Sports

Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime drops first match against Rafael Nadal

MADRID - Canadian teen Felix Auger-Aliassime's first match against Rafael Nadal went the way most do when the Spanish star is playing on clay. The second-seeded Nadal, playing on his favourite su...

May 08, 2019

After leaning on Leonard, Raptors finally get team effort in rout of Sixers

TORONTO - When Fred VanVleet threw up a three-point attempt late in the first quarter on Tuesday, it was as the nearly 20,000 fans at Scotiabank Arena were collectively willing the ball to fall throug...

May 08, 2019

Unclear whether Nova Scotia's high school rugby ban will be lifted

HALIFAX - The status of high school rugby in Nova Scotia remains murky, despite a call by the province's education minister to reinstate the sport. Zach Churchill told the province's school athletics ...

May 08, 2019

Veteran CFL quarterback Ricky Ray expected to call it a career after 17 seasons

TORONTO - Ricky Ray is calling it a career. Two league sources told The Canadian Press the veteran quarterback will hold a conference call Wednesday to announce his retirement. The move isn't a&n...

May 08, 2019

Maximum Security out of Preakness; Derby DQ to be appealed

LOUISVILLE, Ky. - Taken down as the Kentucky Derby winner, Maximum Security is now out of the Preakness. Maximum Security's owner said Monday he will not run the horse in the middle jewel of the Tripl...

May 08, 2019

Tokyo Olympics cut spending; sports federations unhappy

TOKYO - The Tokyo Olympics are caught between the proverbial rock and hard place. Tokyo organizers are trying to cut spending, under pressure from the International Olympic Committee, which has been w...

May 08, 2019

Philadelphia centre Joel Embiid has become the 76ers lightning rod

Win or lose, Joel Embiid has become the Philadelphia 76ers' lightning rod. In between IVs, gastroenteritis and an upper respiratory infection, the Sixers big man delivered a 33-point performance in Ga...

May 08, 2019

Millsap, Jokic spark Nuggets' 124-98 blowout of Blazers

DENVER - Nikola Jokic scored 25 points and tied a team playoff high with 19 rebounds, and Paul Millsap injected some experience into a series dominated by youth, sparking the Nuggets' 124-98 blowout o...

May 07, 2019

Maroon's OT goal lifts Blues past Stars in Game 7

ST. LOUIS - Pat Maroon scored 5:50 into the second overtime, Jordan Binnington made 29 saves and the St. Louis Blues outlasted the Dallas Stars 2-1 in Game 7 of their Western Conference semifinal play...

May 07, 2019

Leonard dunks, Ibaka bleeds for Raptors in lopsided playoff win over 76ers

TORONTO - Kawhi Leonard dunked and Serge Ibaka bled for the Toronto cause Tuesday. The Raptors finished the first half with a 21-point lead over the Philadelphia 76ers, with an exclamation point dunk ...

May 07, 2019