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TOKYO (AP) - IOC President Thomas Bach referred to his Japanese hosts as Chinese when he appeared in public on Tuesday for the first time since arriving in Tokyo last week. Giving a pep talk at the he...

Nashville Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne, the 2018 Vezina Trophy winner, is retiring after 15 seasons. Rinne, 38, announced his decision Tuesday morning. The Predators have a previously scheduled ne...

Canada is sending one of its largest teams ever to a Summer Olympics despite the pandemic challenges imposed on its athletes over the last year and a half. The 371 athletes headed to Tokyo is Canada's...

Country music fans will recognize a familiar face and voice at the Major League Baseball All-Star game on Tuesday. Langenburg's Jess Moskaluke has been chosen to sing the Canadian national anthem befo...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - "The Crown" and "Ted Lasso," among the TV shows that helped distract America during an oppressive pandemic year, are in the hunt for Emmy recognition. The nominations for the 73rd P...

DENVER (AP) - Major League Baseball will give at least $100 million over 10 years to the Players Alliance and help raise an additional $50 million aimed at increasing the number of Blacks playing the ...

EDMONTON - Veteran defenceman Duncan Keith wanted to be closer to home, and the Edmonton Oilers appeared to be the right fit. The Oilers acquired Keith and forward Tim Soderlund from the Chicago Black...

A 25-year-old woman is dead after a vehicle with eight passengers rolled multiple times while travelling on a grid road just off Highway 7. The incident occurred just before midnight Sunday when the v...

York United FC now has a schedule of games for its newly renovated home at York University in Toronto. But plenty of work remains for the club's CEO and general manager Angus McNab between now and Jul...

Bianca Andreescu says she has withdrawn from Canada's Olympic tennis team. The 21-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., posted on her Instagram account that she is pulling out of the Games due to pandemic-...