during a game back in 2018 or 2019, studying and analyzing each player's movements with a...

TORONTO - There's no place like home for Wynton McManis and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (0-1) hosts the Calgary Stampeders (1-0) on Saturday afternoon in its home opener. After the Argos began their Grey Cup title defence with a 28-10 road loss in Montreal last week, McManis welcomes the return to BMO Field, where t...

OTTAWA - Delaney Baie Pridham made Northern Super League history last Saturday, becoming the first player to record a hat trick - but it was who was in the crowd that made it unforgettable. The 27-year-old Ottawa Rapid FC forward had more than 30 family and friends in the stands for the 4-0 win over AFC Toronto, includ...

Commissioner Lisa King wants to bring the Women's Football Alliance to Canada. The WFA has partnered with Cosmos Sports & Entertainment, a sports-marketing firm based in Mississauga, Ont., to search for ownership groups in Canada for teams to play in the league's pro division starting next season. "The WFA has...

MONTREAL - Red Bull's Max Verstappen posted the fastest lap in the first free practice session Friday at the Canadian Grand Prix. The four-time reigning world champion drove around Circuit Gilles Villeneuve in one minute 13.193 seconds on a sunny, 19 C day in Montreal. Williams drivers Alex Albon (1:13.232) and Carlos ...

TORONTO - Longtime Toronto Maple Leafs broadcaster Joe Bowen is calling it a career after the 2025-26 NHL season. The 74-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., made the announcement on social media Friday. Bowen has handled radio play-by-play duties for the Leafs for more than 40 years and is famous for his booming voice, enthus...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - Staying out of the penalty box is a good place to start for all the players involved in the Stanley Cup final. After talking all week about being more disciplined, the Edmonton Oilers were whistled for high-sticking a couple of times and tripping once in the first 16 minutes of Game 4 on Th...

Former NFL player Antonio Brown is facing an attempted murder charge stemming from a shooting that took place during an altercation outside an amateur boxing event in Miami, according to an arrest warrant. Brown, 36, is accused of grabbing a handgun from a security staffer and firing two shots at a man he had gotten in...

VANCOUVER - Tristan Blackmon's pre-game meal included some unusual sides on Sunday - pickle juice, caffeine pills and Red Bull. After battling a gastrointestinal illness that took out about half of the Vancouver Whitecaps squad earlier in the week, the veteran defender was ready to ingest whatever it took to get his en...

TORONTO - Gavin McKenna has etched his name into the history books. The Medicine Hat Tigers' superstar forward was named the David Branch Player of the Year at the Canadian Hockey League Awards on Friday. McKenna is the third-youngest player to ever win the award at 17 years, five months, 24 days old. Only Sidney Crosb...

MILTON - Dale Hunter has a shot at a rare championship double. Two weeks ago, the former NHL star coached the OHL's London Knights to a Memorial Cup title. On Saturday night, he'll look to add the $1-million Pepsi North America Cup to his impressive sports resume. Hunter is the co-owner of Crack Shot, an Ontario-sired ...

MONTREAL - Lance Stroll is gaining a reputation for fighting through pain. The lone Canadian driver in Formula One will race for Aston Martin at this weekend's Canadian Grand Prix, two weeks after missing the Spanish GP and undergoing surgery on his right wrist. Aston Martin said the issue dated back to 2023, when Stro...

SUNRISE - Leon Draisaitl keeps leaving it late. That's working out just fine for the Oilers. The big centre's overtime goal Thursday - his record-setting fourth extra-time winner this spring - pushed Edmonton past Florida 5-4 to even the Stanley Cup final at two games apiece. Draisaitl's breakthrough against Panthers n...

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - Montreal's Gabriel Diallo fired 19 aces to beat No. 3 seed Karen Khachanov of Russia 7-6 (6), 3-6, 6-3 on Friday at the grass-court Libema Open. The Canadian won 74 per cent of his first-serve points and saved four of five break chances. He took the opening set in a tight tiebreak before Khachanov ...

STUTTGART, Germany (AP) - A day after Justin Engel became the youngest tennis player in 40 years to reach a men's tour quarterfinal on grass, his run at the Stuttgart Open ended with a loss to Felix Auger-Aliassime on Friday. The 17-year-old German gave former U.S. Open semifinalist Auger-Aliassime a tough fight in the...

LONDON - Prosecutors are expected to finish their closing submissions today in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Prosecutor Meaghan Cunningham argued Thursday that the complainant's actions should not be judged based on what others believe she should have done that ni...