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A familiar face is returning to the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The CFL team announced Friday it had signed free-agent linebacker Kevin Francis to a one-year contract. The 27-year-old product of Toronto...

CALGARY - The Western Hockey League says it has approval from the Saskatchewan government to play a 24-game East Division season in a hub in Regina starting next month. Friday's announcement means thr...

Canada's men's water polo team had already gathered in Europe a year ago at this time for its final push for a berth in the Tokyo Olympics, but the qualifying tournament was cancelled due to COVID-19....

Desiree Scott has been waiting a long time for her next game. The 33-year-old midfielder from Winnipeg didn't play in the NWSL's Challenge Cup last summer due to family commitments and opted out of th...

Masks, nasal swabs and empty seats have all become the norm in NHL rinks. Hockey may be back on the ice, but the conditions are far from ordinary - not only inside the arenas, but around them, too. Th...

CALGARY - Greg Ewasko will be an expert on curling bubble life by the time he's done tending Calgary's ice. The icemaker from Oakbank, Man., will spend 52 days making ice for four Curling Canada event...

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. - Baseball's Hall of Fame has cancelled its traditional outdoor induction ceremony for the second straight summer because of the pandemic and plans an indoor, televised event for Der...

BUFFALO, N.Y. - The Buffalo Bisons will remain the Toronto Blue Jays' top minor-league affiliate after accepting Major League Baseball's invitation to be a member of its new Professional Development L...

ALTENBERG, Germany - A year ago, Tina Hermann became the first woman to win back-to-back world skeleton championships. She's done one better now. Hermann has now won three consecutive world titles, ra...

TORONTO - After missing two FIBA AmeriCup 2022 qualifying games due to restrictions around COVID-19, Canada's men's basketball team will play in next week's final window of qualifiers. Brothers Phil a...