MONTREAL - Adriana Leon and Cloé Lacasse scored in the second half to lift Canada to a 2-0 win over Mexico in a pre-Olympic women's international soccer friendly Saturday. Leon corralled a pass from Evelyne Viens in the 73rd minute before slotting a left-footed strike past Mexican goalkeeper Celeste Espino to op...

DALLAS - Kris Knoblauch arrived to find a locker room in turmoil. The Edmonton Oilers - among the Stanley Cup favourites when training camp opened - had got off to a disastrous start to the NHL season. The club was in a tailspin, languishing near the bottom of the standings despite a roster led by superstar forwards Co...

SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) - Catcher Payton Henry of the Buffalo Bisons was hospitalized overnight after he was struck by a batter's backswing on Friday night and carted off the field on a stretcher. In a statement Saturday, the Toronto Blue Jays' Triple-A affiliate said Henry was discharged from hospital and "doing well...

PARIS (AP) - This one's for the birds: A pigeon landed on the court during a French Open match Saturday, leading the chair umpire to use a towel to rescue the fallen fowl. The pigeon dropped to the red clay at Court Suzanne Lenglen - and remained on the ground - during a changeover in the fourth set of 2021 U.S. Open c...

FRANKENMUTH - Jagger Firkus of the Moose Jaw Warriors has been named the David Branch Player of the Year Award winner at the Canadian Hockey League awards. Firkus became the first player in Warriors history to win the award and did so after leading the CHL with 126 points (61 goals, 65 assists), to also earn the top sc...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays have placed closer Jordan Romano on the 15-day injured list due to right elbow inflammation. The 31-year-old right-hander has a 1-2 record, eight saves and a 6.59 earned-run average over 15 appearances this year. Romano, from Markham, Ont., missed the first 17 games of the season with a ...

Kyrie Irving was not making a threat, nor was he boasting, nor was he saying anything that would be considered outlandish. It was the final week of the regular season. He and the Dallas Mavericks had just clinched a division title and Irving was asked to talk about what it means. He didn't look back. He looked ahead. &...

PARIS - Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime won his rain-interrupted match Saturday to advance to the fourth round at the French Open. The tournament's 21st-seed from Montreal was a 6-4, 6-2, 6-1 winner over No. 15 Ben Shelton of the United States. Auger-Aliassime was up 5-4 on Friday before rain suspended the match. He too...

BANGKOK - Canadian boxer Mckenzie Wright earned a 5-0 decision over Serbia's Nina Radovanovic on Saturday to move within one win of punching her ticket to Paris in a last-ditch Olympic qualifier. Wright, who turned 34 on Friday, meets Mexico's Fatima Herrera on Sunday with an Olympic berth on the line. The 50-kilogram ...

SAGINAW - Last season's failure fuels Michael Simpson as a shot at redemption approaches. The London Knights goaltender was previously with the Peterborough Petes, who fell 4-1 to the Seattle Thunderbirds in last year's Memorial Cup semifinal. Simpson earned playoff MVP honours after the Petes defeated the Knights in t...