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TOKYO - Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declared a state of emergency last week for Tokyo and surrounding areas. Amid the surging virus, he again promised the postponed Tokyo Olympics would be "safe and...

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates - Canada's Rebecca Marino has qualified for the Australian Open, securing her first berth in a Grand Slam since 2013. The 30-year-old from Vancouver defeated Maryna Za...

Hockey has arrived in what will be one of the best seasons for rivalries. We, north of the 49th, get four months of all-Canadian matchups all the time but when the season concludes, the final four div...

Canadian Victoria Pickett, a star midfielder at the University of Wisconsin, looks to take the next step in her soccer career Wednesday evening at the NWSL draft. Badgers coach Paula Wilkins, for one,...

The 2020-21 NHL season got underway Wednesday with a tribute to front-line health care workers. A video tribute to the health care professionals fighting the COVID-19 pandemic was shown at the empty W...

VANCOUVER - Playing for the Calgary Flames, defenceman Travis Hamonic got a close-up view of the Vancouver Canucks' skilled, young talent.Going up against the likes of Elias Pettersson, Quinn Hughes a...

The NHL says 27 players returned positive COVID-19 tests during training camps as the league prepares to open its season. The league said in a release Tuesday that it conducted approximately 12,000 te...

The fields are slowly filling up for the national curling championships, events that have provided a beacon of light in what has been a dreary competitive season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Positivi...

MLS commissioner Don Garber says he feels for the league's three Canadian teams given the border issues caused by the pandemic. Toronto FC, the Montreal Impact and Vancouver Whitecaps all had to find ...

CALGARY - The National Sport School in Calgary that has produced Olympic and Paralympic champions is switching school divisions in order to survive. The Calgary Board of Education was going to close t...