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Toronto hoping for Altidore return -- and looking ahead to next transfer window

Toronto FC ends a stretch of five games in 15 days Saturday when it faces Real Salt Lake City at Rio Tinto Stadium with the hope that key forward Jozy Altidore could see some action. The U.S. int...

May 19, 2019

Canadian diver Abel wins silver in three-metre individual competition

LONDON - Canada's Jennifer Abel closed out the World Series diving season with a silver medal in the women's three-metre individual competition on Sunday. She finished second with a total score o...

May 19, 2019

Guerrero Jr. homers again, Blue Jays beat White Sox 5-2

CHICAGO - Vladimir Guerrero Jr. hit another home run, Danny Jansen and Billy McKinney also connected and the Toronto Blue Jays beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Sunday. Guerrero has hit all four of hi...

May 19, 2019

Kyle Kaiser knocks Alonso, McLaren out of Indy 500

INDIANAPOLIS - Fernando Alonso and McLaren missed the Indianapolis 500 after a 23-year-old American in a rebuilt race car for an underfunded team snagged the final spot in the field. Kyle Kaiser bumpe...

May 19, 2019

2,000 cherry trees destroyed at ex-49er's California orchard

BRENTWOOD, Calif. - Former San Francisco 49ers centre Jeremy Newberry says vandals have destroyed nearly half of the 4,000 cherry trees recently planted at his Northern California orchard. Newberry te...

May 19, 2019

Canada's Rebecca Marino beats Yuki Naito to win ITF Kurume title

KURUME, Japan - Canada's Rebecca Marino defeated Japanese qualifier Yuki Naito 6-4, 7-6 (0) on Sunday to win the ITF Kurume title on the World Tennis Tour. The fourth seed from Vancouver nee...

May 19, 2019

Preakness winner War of Will likely to run in Belmont

BALTIMORE - Owner Gary Barber called trainer Mark Casse for the fourth time in 11 hours since War of Will won the Preakness. Only this time, Casse was in the middle of holding court with reporters the...

May 19, 2019

Dickson eager to erase pain of Calgary Roughnecks' NLL final loss in 2014

The Calgary Roughnecks' disappointing loss in the 2014 National Lacrosse League championship still haunts Curtis Dickson. But he and his teammates have an opportunity to erase the heartbreak...

May 19, 2019

Back on top: Nadal beats Djokovic for 9th Italian Open title

ROME - Rafael Nadal is right back where he wants to be. After losing in the semifinals of three straight clay-court tournaments, Nadal dominated for stretches against his longtime rival, Novak Djokovi...

May 19, 2019

Tentative CBA presents one less distraction for Argos rookie Richards

TORONTO - Shane Richards has no shortage of things to deal with as he prepares for his first CFL training camp. Thankfully, the prospect of going out on strike isn't among them. On Wednesday...

May 19, 2019