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CFL rushing leader Messam feels bye comes at good time for Stampeders
TORONTO - He’s leading the CFL in rushing and helped the Calgary Stampeders get on a nice roll but the bye week comes at a great time for Jerome Messam. The burly six-foot-three, 255-pound runni...
Aug 04, 2017

Rugby Canada to revamp men's national team program in wake of firing coach
TORONTO - Having canned its men’s national team coach, Rugby Canada is now embarking on a makeover midway through a World Cup qualification campaign. The review which resulted in Thursday’...
Aug 04, 2017

Struggling Impact look for home win over Orlando to end losing run
MONTREAL - If the Montreal Impact are going to turn their season around, now is the time. The 10th-place Impact (6-8-6) play five of their next six games at Saputo Stadium, beginning with a meeting Sa...
Aug 04, 2017

Toronto Argonauts hope to know more about Ray's shoulder injury this weekend
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts continued assessing quarterback Ricky Ray’s right shoulder injury Friday and expect to know his status when they reconvene Sunday. Ray, 37, was injured in the thi...
Aug 04, 2017

Toronto FC not taking D.C. United lightly despite six-game losing streak
It’s first against worst Saturday as league-leading Toronto FC travels to D.C. United. But Greg Vanney’s team will be mindful of having dropping two points in a 1-1 tie with lowly Colorado...
Aug 04, 2017

Toronto Wolfpack look to bounce back at Workington Town after shock loss
After winning 15 straight games to begin their rugby league life, the Toronto Wolfpack showed last week they could lose with class. “An absolutely incredible game. The @YorkKnightsRLFC team, org...
Aug 04, 2017
A year later, Olympic displaced are left to rebuild lives
RIO DE JANEIRO - More than 70,000 people were displaced to make way for last year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Today some are satisfied in their new houses. Others had to start over and are str...
Aug 04, 2017
Neymar says move not cash-driven; PSG expects financial lift
PARIS - Neymar opened a new extravagant chapter in soccer history Friday as the game’s costliest player by fending off questions about his financial motivations as deftly as he repels opponents ...
Aug 04, 2017

Tony Granato to coach US men's hockey at Olympics
PLYMOUTH, Mich. - Tony Granato was honoured to get a call, offering him a chance to coach the U.S. men’s hockey team at the 2018 Olympics, the first without NHL players since 1994. When the Wisc...
Aug 04, 2017

Bryan Adams, Bachman & Turner to perform at Invictus Games closing ceremonies
TORONTO - Canadian rockers Bryan Adams and Bachman & Turner will perform at the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto this fall. French-Canadian singer-songwriter Coeur de pirate and...
Aug 04, 2017