VANCOUVER - A new atmosphere is hanging over the Vancouver Canucks in the final days of the season. The team is anchored to the bottom of the NHL standings and at the tail end of a disastrous campaign - and yet a lightness seems to be permeating the lo...

VANCOUVER - Hannah Miller likes what she sees in Madison Samoskevich. Miller, the veteran, and rookie Samoskevich both reached milestones as the Vancouver Goldeneyes used a 4-1 win over the Seattle Torrent to keep their slim playoff hopes alive in a ba...

CALGARY - Cale Makar made an immediate impact Tuesday night in his return after a seven-game absence. Playing his hometown team, the reigning Norris Trophy winner assisted on all three goals as the Colorado Avalanche made it eight consecutive road wins...

OTTAWA - Finland's President Alexander Stubb is in Ottawa this week. On Tuesday he made stops at Rideau Hall and a hockey rink before his first official meeting with Prime Minister Mark Carney. On Wednesday he is holding public conversations on defenc...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Alex Ovechkin had an assist on the go-ahead goal in what perhaps will be the final game of his record-breaking career and the Washington Capitals defeated the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Tuesday night in the season finale for bot...

VANCOUVER - Jake DeBrusk scored his second goal of the night in overtime and the Vancouver Canucks edged the Los Angeles Kings 4-3 on Tuesday. The winger collected a pass from centre Elias Pettersson and tapped a shot in to seal the victory 2:58 into t...

VANCOUVER - Centre Hanna Miller scored a milestone goal as the Vancouver Goldeneyes kept their slim Professional Women's Hockey League playoff hopes alive with a 4-1 win over the Seattle Torrent in a battle between two expansion teams on Tuesday night....

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Nick Schmaltz scored twice as the Utah Mammoth beat the Winnipeg Jets 5-3 on Tuesday night and secured the first wild-card spot in the Western Conference. Schmaltz scored his first goal for the Mammoth 4:54 into the second period ...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Alex Ovechkin hasn't decided if his final NHL game was Tuesday night. If it was, the Russian superstar made sure he got on the scoresheet. Ovechkin assisted on Jakob Chychrun's go-ahead goal during the third period of the Washing...

CALGARY - Gabriel Landeskog scored the go-ahead goal at 15:07 of the third period on Tuesday night to lead the Colorado Avalanche to a 3-1 NHL victory over the Calgary Flames. Artturi Lehkonen and Nathan Mackinnon, with his league-leading 53rd goal int...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. doubled home the go-ahead run in the 10th inning as the Toronto Blue Jays beat Milwaukee 9-7 on Tuesday night and handed the Brewers their sixth consecutive loss. Milwaukee's skid is its longest since June 2023, w...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - LaMelo Ball made a layup with 4.7 seconds left in overtime, Miles Bridges blocked Davion Mitchell's attempt at a winning layup at the buzzer, and the Charlotte Hornets beat Miami 127-126 in a wild start to the NBA's play-in games...

PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Matvei Michkov had a goal and two assists and Porter Martone had one goal to lead the playoff-bound Philadelphia Flyers to a 4-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night. The Flyers rested most of their key veterans a night ...

CUIABÁ - Vanessa Gilles scored two second-half goals to lead short-handed Canada to a 3-1 win over South Korea on Tuesday in a FIFA Series women's soccer match. Evelyne Viens also scored for Canada, which played most of the match with 10 players after ...

MADRID (AP) - Atletico Madrid held on after an early charge by Barcelona to reach the Champions League semifinals for the first time in nearly a decade on Tuesday. Atletico advanced 3-2 on aggregate despite a 2-1 loss to the Catalan club....

LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Paris Saint-Germain advanced to the Champions League semifinals with a 2-0 win over Liverpool at Anfield on Tuesday. Ousmane Dembele's two second-half goals sealed a 4-0 aggregate victory and kept PSG on course t...

TORONTO - Chris Pronger realized there was a captive audience. And the Stanley Cup-winning defenceman had plenty of stories, along with life lessons picked up from his winding journey, to share. Unlike many retired professional athletes, Pronger wasn't...

VANCOUVER - Home ice has not been a haven for the Vancouver Canucks this season. While the entire campaign has been a struggle for the NHL team, the trouble has been especially acute at Rogers Arena where the Canucks have gone 8-27-5. Vancouver will ...

STUTTGART - Canada's Leylah Fernandez cruised into the second round of the Porsche Tennis Grand Prix with a 6-1, 6-4 win over Alexandra Eala of the Philippines on Tuesday. Fernandez overcame six double-faults by breaking Eala four times on eight chance...

VANCOUVER - Vancouver's mayor is putting his city's name in the running for an expansion Major League Baseball franchise, but commentators say it will still be a long shot for a team to land in British Columbia. The reaction comes after Ken Sim said Tu...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Landon Sim to a two-year entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Tuesday. The 21-year-old had three goals and 31 penalty minutes with the American Hockey League's Toronto Marlies this season. H...

MIAMI (AP) - Javier Mascherano is out as Inter Miami's coach, a stunning move that comes only four months after leading Lionel Messi's club to the MLS Cup title. Mascherano, a former teammate of Messi at Barcelona and with Argentina's nat...

MUNICH - Canada's Denis Shapovalov defeated eighth seed Tallon Griekspoor 6-4, 3-6, 6-2 in first-round action Tuesday at the BMW Open. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., clinched the match with a strong third set in which he hit 13 winners and didn'...

Your favourite artist is coming to town, or your favourite team is heading to the playoffs - you want to go, but don't want to pay top dollar. Here's your dilemma: do you buy tickets now or wait until closer to the show in hopes prices will fall? Major...

TORONTO - The Toronto Tempo are bringing Kia Nurse home. The Hamilton native signed with the expansion club Tuesday ahead of its inaugural WNBA season, giving Toronto an experienced backcourt option with 245 career games. "I am so excited to finally be...

EDMONTON - The Colorado Avalanche haven't shown any signs of going into the playoffs on cruise control. Nathan MacKinnon scored the shootout winner as the Colorado Avalanche came away with a 2-1 victory over the Edmonton Oilers on Monday. Sam Malinski ...

TORONTO - John Tavares and his teammates opened the NHL season with plenty of hope. Toronto's sports scene was buzzing. The Blue Jays were in the early stages of what would turn into a memorable run to the World Series. The Maple Leafs, meanwhile, had ...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Mark Stone scored his fourth goal in three games and combined with Jack Eichel for seven points as the Golden Knights defeated the Winnipeg Jets 6-2 on Monday night to move Vegas closer to winning a fifth Pacific Division title in its ...