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5-time major champ Maria Sharapova retires from tennis at 32
Maria Sharapova quietly walked away from tennis at the age of 32 on Wednesday, ending a career that featured five Grand Slam titles, time at No. 1 in the WTA rankings and a 15-month doping ban. She ha...
Feb 26, 2020

Looking back at Crosby's golden goal a decade later: 'It's seared into my mind'
Jonathan Toews can count on one hand the number of times he hasn't been able to relax ahead of a big game. Known as "Captain Serious" for his steely demeanour, Toews...
Feb 26, 2020

Memories of Sidney Crosby's golden goal ahead of 10-year anniversary
Friday marks 10 years since Sidney Crosby scored in overtime to lead Canada past the United States in the gold-medal men's hockey final at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. The goal cam...
Feb 26, 2020

Coronavirus containment window shrinking as virus spreads to more countries
OTTAWA - Canada's border measures to guard the country against incoming cases of the novel coronavirus, or COVID-19, will likely become less effective as the virus spreads, the country's chief me...
Feb 26, 2020

Maple Leafs GM Kyle Dubas has relatively uneventful trade deadline day
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas resisted the temptation to make significant changes at the NHL trade deadline. He's hoping adversity makes his slumping team stronger. The Leafs, co...
Feb 26, 2020

Worried Democrats rush to slow front-runner Sanders
HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. - Worried Democrats on Monday intensified their assault against the party's presidential front-runner, Bernie Sanders, as the Vermont senator marched toward South Carolina's w...
Feb 26, 2020

'A new day': Harvey Weinstein convicted, led away in cuffs
NEW YORK - Former Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and led off to prison in handcuffs Monday in what his foes hailed as a landmark moment ...
Feb 26, 2020

UFC middleweight champion Israel Adesanya apologizes for Twin Towers comment
UFC middleweight champion Israel (The Last Stylebender) Adesanya has apologized for saying he will make UFC 248 challenger Yoel (Soldier of God) Romero "crumble like the Twin Towers." The Nigerian-bor...
Feb 26, 2020

Laurie Anderson among new arts academy inductees
NEW YORK - Like many incoming members of the American Academy of Arts and Letters, Laurie Anderson didn't know a lot about the venerable honour society until she was asked to join it. "I had only a ha...
Feb 26, 2020

CAAWS rebrands with new name - Canadian Women & Sport - and new logo
TORONTO - Allison Sandmeyer-Graves believes the appetite for information about women in sport is at an all-time high. The opportunity to make an impact is huge. And so with an aim of being m...
Feb 26, 2020