Veteran forward Tyson Beukeboom, who won a record 68th cap for Canada in May, leads coach Kevin Rouet's 35-player training squad ahead of the WXV women's rugby tournament that kicks off later this month. Rouet has also called in seven members of Canada's silver medal-winning sevens squad from the Paris Olympics: Olivia...

PARIS - Canadian swimmer Sebastian Massabie has set a new world record while claiming gold at the Paralympics. The 19-year-old Toronto native finished with a time of 35.61 seconds in the men's S4 50-metre freestyle event on Friday. That reset his previous Paralympic record of 36.95 from Friday morning's heats and broke...

EDMONTON - As the Edmonton Elks and Calgary Stampeders prep for Saturday's Labour Day Classic rematch, the fortunes of their veteran quarterbacks are trending in opposite directions. Elks' pivot McLeod Bethel-Thompson has re-established himself as the No. 1 choice in Edmonton. Meanwhile, the Stampeders have decided to ...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Free agent center Tristan Thompson has agreed to a one-year contract to continue his second stint with the Cleveland Cavaliers, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Friday. The 33-year-old Thompson, from Brampton, Ont., returned to the Cavs last season after playing for ...

PARIS - Surfing is California's official state sport and Canadian para surfer Victoria Feige wants Los Angeles to live up to that pledge in 2028. The five-time women's world champion from Vancouver is at the forefront of a lobby to get L.A. to introduce para surfing to the Paralympic Games. L.A.'s organizing committee ...

PARIS - Canadian discus thrower Jesse Zesseu has won a silver medal at the Paralympic Games. The 25-year-old from Toronto reached the podium in his Paralympic debut with a throw of 53.24 metres. He was just over four metres shy of the winner from Uzbekistan. Zesseu competes in the men's F37 classification. Mild cerebra...

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) - Patrick Mahomes threw for 291 yards and a touchdown, and the Kansas City defense kept Lamar Jackson and the Ravens out of the end zone on three heart-stopping plays in the final seconds, allowing the Chiefs to begin the pursuit of a record third straight Super Bowl title with a 27-20 victory ove...

NEW YORK (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka moved into her second consecutive U.S. Open final by taking the last seven points and beating Emma Navarro 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Thursday night with her usual brand of high-risk, high-reward tennis. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus who won each of the past two Australian ...

SYDNEY (AP) - Swimming Australia has fired coach Michael Palfrey over comments made at the Paris Olympics where he said he hoped a South Korean athlete would beat Australian swimmers. Palfrey told South Korean television he hoped South Korea's Kim Woo-min would win the men's 400-meter freestyle in Paris, an event that ...

NEW YORK (AP) - Aryna Sabalenka moved into her second consecutive U.S. Open final by taking the last seven points and beating Emma Navarro 6-3, 7-6 (2) on Thursday night with her usual brand of high-risk, high-reward tennis. The No. 2-seeded Sabalenka, a 26-year-old from Belarus who won each of the past two Australian ...

MADRID (AP) - With his 900th career goal, Cristiano Ronaldo got the best of Luka Modric in the duel of veterans in the Nations League on Thursday. The 39-year-old Ronaldo became the first man to reach the 900-goal milestone in official matches for club and country by scoring in Portugal's 2-1 win over Modric's Croatia....

FORT ERIE, Ont. - Midnight Mascot has been installed as the early 5-2 favourite for the $400,000 Prince of Wales Stakes. The second jewel of the OLG Triple Crown will be run Tuesday at Fort Erie Racetrack. Midnight Mascot received the No. 5 post in the race draw Thursday. Midnight Mascot is trained by Mark Casse and wi...

MONTREAL - B.C. Lions head coach Rick Campbell believes Nathan Rourke is just getting rolling since returning from the NFL last month. Rourke will make his fourth consecutive start when the Lions (6-6) visit the league-leading Montreal Alouettes (10-1) at Molson Stadium on Friday night. After a couple rough outings, th...

