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LOS ANGELES - The pilot flying Kobe Bryant and seven others to a youth basketball tournament outside Los Angeles did not have alcohol or drugs in his system, and all sustained immediately fatal injuri...

TORONTO - The Honda Indy Toronto will not be held on its scheduled dates of July 10-12. Race promoters made the decision on Friday after the city announced it was cancelling permits for major events a...

TORONTO - Citing financial pressures due to the global pandemic, Rugby Canada has cancelled "training support payments" for its centralized men's and women's players as of May 1. The players get a mon...

TORONTO - The Canadian Hockey League has settled three class-action lawsuits filed by current and former junior players seeking backpay for minimum wage. The CHL - an umbrella organization for th...

TORONTO - Alysha Newman is accustomed to waiting patiently between pole vault attempts. Depending on the competition, she can wait as long as half an hour between jumps. The stop-and-start pace of pol...

Max Domi dreams of suiting up in the playoffs. If the NHL expands its post-season format to complete the 2019-20 season, the Canadiens centre might get that chance sooner than...

TORONTO - Being in quarantine doesn't necessarily mean quiet time for jockey Rafael Hernandez. The 35-year-old native of Puerto Rico returned to Canada on Tuesday after riding in the U.S. during the w...

BRUSSELS - The Belgian Grand Prix can go ahead at its original August date, but with no fans, local authorities in the Walloon region said Friday. After Belgium last month banned all mass events in th...

CALGARY - Edmonton Oil Kings forward Dylan Guenther has been named the Western Hockey League's rookie of the year. Guenther, the first-overall selection at the 2018 WHL bantam draft, had 59 points (26...

Blake Snell should have left the money out of his rant about not wanting to return to play. The Tampa Bay Rays pitcher and former Cy Young Award winner has a problem with returning to the field with t...