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Northern Super League and team officials hold two days of meetings in Toronto

TORONTO - Northern Super League and team officials kick off two days of meetings Wednesday in Toronto. While those behind the new women's pro soccer league met in September in Halifax, the Toronto gat...

Dec 03, 2024

Vancouver Canucks defenceman Hronek out eight weeks with lower-body injury

VANCOUVER - Vancouver Canucks defenceman Filip Hronek is expected to be out until the end of January as he recovers from a lower-body injury. General manager Patrik Allvin issued a statement Tuesday s...

Dec 03, 2024

Blue Jays GM Atkins says there is a great deal of opportunity for the club

TORONTO - Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins wouldn't tip his hand on off-season plans Tuesday and instead spoke in generalities ahead of what should be an interesting few weeks on baseball's free ...

Dec 03, 2024

B.C. Lions name former quarterback Buck Pierce as head coach

VANCOUVER - The B.C. Lions have named Buck Pierce as their new head coach. It's the first head coaching job for Pierce, who spent the last nine seasons on the Winnipeg Blue Bombers' staff. He had been...

Dec 03, 2024

IBL's Maple Leafs sign Ayami Sato, widely considered baseball's top female pitcher

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs of the Intercounty Baseball League have signed Ayami Sato, making the Japanese pitcher the league's first female player. The team announced the signing in a release T...

Dec 03, 2024

Canadian women wrap up eventful year with lopsided 5-1 win over South Korea

MURCIA - Marie-Yasmine Alidou and Olivia Smith scored to help the Canadian women's soccer team wrap up a tumultuous year with a lopsided 5-1 win over 19th-ranked South Korea in an international friend...

Dec 03, 2024

Jets place forward Ehlers on injured reserve, recall Lambert from AHL

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets placed have forward Nikolaj Ehlers on injured reserve with a lower-body injury, the NHL club said Tuesday. The move is retroactive to Friday, when Ehlers left Winnipeg's 4...

Dec 03, 2024

Alouettes sign defensive back Najee Murray for 2025 CFL season

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes have signed American defensive back Najee Murray for the 2025 season, the CFL team announced Tuesday. Murray recorded 44 defensive tackles in 11 games last season and...

Dec 03, 2024

Patrik Laine to return from knee injury, make Canadiens debut against Islanders

MONTREAL - Patrik Laine's long-awaited Montreal Canadiens debut - and first game in nearly a year - has arrived. The Finnish winger is back from a knee injury as the Canadiens host the New York Island...

Dec 03, 2024

Double Olympic champion cyclist Evenepoel in hospital after training crash

ANDERLECHT, Belgium (AP) - Double Olympic champion Remco Evenepoel was taken to hospital following a crash during training in Belgium on Tuesday. Belgian media reported Evenepoel was unable to avoid t...

Dec 03, 2024