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Rays hand Blue Jays 12-8 home loss in regular-season finale
TORONTO - Jonathan Aranda's second-inning grand slam spearheaded the Tampa Bay Rays to a regular season-ending 12-8 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Sunday. Aranda had three hits and knocked in six r...
Oct 01, 2023
Homan tops Einarson to claim PointsBet Invitational title
OAKVILLE, Ont. - Rachel Homan defeated Kerri Einarson 9-7 to claim the PointsBet Invitational title on Sunday. Homan used a three-point ninth end to break a 6-6 tie and eventually win the women's fina...
Oct 01, 2023
Canada names roster for inaugural WXV women's rugby tournament in New Zealand
Canada coach Kevin Rouet has named his roster for the new WXV women's 15s rugby tournament, choosing 21 players from the squad that finished fourth at the World Cup last November. Sophie de Goede will...
Oct 01, 2023
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57
BOSTON (AP) - Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win...
Oct 01, 2023
John Herdman takes over as coach of Toronto FC but plans to be an observer this week
TORONTO - John Herdman plans a soft landing with Toronto FC. Probably a sound move given the mess that awaits. The former Canada coach, who was scheduled to arrive in Toronto on Sunday evening from th...
Oct 01, 2023
Tim Wakefield, who revived his career and Red Sox trophy case with knuckleball, has died at 57
BOSTON (AP) - Tim Wakefield, the knuckleballing workhorse of the Red Sox pitching staff who bounced back after giving up a season-ending home run to the Yankees in the 2003 playoffs to help Boston win...
Oct 01, 2023
Quebec public-sector unions continue to see strong support for strike mandates
MONTREAL - Members of several Quebec public-sector unions are continuing to vote in favour of strike mandates by large margins. The four unions, which represent around 420,000 education, health care a...
Oct 01, 2023
Jrue Holiday being traded to Boston, AP source says, as Portland continues making moves
Jrue Holiday was out of the Eastern Conference for just a few days, and now it's the Boston Celtics who will hope that the Olympic gold medalist and NBA champion can help deliver them another title ba...
Oct 01, 2023
Biden says there's 'not much time' to keep aid flowing to Ukraine and Congress must 'stop the games'
WASHINGTON (AP) - President Joe Biden said Sunday that American aid to Ukraine will keep flowing for now as he sought to reassure allies of continued U.S. financial support for the war effort. But tim...
Oct 01, 2023
Blue Jays will soon learn their opponent in best-of-three AL wild-card series
TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays and Tampa Bay Rays will close out Major League Baseball's regular season Sunday at Rogers Centre in a playoff warm-up for both teams. Toronto dropped a 7-5 decision to ...
Oct 01, 2023