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Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond announces retirement from competitive figure skating

OTTAWA - Canada's Kaetlyn Osmond is going out on top. She announced her retirement from competitive figure skating on Thursday, ending a career capped with a remarkable season that included ...

May 02, 2019

Golden Knights promote McCrimmon to GM, retain McPhee

LAS VEGAS - The Vegas Golden Knights have promoted Kelly McCrimmon to general manager and kept George McPhee as president of hockey operations. McPhee and owner Bill Foley announced the unexpected mov...

May 02, 2019

'Anybody can win any game in this league': No easy wins as Whitecaps face Rapids

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps may be facing the bottom team in the Major League Soccer standings this weekend, but they're not taking anything for granted. The 'Caps (1-5-3) haven't had a s...

May 02, 2019

Giants don't mind underdog status heading into WHL finals against Raiders

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Giants know they're likely not the favourites heading into the Western Hockey League finals on Friday. They'll be battling the Prince Albert Raiders, who dominated throu...

May 02, 2019

Women's hockey stars lead walkout in bid for a better professional league

Hilary Knight and Marie-Philip Poulin are among 200 women who say they will not play in any North American women's hockey league next season "until we get the resources that professional hockey demand...

May 02, 2019

Pass to the past: NFL applies for historic Duluth Eskimos trademark

EDMONTON - The National Football League may be bringing back a historic team name that will have a familiar - and occasionally controversial - ring to Canadian gridiron fans. Records from the Uni...

May 02, 2019

UFC lightweight (Raging) Al Iaquinta has skills inside and outside the cage

(Raging) Al Iaquinta can knock you out or find you a new home. Ranked fourth among UFC lightweights, the 32-year-old from Wantagh, N.Y., works in real estate when not cage-fighting. "It's not tax...

May 02, 2019

Women's hockey stars announce boycott in demand for 1 league

Unhappy with the status quo, more than 200 of the world's top female hockey players declared Thursday they will not compete in North America next season in a dramatic attempt to establish a single, ec...

May 02, 2019

Olympic lugers Walker, Snith feel real speed with Canadian Forces Snowbirds

The love of speed Tristan Walker inherited from his air force pilot grandfather came full circle when the luger took to the skies with the Canadian Forces Snowbirds. Walker and teammate Justin Sn...

May 02, 2019

Semenya's case reflects broader dilemmas facing sports world

NEW YORK - Caster Semenya's running career, jarred by an adverse court ruling on Wednesday, is unique in virtually all its details. Yet the dilemmas she has posed for the track-and-field establishment...

May 02, 2019