NEW YORK (AP) - Both the WNBA and players' union feel progress is being made toward a new collective bargaining agreement, but they both say there's still work to be done to get a deal to the finish line. The talks come ahead of the 2026 season, which ...

TORONTO - Canada Soccer is receiving $300,000 from the federal government to expand youth engagement initiatives across the country. Adam van Koeverden, the secretary of state for sport, announced the funding on Monday ahead of the FIFA men's World Cup...

CALGARY - Switzerland's Xenia Schwaller has won a third straight game at the women's world curling championship to improve her record to 3-1. The 2024 world junior champion's team defeated Scotland's Fay Henderson 9-5 in the morning draw at WinSport Ev...

Brendan Bottcher is returning to the skip position with a new-look team. The Alberta-based foursome will include third Jacob Horgan, second Tanner Horgan and lead Geoff Walker. A Team Bottcher post on social media says the new rink brings together cha...

TUMBLER RIDGE - Tumbler Ridge, B.C., is among several communities in Canada awarded funding through the 2026 Kraft Hockeyville program just weeks after a mass shooting attack in the town where eight people were killed and dozens more hurt. Thirteen pr...

NEW YORK - New York Rangers forward Alexis Lafrenière was named NHL first star of the week on Monday. He led all NHL players with seven points (five goals, two assists) last week. Lafrenière had two game-winning goals to help the Rangers win all four ...

EDMONTON - The World Cup of Hockey will be held in Canada and Czechia in 2028. Edmonton's Rogers Place, Calgary's under-construction Scotia Place and the O2 Arena in Prague will host the best-on-best competition, the NHL and NHLPA said in statements Mo...

Taber was named the Alberta nominee for Kraft Hockeyville on Saturday.They will receive a $50,000 prize for rink upgrades, and the opportunity to advance to the top two communities, who will compete in a vote for the grand prize of $250,000 and the chance to host an NHL exhibition game.There are 13 nominees total, one ...

The Medicine Hat Cubs are one win away from their first Heritage Junior Hockey League title after a 7-4 win over the Red Deer Vipers on Sunday at the Kinplex Arena.A league title was last won by the organization 25 years ago in the IJHL, and they entered the HJHL the next season.In game two, things had looked to get of...

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia (AP) - A leading soccer official in Asia says Iran is still set to play at the World Cup which kicks off in June in the United States, Canada and Mexico. Also on Monday in Tehran, a government spokesman again stressed it was for ...

Sarah Fillier spent her first two seasons with the New York Sirens accustomed to staring at empty blocks of seats across the bench during home games. Because of poor turnouts, the PWHL team - for practical and visual purposes - limited ti...

MONTREAL - Martin St. Louis saw two young, talented teams - one from the East, the other from the West - trading blows in a thrilling, evenly matched game he felt was destined for overtime on Sunday. Then he watched his group break down. "We didn't man...

EDMONTON - It was both a big win and hopefully not too big of a loss for the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday. Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers picked up a pair of valuable points with a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators in a gam...

OTTAWA - Five games in, two goals and an assist have been enough to make a strong first impression. Just over a week ago the Ottawa Senators acquired Warren Foegele from the Los Angeles Kings and despite having little time to settle in the 29-year-old ...

WINNIPEG - Eric Comrie is used to being in the shadow of starting star goalie Connor Hellebuyck, but the backup has achieved a season-best for the Winnipeg Jets' masked men. Comrie made 29 saves in Sunday's 3-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues, giving ...

WINNIPEG, Man. (AP) - Haydn Fleury scored his first goal in more than two years and added an assist, Kyle Connor and Mark Scheifele each recorded their 31st goal, and the Winnipeg Jets edged the St. Louis Blues 3-2 on Sunday. Eric Comrie made 29 saves ...

MIAMI (AP) - Team USA's celebration after beating the Dominican Republic on Sunday night in the World Baseball Classic semifinals was electric and brief. NL Cy Young award winner Paul Skenes roared "Let's go!" after the final out. Closer...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid had three assists as the Edmonton Oilers picked up a pair of valuable points with a 3-1 victory over the Nashville Predators on Sunday. Leon Draisaitl, Matthew Savoie and Zach Hyman scored for the Oilers (33-26-9) who snapped ...

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Bo Groulx scored twice and the Toronto Maple Leafs held on for a 4-2 victory over the Minnesota Wild on Sunday night. Morgan Rielly also scored and Matthew Knies added an empty-net goal for Toronto as Minnesota pushed to rally fr...

MONTREAL - Cutter Gauthier scored the winner with 2:30 remaining in regulation as the Anaheim Ducks edged the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 in a thrilling, back-and-forth affair Sunday night. Leo Carlsson had two goals and an assist while Troy Terry scored on...

MONTREAL - Montreal Canadiens forward Kirby Dach left Sunday's game against the Anaheim Ducks with an upper-body injury following a high hit from winger Jeffrey Viel. Viel caught an unsuspecting Dach in Anaheim's end three minutes into the first period...

TORONTO - It's time for the Toronto Raptors to make their drive to the playoffs. Brandon Ingram had a game-high 34 points as Toronto upset the Detroit Pistons 119-108 on Sunday, the Raptors second win in a row after a 122-115 victory over the Phoenix S...

OTTAWA - Drake Batherson scored a pair of goals for the Ottawa Senators, including the winner, in a 7-4 win over the San Jose Sharks Sunday. Both teams were playing the back half of back-to-backs and it showed at times. Laurent Brossoit, making his fir...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH, Fla. (AP) - Cameron Young delivered the biggest birdie of his career on the most notorious hole on the TPC Sawgrass, a sand wedge to 10 feet to tie for the lead in The Players Championship. And then he was even better on a shot equal...

VANCOUVER - Less than 72 hours after being shut out in CONCACAF Champions Cup play, the Vancouver Whitecaps bounced back with a dominant 6-0 win over Minnesota United FC on Sunday afternoon at B.C. Place. "It was more than we even hoped for," said Whit...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Joan Laporta is on course to be officially reelected as the president of FC Barcelona for another five years after a leadership vote among members of the Spanish soccer powerhouse on Sunday. His only rival, Víctor ...

MONTREAL - Canada won gold in the men's 5,000-metre relay and silver in the mixed 2,000-metre relay at the world short-track speedskating championships Sunday. The team finished the event with just three medals - seven fewer than last year's world cham...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs signed goaltender Artur Akhtyamov to a three-year contract extension Sunday. The deal is a two-way contract for 2026-27 then reverts to a one-way agreement in 2027-28 and 2028-29. The average annual value is US$900,000...