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DONGGUAN, China - Nick Nurse had said Canada would need to play extraordinary basketball to survive at the FIBA World Cup - missing most of its biggest stars, and playing in arguably the toughest grou...

Calgary Stampeders quarterback Bo Levi Mitchell took another step towards returning to the football field with zip on his passes in Friday's practice. The CFL's Most Outstanding Player and Grey Cup MV...

Citing what it called momentum from a sustained period of labour peace, the NHL said Friday it has informed the NHL Players' Association it will not use its option to terminate the existing collective...

ARLINGTON, Texas - The family of Los Angeles Angels pitcher Tyler Skaggs says it was startled to learn that a club employee "may" be part of the investigation into the 27-year-old's death from an acci...

NEW YORK - At his very best, Roger Federer can make even good players look lost on a tennis court. "You don't know why you're missing everything. Easy balls," David Goffin said. "All of a sudden he's ...

WHITEHORSE - Dennis Fentie, who served as Yukon premier for nine years, died Friday at the age of 68. Fentie served as the territory's seventh premier from 2002 to 2011 as leader o...

TORONTO - Houston Astros ace Justin Verlander has thrown his third career no-hitter, and second against the Toronto Blue Jays. Verlander struck out 14 and threw 120 pitch...

ROME - Premier-designate Giuseppe Conte says he is aiming to form Italy's new government by Wednesday. Conte said on Sunday that he was wrapping up a policy agreement with the two parties that would m...

MINNEAPOLIS - An 83-year-old man who crashed his van into a Minneapolis bus shelter and injured five people was charged Friday but the prosecutor said it's unlikely he'll face a prison term, angering ...

LONDON - A wide-open north London derby fizzing with tension and littered with errors highlighted flaws that show why Arsenal and Tottenham are some way off from challenging for the Premier League tit...