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Virgil van Dijk has been a commanding - even transcendent - presence at the heart of Liverpool's defence throughout the team's rise to the top of English and European soccer in recent years. In a majo...

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates - Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson used her superior grappling skills to dominate Brazil's Poliano Botelho en route to a unanimous decision win Saturda...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have signed goaltender Joey Daccord to a three-year contract.  The first two season of the contract are two-way and carry an annual value of US$700,000 in the NHL and...

COLOGNE, Germany - Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime is through the final of the Cologne Open after posting a 6-3, 1-6, 6-3 win over Spain's Roberto Bautista Agut in a semifinal match Saturday. The 20-...

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia - Canadians Denis Shapovalov  and Milos Raonic were ousted in the semifinal round Saturday at the St. Petersburg Open tennis tournament.  Shapovalov, seeded second at ...

ARLINGTON, Texas - One Will Smith outdid another Will Smith to keep the season alive for the Los Angeles Dodgers. A common name, a special result for the Dodgers catcher. Smith hit a go-ahead, three-r...

Some hockey fans in Saskatchewan are about to get more games to watch in person. The SJHL announced Friday night it has been given the go-ahead to start play immediately. The league’s season was...

SAN DIEGO - The blowback from a sign-stealing scandal three years ago and a losing record during the pandemic-shortened regular season don't mean a thing to Dusty Baker and the Houston Astros. Like th...

NEW YORK - The Tampa Bay Rays and New York Yankees drew the five-most watched games of the Division Series, boosted by prime-time start times. Tampa Bay's 2-1 win in Game 5 on Oct. 9 was the most-watc...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed 41-year-old forward Joe Thornton to a one-year contract worth US$700,000. Thornton, a six-time all star and the winner of the Hart Memorial Trophy as leag...