WINNIPEG - Provincial amateur sports organizations in Manitoba may soon be required to track demographics and show efforts to make their sport more inclusive. A bill now before the legislature would require bodies that govern sports to obtain demograph...

PHOENIX (AP) - Bringing the heat in spring training is supposed to be about hard-throwing pitchers, not triple-digit temperatures like those that will impact Major League Baseball spring training games in Arizona for several days this week. Because of ...

VANCOUVER - Canadian Football Hall of Famer Tom Brown, a three-time CFL all-star who won a Grey Cup with the B.C. Lions in 1964, has died, the team said Monday. He was 89. A two-time winner of the CFL's top lineman award, Brown played in 97 regular-sea...

GOLDEN, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA - A British Columbia helicopter-ski company says that a snowboarder has died in the Kootenay region after falling in to a tree well. Great Canadian Heli-Skiing, based in Golden, B.C., says in a statement the person was...

JUPITER - George Springer hit a leadoff home run as the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Miami Marlins 5-4 on Monday in a six-inning Grapefruit League game at Roger Dean Chevrolet Stadium. Springer also scored on a wild pitch in the third inning before Dault...

EDMONTON - A hockey-loving town in southern Alberta that lost its only two ice rinks in a Zamboni explosion says it will cost millions to rebuild. Derrin Thibault, Taber's chief administrative officer, says council recently agreed to spend about $6 mil...

A Brooks Bandits defenceman has signed a pro contract in Europe for next season.Harijs Cjunskis, 19, has signed a three-year deal with HC Lugano in Switzerland's National League."We're extremely happy for Harjis and his family on the opportunity to sign his first professional contract in Europe," said Bandits...

Jeff Gustafson returned to his office Monday. The Kenora, Ont., angler was back in his Lund 2075 Pro-V bass boat on Alabama's Lake Guntersville for some fun fishing in not-so-fun conditions - 3 C temperatures with wind, cloud and wet snow. However, it ...

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 - When a young soccer player asked Jonathan Osorio if Canada was going to win the men's World Cup, his answer was direct. "Yes," said Osorio during a question-and-answer period Monday at a children's soccer camp in Toronto's Downsview Park. The...

CALGARY - Kerri Einarson's curling team passed a tough test in the women's world championship to maintain an unbeaten record Monday. Einarson's foursome out of Manitoba's Gimli Curling Club was a 9-6 winner over Denmark's Madeleine Dupont, who was a to...

Brendan Bottcher is returning to the skip position with a new-look rink that will be based in Alberta. He will team up with third Jacob Horgan, second Tanner Horgan and lead Geoff Walker on a squad that boasts a mix of youth and championship pedigree. ...

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...