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LONDON - Rest assured, British fans: Most baseball games are not like this, not even the crazy ones between the New York Yankees and Boston Red Sox. Major League Baseball arrived in Europe on Saturday...

NHL general managers pulled out their owners' wallets as free agency opened Monday. Marc Bergevin made the biggest splash. The general manager of the Montreal Canadiens tendered the league's first res...

TORONTO - Flavien Prat didn't have to worry about the inquiry sign Saturday. Prat rode One Bad Boy to victory in the $1-million Queen's Plate at Woodbine Racetrack. There was a stewards inqu...

DALLAS - A former Dallas Cowboys player previously convicted in a drunken driving crash that killed a teammate has been charged with assaulting a police officer trying to handcuff him for public intox...

TORONTO - Cavan Biggio and Randal Grichuk drove in four batters each and Freddy Galvis had a pair of home runs as the Toronto Blue Jays defeated the Kansas City Royals 11-4 on Monday in their annual C...

PARIS - Dior went back to the essential architecture of dressmaking, and the late designer's penchant for black, for a brooding display Monday of archetypally couture fall-winter gowns. Looking on ins...

TORONTO - Jamal Murray's breakout NBA season has paid off. The 22-year-old from Kitchener, Ont., agreed to a five-year, US$170 million contract extension with the Denver Nuggets, the richest deal for ...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators added a veteran voice to their young blue line in free agency Monday, signing defenceman Ron Hainsey to a one-year contract worth US$3.5 million. Hainsey, 38, had fiv...

WIMBLEDON, England - After winning two straight Grand Slam titles, Naomi Osaka has now failed to reach the second week at the last two majors. Osaka, who was ranked No. 1 in the world until last week,...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames have signed goaltender Cam Talbot to a one-year contract. Talbot, 31, was an unrestricted free agent. His contract is worth US$2.75 million. He joins 26-year-old David Rit...