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Edmonton-born forward starts for France against All Blacks in rugby test match

Edmonton-born forward Tyler Duguid made his debut for fourth-ranked France in a 31-27 loss to the second-ranked All Blacks on Saturday in Dunedin, New Zealand. The 24-year-old Duguid, who represented ...

Jul 05, 2025

Tour de France: Philipsen wins first stage, Pogačar finishes safely

LILLE, France (AP) - Jasper Philipsen won the opening stage of the Tour de France in a sprint to the line while defending champion Tadej Pogaar finished safely on Saturday. Pogaar is looking to win th...

Jul 05, 2025

Canada runs in eight tries in 50-20 rugby win over Springbok women in Pretoria

PRETORIA - Florence Symonds and Alysha Corrigan scored two tries apiece to help Canada to a 50-20 win over South Africa in women's rugby play Saturday. Despite the comfortable victory margin, it did n...

Jul 05, 2025

Paintsil scores twice as lowly Galaxy whip Whitecaps 3-0

CARSON, Calif. (AP) - Joseph Paintsil had two goals, Matheus Nascimento also scored a goal and the Los Angeles Galaxy beat the Vancouver Whitecaps 3-0 on Friday night to snap a three-game winless stre...

Jul 04, 2025

Surging Blue Jays relying on each other to get the job done

TORONTO - After an emotional four-game sweep of the visiting New York Yankees, the Toronto Blue Jays could have easily experienced the old hangover effect. But instead of a letdown, the Blue Jays (50-...

Jul 04, 2025

Canadian women set to square off with U.S. in AmeriCup semifinals

SANTIAGO - Canada and the United States will square off in Saturday's semifinal at the FIBA Women's AmeriCup tournament. Canada punched its ticket to the final four for a ninth consecutive time in the...

Jul 04, 2025

Veteran Bo Levi Mitchell throws five TD strikes to lead Ticats past Argos 51-38

TORONTO - Bo Levi Mitchell threw five touchdown passes to lead the Hamilton Tiger-Cats past the Toronto Argonauts 51-38 on Friday night. Mitchell cemented the win with a 16-yard touchdown pass to Kion...

Jul 04, 2025

Jays beat Angels 4-3 in 10 innings as Clement bunt causes chaos for visitors

TORONTO - A throwing error that travelled down the first-base line from Los Angeles Angels reliever Sam Bachman on an Ernie Clement bunt gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 4-3 walk-off win on Friday. With r...

Jul 04, 2025

Oleksiak withdraws from swimming worlds citing whereabouts case with World Aquatics

Canada's Penny Oleksiak has withdrawn from the world aquatics championships due to being in a whereabouts case with World Aquatics, she announced on social media Friday. The 25-year-old Toronto native...

Jul 04, 2025

Bethel-Thompson, Alouettes look to rebound versus Rourke, Lions

MONTREAL - The Montreal Alouettes will once again turn to veteran backup quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson on Saturday night when they host the BC Lions at Percival Molson Stadium. The 37-year-old ge...

Jul 04, 2025