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Naomi Osaka withdraws from Melbourne tournament semifinal
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Defending Australian Open champion Naomi Osaka withdrew from her semifinal match Saturday at a WTA tournament with an abdominal injury, allowing her opponent Veronika Kuder...
Jan 8, 2022
Mounties eye corruption cases involving Canadian firms and new ways of resolving them
OTTAWA - RCMP anti-corruption investigators say they are probing possible shady practices by several Canadian companies operating in parts of Africa, Eastern Europe and South America. Firms involved i...
Jan 8, 2022
Reports: Lawyers say Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Lawyers for Novak Djokovic filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 last month, the Austral...
Jan 8, 2022
Reports: Lawyers say Djokovic had COVID-19 last month
MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) - Lawyers for Novak Djokovic filed court documents in his challenge against deportation from Australia that showed the tennis star contracted COVID-19 last month, the Austral...
Jan 8, 2022
Shoemaker: Getting to Beijing is the first Olympic competition
When Canada's team of more than 200 athletes are aboard their chartered flights to Beijing, it will feel like the first major Olympic hurdle has been cleared, says David Shoemaker. The Beijing Games o...
Jan 7, 2022
VanVleet leads the way with 37 points as Raptors rally to down depleted Utah Jazz
TORONTO - Fred VanVleet put on a show Friday, rallying the Toronto Raptors almost single-handedly to a 122-108 comeback win over a depleted Utah Jazz team. VanVleet recorded his first career triple-do...
Jan 7, 2022
Former Western Mustangs head football coach Larry Haylor passes away at age 76
Larry Haylor, who guided the Western Mustangs to two Vanier Cup titles as head coach, has died at the age of 76. An official at Western said late Friday that Haylor had suffered a heart attack Thursda...
Jan 7, 2022
Svechniknov scores twice as Hurricanes beat Flames 6-3
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Andrei Svechnikov scored two goals and the Carolina Hurricanes returned to action after nearly a week layoff by beating the Calgary Flames 6-3 on Friday night. Brady Skjei had a g...
Jan 7, 2022
CPL champion Pacific FC loses two key attackers to rival Forge FC
Canadian Premier League champion Pacific FC has lost two key players to rival Forge FC. The Vancouver Island team said Terran Campbell, the club's all-time leading scorer, and Alessandro Hojabrpour, n...
Jan 7, 2022
Playoff match-ups decided at curling provincials
The playoff teams have been decided at the Best of Alberta women's and men's curling provincials being played at the Bonnetts Energy Centre.Kelsey Rocque will play Casey Scheidegger at 2:30 p.m. Satur...
Jan 7, 2022