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LONDON - One final time, Usain Bolt peered down the last 50 metres of his lane and saw sprinter upon sprinter running footsteps ahead of him. One final time, the World’s Fastest Man furiously pu...

TORONTO - Slovakia’s Magdalena Rybarikova, the top seed in Rogers Cup women’s qualifying, moved on to the second round of qualifiers on Saturday with a victory over Japan’s Kurumi Na...

MONTREAL - Ashleigh Gentle of Australia posted her first World Triathlon Series victory, but Joanna Brown of Ottawa may have celebrated just as much for finishing fourth. A week after coming in sevent...

AUSTIN, Texas - Former Texas Gov. Mark White, a Democrat who championed public education reforms that included the landmark “no-pass, no-play” policy for high school athletes, has died. He...

MONTREAL - Canadian Frank Dancevic moved one step closer to a berth in the Rogers Cup main draw, defeating Marius Copil in a Saturday qualifier at Uniprix Stadium. Dancevic, from Niagara Falls, Ont., ...

LANGLEY, B.C. - A grass fire in Metro Vancouver led emergency crews to discover a person’s body. Firefighters in Langley, B.C., were fighting a blaze on the eastern edge of the city less than th...

HALIFAX - The Halifax Chronicle Herald and the union representing the paper’s striking newsroom workers have reached a tentative agreement in their 18-month-old labour dispute. The Saltwire Netw...

The U.N. Security Council unanimously approved tough new sanctions Saturday to punish North Korea for its escalating nuclear and missile programs including a ban on coal and other exports worth over $...

UNITED NATIONS, United Nations - UN Security Council votes unanimously to impose new sanctions on North Korea including banning $1 billion in exports. The Canadian Press

Oakland outfielder Matt Joyce received a two-game suspension without pay Saturday for directing a gay slur toward a fan in Anaheim and he will take part in a public outreach initiative with PFLAG, a f...