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Michael Woods came agonizingly close to opening Canada's medal account on the first full day of competition at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. The Ottawa cyclist finished fifth in a thrilling men's road race...

The saying 'Never meet your heroes' did not apply to Canadian table tennis player Jeremy Hazin. His sporting idol is Chinese great Ma Lin, a three-time Olympic gold medalist and nine-time world champi...

REGINA - Two Canadian provincial premiers and the leaders of three U.S. states have called for the re-opening of the border between the two countries. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe, his Alberta count...

MONTREAL - General manager Marc Bergevin is defending the Montreal Canadiens' controversial selection in Friday's NHL entry draft. The Habs took Logan Mailloux with the No. 31 pick just days after the...

EDMONTON - The Edmonton Oilers' newest prospect was nearly at a loss for words Friday night. The club took Xavier Bourgault with the 22nd overall pick in the NHL entry draft and the French-Canadian fe...

NEW YORK (AP) - Tylor Megill tossed six scoreless innings for his first big league win and got his first career hit, Pete Alonso homered twice and the New York Mets defeated the Toronto Blue Jays 3-0 ...

WINNIPEG - Chaz Lucius wasn't shy about mentioning his admiration of Jets star Mark Scheifele in his pre-draft interview with Winnipeg The honesty obviously worked - Winnipeg selected to select Lucius...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames newest prospect is a bit of an animal - a bison, in fact. Matthew Coronato said he earned the nickname "The Bison" from the announcer and hockey operations staff during hi...

OTTAWA - It's been a tough year for the Ottawa Senators newest prospect, Tyler Boucher. First he came down with COVID-19. Then there was the sprain to his MCL and a tear in his meniscus, limiting how ...

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) - Commissioner Gary Bettman said Friday night the plan is to hold the 2022 NHL draft at Bell Centre in Montreal, which is where the 2020 event was scheduled to take place before th...