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TORONTO - Sleep-deprived and physically drained, Elina Svitolina could have been excused for a flat performance Sunday. Instead she fought through the fatigue and toppled yet another top-10 opponent f...

MANCHESTER, England - Two summer signings costing $150 million inspired Manchester United to an easy victory in its opening Premier League match of the season. Tottenham didn’t spend anything in...

MIAMI - A person familiar with the situation says NBA Hall of Famer Michael Jordan has a small stake in Derek Jeter’s investment group that reached an agreement to buy the Miami Marlins. The per...

DUBLIN - Magali Harvey sealed Canada’s second win of the women’s rugby World Cup with a late try as the Canadians downed Wales 15-0 on Sunday. Harvey scored her first try of the game - and...

SOUF, Jordan - The odds had been stacked against Hajar, a lion cub born just hours after her mother Dana, rescued from a defunct zoo in war-torn Syria, was released into a wildlife reserve in Jordan. ...

NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenyan opposition leader Raila Odinga urged his supporters to skip work on Monday to protest what he charged were rigged elections that gave victory to President Uhuru Kenyatta. The g...

MONTREAL - The men’s Rogers Cup set a record for attendance at a one-week tournament of 216,097 spectators. Tournament director Eugene Lapierre said Sunday it topped the 213,760 who attended in ...

OTTAWA - The federal government has spent a lot of time in the U.S. of late, making Canada’s case in advance of this week’s long-awaited NAFTA talks. Back home, though, industry groups hav...

MONTREAL - The Rogers Cup men’s tennis tournament in Montreal set a world record for attendance at a one-week tournament. Tennis Canada said Sunday that a record 216,097 fans were on site throug...

MONTREAL - Denis Shapovalov expects to have more “dream weeks” after the Richmond Hill, Ont., teenager’s exhilarating run at the Rogers Cup. Reaching the semifinals of the Masters 10...