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Roger Federer is withdrawing from the Australian Open while he continues preparing to return to action after two operations on his right knee, his agent told The Associated Press on Sunday. Tony Godsi...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators signed forward Tim Stuetzle to a three-year, entry-level contract on Sunday. The Sens selected the 18-year-old native of Viersen, Germany with the third overall pick in th...

EDMONTON - Finland defeated Switzerland 4-1 in preliminary-round play Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship. Switzerland's Attilio Biasca opened the scoring at 3:44. Anton Lundell p...

EDMONTON - Canada defenceman Braden Schneider will miss Sunday's game against Slovakia at the world junior hockey championship after being handed a one-game suspension by the IIHF. Schneider delivered...

MONTREAL - Canadian pitcher Derek Aucoin, who played two games for the Montreal Expos in 1996, died of brain cancer on Saturday night, his family said. He was 50. "There are very few words to express ...

ATLANTA - Phil Niekro threw a pitch that baffled hitters and catchers. Heck, he didn't even know where it was going most of the time. But the knuckleball carried Niekro to more than 300 wins, earned h...

HAMILTON - The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed running backs Sean Thomas Erlington and Don Jackson on Sunday. Erlington, 28, has played 32 regular-season games with the Ticats over three seasons. The Mo...

With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...

TORONTO - Every weekend, Hakim Mohamed and his nine-year-old twin daughters Amira and Anisa run. They head from their Regent Park house in downtown Toronto toward Riverdale Park. They'll run for an ho...

With tennis, like so much of the world, shut down because of the coronavirus pandemic, Naomi Osaka found herself with time to read and think. And while she won the U.S. Open for her third Grand Slam t...