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After leading Samoa and Canada to rare tournament wins on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, coach Damian McGrath now faces the challenge of getting Germany's part-time players promoted to the top-ti...

BERN, Switzerland - Veteran Swiss women's hockey goaltender Florence Schelling has been named general manager of one of the top men's teams in her home country. SC Bern announced Wednesday the 31-year...

A list of Canadian international and domestic sporting events impacted by COVID-19:   OLYMPICS - 2020 Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics postponed until 2021.   HOCKEY - NHL suspends 2...

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal wage-subsidy program for employers hit by COVID-19 will have looser standards than previously announced. Rather than having to show a 30-per-cen...

WASHINGTON - Sen. Bernie Sanders, who saw his once-strong lead in the Democratic primary evaporate as the party's establishment lined swiftly up behind rival Joe Biden, ended his presidential bid on W...

MONTREAL - CCM has joined the list of hockey equipment manufacturers contributing supplies to front-line health care workers in the COVID-19 pandemic. The Montreal company and its player end...

LONDON - After 76 days in lockdown, the Chinese city at the heart of the global pandemic reopened Wednesday and tens of thousands immediately hopped on trains and planes to leave. Elsewhere, the econo...

EDMONTON - Premier Jason Kenney says forecast models for the COVID-19 crisis in Alberta predict anywhere from 400 to 6,600 deaths in the months to come. Kenney, in a televised address Tuesday, said wh...

CALGARY - Prefacing his hopes that the Calgary Flames return to the ice soon with the acknowledgment that pro hockey is not a societal priority right now, general manager Brad Treliving remains o...

A Saskatoon man is facing several charges after refusing to stop for police Monday night. At around 7:30 p.m., police received a report of a hit-and-run. The complainant said their vehicle had been si...