LOS ANGELES (AP) - Cale Makar scored the tiebreaking goal, Scott Wedgewood made 24 saves and the top-seeded Colorado Avalanche moved to the brink of the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a 4-2 victory over the Los Angeles Kings on Thursday ...

OTTAWA - NHL commissioner Gary Bettman provided context Thursday on why the league modified the sanction imposed on the Ottawa Senators for their role in connection with Evgenii Dadonov's trade to Vegas in 2021 and the Golden Knights' subsequent inva...

BOSTON (AP) - Bowen Byram scored a minute after Boston missed a penalty shot, and Alex Tuch broke a third-period tie to help Buffalo come from behind and beat the Bruins 3-1 on Thursday night to take a 2-1 lead in the first-round playoff series. Alex L...

TORONTO - When the Toronto Raptors had their morning shootaround at OVO Athletic Centre they spoke about how hungry they were to make it a series against the Cleveland Cavaliers. That desire paid off with easily their best game of the 2026 playoffs. Sc...

Akheem Mesidor is ready to make Southern California his new football home. The Los Angeles Chargers selected the Canadian edge rusher in the first round, No. 22 overall, of the NFL draft Thursday night. And the 25-year-old Ottawa native is raring to go...

PITTSBURGH - The Los Angeles Chargers selected Canadian defensive lineman Akheem Mesidor in the first round of the NFL draft. More coming. The Canadian Press

OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk stood in a sombre Senators locker room almost one year ago to the day. Ottawa was left searching for answers facing elimination in its playoff return following seven seasons in the NHL's wilderness. Tkachuk's team now again finds...

HOUSTON (AP) - Nelly Korda leaned on her putter to save pars early and then poured it on her back nine of Memorial Park for a 7-under 65, her best start to a major in four years to take a two-shot lead Thursday in The Chevron Championship. Patty Tavata...

FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) - Patriots coach Mike Vrabel said he is taking accountability for actions that have created a distraction for New England without addressing specifics about photos published recently of him with longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russi...

AVONDALE, La. (AP) - Matt Fitzpatrick, fresh off his RBC Heritage victory, teamed with younger brother Alex to shoot an 8-under 64 in better-ball play Thursday in the Zurich Classic, leaving the English duo six shots behind Alex Smalley and Hayden Spri...

TORONTO - Immanuel Quickley will miss his third game of the Toronto Raptors' first-round playoff series with the Cleveland Cavaliers. The Raptors starting point guard missed Game 3 on Thursday as he continued to recover from a strained right hamstring....

Canadian hockey romance "Heated Rivalry" has won a Peabody Award. The American awards honour excellence in storytelling that reflects social issues. Jurors say the show "inspired gay athletes to come out, boosted hockey sales and dispelled Hollywood's ...

VANCOUVER - For Hannah Miller, playing professional hockey in her hometown of Vancouver has been a dream come true. Just over 12 months ago, it was only a dream. Miller was playing for the Toronto Sceptres last April when the Professional Women's Hocke...

For those at the forefront of Canada's first women's professional soccer league, the goalposts are shifting heading into the second season. Season one was all about launching the Northern Super League, said Diana Matheson, the league's founder and chie...

FIFA's resale site has four tickets on sale for the World Cup final for just under $2.3 million each. The $2,299,998.85 seats for the July 19 match at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, are located behind a goal in the lower ...

MADRID - Canada's Leylah Fernandez kicked off her Madrid Open campaign Thursday with a straight-sets win over Julia Grabher. The 23-year-old from Laval, Que., seeded 24th, defeated the Austrian 6-2, 6-3 to improve to 3-0 all-time against the world No. ...

BROSSARD - Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper said that his team is OK playing the role of the villain. The Montreal Canadiens are not taking the bait. Led by scrappy forward Brandon Hagel, the Lightning earned a physical 3-2 overtime win in Gam...

VANCOUVER - Even after being crowned champions, the Vancouver Rise believe there's room for growth. Expectations were high for the team heading into the Northern Super League's inaugural season last spring, said star midfielder Quinn. "We've always h...

TRENČÍN - Thomas Vandenberg scored 52 seconds into the game, and Canada cruised to a 6-0 win over Latvia on Thursday at the under-18 world hockey championship. Dima Zhilkin and Adam Valentini each had a goal and an assist for Canada, which outshot Latv...

ROME (AP) - Italian sports officials say four-time champion Italy is not interested in replacing Iran at the upcoming World Cup following a suggestion to that effect by a Trump administration official. Iran has not withdrawn from the Worl...

The Red Deer Sutter Fund Chiefs have locked up first place in the standings at the 2026 Esso Cup.On Thursday, they defeated the Stoney Creek Sabres from Ontario 3-1 to finish preliminary action with a perfect 5-0 record in the tournament in Dieppe, New Brunswick.Red Deer's Rylee Cruse scored the opening goal for the Ch...

TORONTO - RJ Barrett has been waiting his whole life, all 25 years, to play post-season basketball in Toronto. The wait is finally over. Barrett, from Mississauga, Ont., will be in the starting lineup on Thursday night when the Raptors host the Clevela...

The Calgary Surge, a professional team in the Canadian Elite Basketball League, announced they'll play two out-of-market games this regular season in Red Deer and Lethbridge.The announcement was made by REAL Entertainment & Culture Inc., which added that the Surge will also play a game on July 9 at the Scotiabank S...

PARIS (AP) - Olympic Games events could return to Paris as soon as 2030. The Paris Entertainment Company, which operates the Adidas Arena and Accor Arena in the French capital, told The Associated Press on Thursday it has submitted a bid to host ice ho...

REGINA - Long snapper Jorgen Hus, the longest-serving member of the Saskatchewan Roughriders, has retired after 10 seasons, the team announced Thursday. The 36-year-old Hus capped his career with a 25-17 win over the Montreal Alouettes in the 112th Gre...

OTTAWA - Tyler Kleven manoeuvred through a crowded locker room past cameras and microphones. The defenceman peeled off his Senators practice jersey as reporters hovered nearby following the team's morning skate. Kleven declared moments later he was rea...

LONDON - Canada will face Brazil in November with its Billie Jean King Cup standing on the line. The eighth-ranked Canadians, seeded second, dropped into the playoffs after a 3-1 loss to Kazakhstan in the qualifiers earlier this month. Bianca Andreescu...

New England Patriots coach Mike Vrabel is seeking counseling and will not be with the team for Day 3 of the NFL Draft on Saturday, following the publication of photos of the coach and longtime NFL reporter Dianna Russini at an Arizona resort. "As I sai...