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Halifax’s new professional lacrosse team now has a name: the Thunderbirds. The name was unveiled at the Halifax Convention Centre on Saturday. The National Lacrosse League’s fifth Canadian...

TUSCALOOSA, Ala. - Canada’s Andrew Nembhard couldn’t miss. And for a while Alabama couldn’t hit. Nembhard, a 19-year-old from Aurora, Ont., and freshman star for Florida, scored a ca...

SYDNEY, N.S. - After a 36-hour cross-country trip to get to the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, Casey Scheidegger wanted her appearance to last more than one game. A draw to the four-foot ring for the ...

PITTSBURGH - A big second period ended up being just enough for the Calgary Flames. Michael Frolik had the first of four second-period goals for Calgary, and the Flames held on to snap a season-long f...

COLUMBIA, S.C. - A.J. Lawson of Brampton, Ont., had 23 points off six of South Carolina’s program record-tying 16 three-pointers to rally past Texas A&M 84-77 on Saturday. The Gamecocks (13-...

CANBERRA., Australia - Canada’s Kia Nurse had 12 points and three assists to help the University of Canberra Capitals to their eighth WNBL Championship, with a 93-73 victory over the Adelaide Li...

DUNEDIN, Fla. - Devon Travis doesn’t have to watch batting practice to know when Vlad Guerrero Jr. is hitting the ball. He can tell just by listening. “It’s the sound,” the Blu...

ST-LAZARE, Man. - A leak from a derailed train carrying oil in western Manitoba has been contained, the railway said Saturday, but some pipeline supporters say the incident highlights the risks involv...

BERLIN - Israeli director Nadav Lapid’s “Synonyms,” a movie about a young Israeli man who uproots himself to France and is determined to put his homeland behind him, won the Berlin I...

ANN ARBOR, Mich. - Charles Matthews scored 14 points and Canada’s Iggy Brazdeikis added 13 to lift No. 6 Michigan to a 65-52 victory over No. 24 Maryland on Saturday. The Wolverines (23-3, 12-3 ...