The Swedish Ice Hockey Association says it will refuse to play Russia if the teams meet at the world juniors, after being informed of a plan from the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) to include Russia that could cost Norway its place in the A...

TORONTO - Toronto FC has fired head coach Robin Fraser after two seasons at the helm, the club announced Monday. The club will immediately begin a search for a new coach before the Sprint Season opens Feb. 19, with Toronto's first game set for Feb. 20 ...

The Brooks Bandits came away with just one win during a three-game homestand, dropping a pair of decisions to the Sherwood Park Crusaders and Blackfalds Bulldogs over the weekend to close out the stretch.The Bandits fell 4-3 in overtime to Sherwood Park on Saturday before suffering a 6-2 loss to Blackfalds on Sunday.Br...

French judo star Teddy Riner is bidding for president. The 37-year-old multiple Olympic champion announced his bid on social media and said in an interview with Le Parisien newspaper published Monday that he is positioning himself as "nei...

OTTAWA - The country's top court is set to hear legal arguments this week about the validity of a federal ban on hundreds of types of firearms the government says are fit only for the battlefield. The hearings, slated for Monday and Tuesday at the Supr...

CALGARY - Calgary Flames head coach Ryan Huska said at the beginning of the NHL season he expected a lot from Joel Farabee. The left-winger has delivered with a team-leading seven goals and 10 assists in Calgary's first 18 games. Farabee solved a defic...

WINNIPEG - Brayden Yager was grinning ear to ear while surrounded by reporters following a roller-coaster Sunday night at Canada Life Centre. The 21-year-old Winnipeg forward had just notched his first NHL goal - which was also his first NHL point - to...

LOS CABOS, Mexico (AP) - Blades Brown is like several young players who can remember Tiger Woods making big putts and winning big tournaments and inspiring them to play. Only for Brown, it wasn't all that long ago. Two years after his surprising decisi...

BOSTON (AP) - Elias Lindholm, Mikey Eyssimont and Morgan Geekie each scored a goal in an opening period that started out testy, carrying the Boston Bruins past the Florida Panthers 4-1 on Sunday. Jeremy Swayman made 40 saves, 17 coming in the first per...

TORONTO - Connor Hellebuyck will attempt to explain himself when he gets to Winnipeg. What the star goaltender won't be doing is suiting up to face his former team. The New Jersey Devils announced shortly after Sunday's 4-0 victory over the Toronto Map...

CALGARY - Matt Coronato scored the overtime winner for the Calgary Flames in a 4-3 win over the visiting Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday. Zane Parekh, Zach Whitecloud and Joel Farabee, while short-handed, also scored for the Flames (8-9-1). Yegor Sharang...

TORONTO - Connor Hellebuyck made 23 saves for his first shutout with New Jersey as the Devils blanked the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-0 on Sunday night. Timo Meier scored twice for New Jersey (13-5-0), which has won nine of its last 10 games. Nico Hischier, ...

VEGA BAJA - Melissa Humana-Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson's pursuit of Olympic gold took a big step forward on Sunday. The Toronto athletes won the NORCECA Continental Beach Volleyball Olympic qualifier on Sunday, beating Americans Kelly Cheng and Megan...

MILL RIVER EAST - The host province got off to a rocky start at the Canadian Mixed Curling Championship on Sunday. Adam Arsenault's foursome from Crapaud Community Club lost 7-4 to Sylvie Quillian of New Brunswick and 8-5 to Colin Kurz of Manitoba at W...

WINNIPEG - Mark Scheifele scored with 1.6 seconds remaining in the third period to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday. With the period winding down and the Jets on a 5-on-3 power play, Scheifele converted a p...

WINNIPEG - Winnipeg Blue Bombers rookie defensive lineman David Reese didn't have to answer any questions Sunday about his controversial trash talking with Montreal Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander. Reese wasn't made available to local reporters d...

MEDICINE HAT - Winnipeg skip Matt Dunstone scored three points in the fourth end to grab a 6-1 lead, then held on to beat Scotland's Bruce Mouat 7-6 in the P&H Masters final on Sunday in Medicine Hat, Alta. It was the second consecutive P&H Mas...

WINNIPEG - The end of the 2026 season could mark the end of an era for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. After a 33-23 loss to the Montreal Alouettes in the CFL's East Division final on Saturday, changes are inevitable and there could be big ones for Winnipeg...

MONTREAL - The Montreal Roses are off to the Northern Super League final after downing the Vancouver Rise 5-2 over a two-game semifinal series. Montreal took a 3-0 victory in the opener on Nov. 1, then battled Vancouver to a 2-2 draw on Sunday, oustin...

Gabriela Dabrowski's year started with ample uncertainty. It's ending with the 34-year-old Canadian hovering near the top of the women's doubles tennis rankings after one of the best seasons of her career. "It's been great results-wise, but it's been...

HERNING - Eve Gascon stopped all 14 shots she faced as Canada blanked Japan 9-0 at the women's world hockey championship in Herning, Denmark, on Sunday. The Canadians opened scoring in the round-robin game midway through the first half with a goal fro...

SAO PAULO (AP) - McLaren driver Lando Norris dominated a rainy Sao Paulo Grand Prix to win from pole position on Sunday, with Mercedes having another weekend to celebrate after securing the F1 constructors' title for the ninth time. The ...

The Norwegian Ice Hockey Association said Sunday it has been informed that it is being bumped by Russia from competing in the world junior championships in Canada, a decision creating further uncertainty involving the 10-nation tournament. The switch, ...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United did it again. Two goals down inside four minutes against Aston Villa in the Premier League on Sunday and trailing 4-2 going into second-half added time, United rallied to a 4-4 draw on another ...

CALGARY - Calgary Flames defenceman Kevin Bahl will undergo season-ending surgery for a ruptured Achilles tendon. The NHL team announced the news Sunday, saying the 26-year-old blue liner will be placed on injured reserve. "A terrible break for a guy...

EDMONTON - Goalie Devon Levi was pretty jazzed to be back in Edmonton's lineup, and the Oilers felt much the same after enduring a bit of a crease carousel. Levi returned from injury to record 20 saves and improve to 7-1-0 in the Edmonton net this seas...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Alex Tuch and Aliaksei Protas scored in the second period to lift the Washington Capitals to a 4-3 National Hockey League victory over the Florida Panthers on Saturday. Brady Tkachuk scored two goals for the Panthers in the first, the...

On the back of five power-play goals, the Medicine Hat Tigers extended their win streak to five with a 7-1 win over the Seattle Thunderbirds. Shaeffer Gordon-Carroll recorded his first career hat trick in the win, scoring the eventual game-winner in the process. The game was tied at one late in the second period before...