TORONTO - Canadian soccer great Christine Sinclair remembers the unique buildup ahead of the first Women's World Cup to be played in her home country. The feeling that an entire nation was watching that day in 2015. The roar from 53,000 fans at Edmont...

VANCOUVER - When Ramon Pelayo moved to Canada from Mexico about eight years ago, he had no idea he'd end up cutting hair a short walk away from a World Cup venue. Now the owner of La Familia Mexican Barber in Vancouver is among the soaring Latin Americ...

TORONTO - Four-foot-tall rodents have taken over downtown Toronto. Some lurk under trees, while others peer through office tower windows or stand guard near busy intersections. It's hard to miss these colourful beaver statues with wide grins and a socc...

NEW YORK (AP) - Victor Wembanyama has his first NBA Finals win - and the New York Knicks suddenly have a lot of work left to end their 53-year championship drought. Wembanyama had 32 points, eight rebounds and six assists, carrying the Sa...

TORONTO - It was a rare occurrence for Patrick Corbin this season. The veteran left-hander had a disastrous third inning where the Philadelphia Phillies scored three consecutive runs with the bases loaded in a 5-2 win over the Toronto Blue Jays on Mond...

TORONTO - Alec Bohm kick-started a three-run third-inning with an RBI single, Cristopher Sanchez had 10 strikeouts, and the Philadelphia Phillies beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-2 on Monday. Adolis Garcia homered, while J.T. Realmuto and Bryson Stott also...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Carolina Hurricanes coach Rod Brind'Amour is wearing his poker face well in Las Vegas. Brind'Amour has decided who will be in net Tuesday night against the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final. He's just not telling...

Alistair Johnston remembers how it felt to line up in the tunnel ahead of his first World Cup game. Canada was back at the tournament for the first time in 36 years and, as he prepared to step out onto the pitch at the 2022 tournament in Qatar, Johnst...

WASHINGTON - A ribbon-cutting event for the long-awaited Gordie Howe International Bridge connecting Ontario and Michigan is set to go ahead later this week. A source with knowledge of the plan, who is not authorized to speak about it publicly, said th...

VANCOUVER - Elevators have been installed, grass has been planted and massive gates have been erected. Now last-minute work is underway to ensure BC Place is ready to host the FIFA World Cup. "It's like we're moving into a brand-new house," said Don H...

Hilary Knight is heading to the PWHL's expansion team in Detroit as part of a sign-and-trade deal involving one of women hockey's most recognized stars, a person with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Monday. The person s...

Tyler Snead picked a great time to have the best game of his young CFL career. The five-foot-seven, 187-pound receiver had nine catches for 163 yards - both career highs - and a touchdown in Montreal's 30-27 overtime road win over the Hamilton Tiger-Ca...

A month into the WNBA season and there has been a strong effort from the two new expansion teams in Toronto and Portland. Building off the success of Golden State last season as an expansion franchise, the two new teams are in the middle of the standin...

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH - Canadian tennis players Bianca Andreescu and Denis Shapovalov opened their grass-court seasons with losses in first-round action at the Libema Open on Monday. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont., fell 6-1, 6-3 to third seed Elise Merte...

TORONTO - Canada Post says it's removing some mailboxes and adjusting its service in areas around FIFA World Cup event spaces in Toronto as it anticipates delays in mail processing and delivery. The postal service says there will likely be minor inter...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors have signed general manager Bobby Webster to a multi-year extension and promoted him to executive vice president, the NBA club announced Monday. The Raptors also extended contracts for key front office members Dan Tolzman,...

TORONTO - Toronto police will work with officers from other countries to manage international fan groups during the FIFA World Cup, the force said in an update a week before the international soccer tournament's first match in the city. Officers from a...

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Iran's World Cup team arrived in Mexico wearing lapel pins highlighting the victims of a deadly missile strike on an elementary school at the start of the war in the Mideast. The players wore gold-colored pins with the number "16...

ZURICH (AP) - The International Ice Hockey Federation has announced the groups for next year's men's world championship without listing Russia, after last month saying the country's eligibility would be decided "on an event-by-event basis." Host nation...

Bud Mercer was the head of security for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, a near billion-dollar operation. But the veteran former RCMP officer says those in charge of the World Cup in Vancouver and Toronto now face a new security landscape, from a range of ...

This year's edition of the World Cup will be the biggest ever with an expanded field of 48 teams, three host countries and 16 stadiums staging the record 104 matches over the 39-day tournament. The tournament being held in the United States, Canada and...

NEW YORK (AP) - Six people were injured in a stabbing inside New York's Penn Station on Sunday evening, authorities said, less than a day before thousands of fans are expected to descend on neighboring Madison Square Garden for Game 3 of the NBA Finals...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Although Nelly Korda is deep in one of the most dominant seasons in recent golf history, her first U.S. Women's Open title still hung on the rim of the 18th hole at Riviera for one heart-stopping moment. Her 2 1/2-foot putt to win ca...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - Brayden McNabb showed up for Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final with at least two dozen stitches in his face that forced the Vegas Golden Knights' defenceman to wear a caged helmet for the first time since his youth hockey days in Davidso...

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) - Florentino Pérez has earned four more years as Real Madrid's president after winning club elections on Sunday. "We are going to keep working so that Real Madrid keeps winning more titles," he told his supporters at...

DUBLIN, Ohio (AP) - J.T. Poston built a four-shot lead Sunday morning in the rain-delayed Memorial and won the biggest tournament of his career. It just turned out to be a lot more work than he would have imagined. Poston, who lost his le...

TORONTO - Toronto Tempo forward Isabelle Harrison played her first game of the regular season on Sunday afternoon and her presence on the court had an immediate impact. Coming off the bench, Harrison scored 14 points with six rebounds and two assists, ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays celebrated their series win against the Baltimore Orioles with a family barbecue in the Rogers Centre outfield after their second win in a row on Sunday. The back-to-back wins pushed the Blue Jays (32-34) past the Oriole...