PARIS - Canada earned three medals, with two golds courtesy of two of its biggest names at the Paralympic Games on Day 8. Wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos earned gold in the men's T53 800 metres on the track on Thursday, while Aurelie Rivard picked up gold in the women's S10 400-metre freestyle in the pool. Swimmer Tess ...

Jeff Gustafson is good with the Elite Series' new forward-facing sonar (FFS) rules but remains unsure about the impact they'll have on pro bass fishing's premier circuit. Starting next year, competitors will be limited to just one live sonar transducer mounted to the trolling motor at the front of their boat. Previousl...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Marshall Rifai to a two-year contract extension, the club announced Thursday. The deal begins in 2025-26 and carries an average annual value of US$775,000. The six-foot-two, 205-pound Rifai had 19 points (two goals, 17 assists) in 57 games with the Leafs' America...

PARIS - Canadian wheelchair racer Brent Lakatos has won a Paralympic Games gold medal. The 44-year-old from Dorval, Que., won the men's T53 800 metres. Lakatos collected his second medal in Paris after a silver medal in the 400 metres. The veteran earned the 13th Paralympic medal of his career in his sixth Paralympic G...

LONDON, Ont. - A London, Ont., court is hearing legal arguments in the sexual assault case of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team. Dillon Dube, Carter Hart, Michael McLeod, Cal Foote and Alex Formenton were charged earlier this year in connection with an alleged sexual assault at a hotel in 2018. T...

Medicine Hat's Gerald Beatch didn't quite hit 200 miles per hour on his motorcycle at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials at Bonneville Speedway in Utah, but still looks at his time there as a success. Gerald Beatch at Bonneville Speed Trials in Utah. Submitted: Gerald Beatch"I started out with a 165 mph pass, ...

Two-time Women's World Cup champion Alex Morgan announced she is pregnant with her second child and is retiring from professional soccer. Over the course of a 15-year career with the United States, Morgan not only made an impact on the field, she also helped lead the team's fight for equal pay and was outspoken about s...

PARIS - Canada's Aurelie Rivard has struck gold at the Paralympic Games. The 28-year-old from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que., won the women's S10 400-metre freestyle with a time of four minutes 29.20 seconds on Thursday. Alexandra Truwit of the United States (4:31.39) and Bianka Pap of Hungary (4:35.63) earned silver and ...

Noah Vucsics got into trouble for jumping over garbage cans in the halls of Calgary's James Fowler High School when he was in Grade 12. A happy offshoot of that clash with authority was the suggestion that he take his springs to the track and field team. Vucsics, now 24, will compete for Canada in men's T20 long jump i...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ugandan athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body due to an attack by her partner. A spokesperson at the hospital, Owen Menach, confirmed her death on Thursday. Cheptegei was receiving treatment at the Moi Teaching an...

NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) - Ugandan Olympic athlete Rebecca Cheptegei has died at a Kenyan hospital where she was being treated after sustaining 80% burns on her body due to an attack by her partner. A spokesperson at the hospital, Owen Menach, confirmed her death on Thursday. Cheptegei was receiving treatment at the Moi Tea...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - Gold Glove third baseman Matt Chapman agreed Wednesday to a $151 million, six-year contract with the San Francisco Giants for 2025-30, giving up his chance to become a free agent after the season. Chapman will get a $1 million signing bonus, payable next year, and annual salaries of $25 million. He...

CALGARY - Fans gathered on the front steps of the Scotiabank Saddledome on an emotional Wednesday night as the Calgary Flames held a candlelight vigil for Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew. The mood was mostly sombre as the crowd grew from hundreds to thousands leading up to the program paying respect to the two ...

The Medicine Hat Tigers announced on Wednesday it has 12 current players and two former players who are invited to NHL rookie camps.Graduating defencemen Rhett Parsons with the Toronto Maple Leafs and Bogdans Hodass with the Minnesota Wild are the two former players.Players who suited up for the Tigers last year and ar...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) - Fans and Columbus Blue Jackets players gathered for an emotional candlelight vigil outside the team's arena Wednesday night to remember Johnny Gaudreau and brother Matthew, who died last week when they were struck by a suspected drunken driver while riding bicycles in their home state of New Jerse...