The Vancouver Rise FC Academy was drawn with defending champion Gotham FC and fellow NWSL side Washington Spirit in Group B for the second edition of the CONCACAF W Champions Cup, which kicks off in August. Group B also includes Mexico's CF Monterrey Femenil and El Salvador's Alianza Women FC. Group A is comprised of M...

KAMLOOPS - Braydon Bouliane of the University of Alberta Golden Bears was scheduled to tee off in 15 minutes and the gravity of the national championship moment was sinking in on Tuesday (June 3) at Rivershore Golf Links. "I'm nervous," Bouliane said. "I'm nervous, but everyone is nervous. You want to do...

EDMONTON - Brad Marchand found himself in uncharted territory. The Boston Bruins captain was churning towards unrestricted free agency on a team that was falling well short of expectations. The stress was getting to him. "Situations I really hadn't been in before ... I wouldn't say I dealt with them great," M...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Derek Forbort to a one-year US$2 million contract, the NHL club announced Tuesday. The 33-year-old Forbort had 11 points (two goals, nine assists) in 54 games with the Canucks in 2024-25. The six-foot-four, 216-pound defenceman has 19 goals and 87 assists over 55...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid stood along the boards and waited for his teammates. The Oilers had given everything in the Stanley Cup final. McDavid rewrote the NHL's playoff record book with a jaw-dropping performance as part of a memorable post-season run that ultimately ended in Florida's sweltering heat inside Amerant ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Blue Jays are reinstating second baseman Andres Gimenez and catcher Tyler Heineman after stints on the injured list. Both players will be active for tonight's game against the Philadelphia Phillies at Rogers Centre. The team is also designating infielder Michael Stefanic and catcher Ali Sanchez fo...

Nick Arbuckle is again proving the importance of quarterback depth in the CFL. Arbuckle is expected to be the starter Friday night when the Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts visit the Montreal Alouettes. Incumbent Chad Kelly suffered a serious leg injury in last year's East Division final and was only recently cleare...

NEW YORK (AP) - The New York Knicks fired coach Tom Thibodeau on Tuesday just days after their first trip to the Eastern Conference finals in 25 years, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The Knicks were eliminated by the Indiana Pacers with a loss in Game 6 on Saturday night. They then d...

Eugene Lewis will resume his quest to land in the CFL record book. Lewis and the Ottawa Redblacks open the 2025 campaign Thursday night, visiting the Saskatchewan Roughriders. Lewis, 32, joined Ottawa in free agency following two seasons with the Edmonton Elks. The six-foot, 200-pound Lewis finished 2024 on quite a rol...

AHMEDABAD, India (AP) - Royal Challengers Bengaluru earned their first Indian Premier League title by beating Punjab Kings by six runs on Tuesday. Bengaluru finished runners-up in 2009, 2011 and 2016, but finally won at the Narendra Modi Stadium - thanks largely to Krunal Pandya's sensational spell of 2-17 in four over...

Several stars could be on the move as the Professional Women's Hockey League's new franchises start building their rosters this week. The league's six original teams released their lists of protected players Tuesday. The Boston Fleet are keeping goalie Aerin Frankel, defender Megan Keller and forward Alina Muller, whil...

KAMLOOPS - A former Thompson Rivers University (TRU) WolfPack men's volleyball player who suffered life-altering injuries in a car crash in 2023 will compete for Team Canada. The TRU WolfPack announced that Riley Brinnen earned a spot on Canada's sitting volleyball team after impressing at a training camp in Calgary in...

EDMONTON - Home ice advantage will take on a whole new meaning for some Edmonton Oilers as they head into the Stanley Cup Final. Over the weekend, ice from the hometown rinks of six Oilers players was scraped into Thermoses, shipped to Edmonton and added to the Rogers Place ice sheet mix for Game 1 against the Florida ...

MILAN (AP) - The 5-0 rout by Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League final was Simone Inzaghi's final match in charge of Inter Milan. "The time has come for me to say goodbye to this club after a run of four years during which I gave everything," Inzaghi wrote in a letter to Inter fans on the club website...

CALGARY - Soccer star Christine Sinclair, curler Kevin Martin and alpine skier Erik Guay are among the athletes who will be inducted into Canada's Sports Hall of Fame this year. Wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell and softball player Darren Zack will join them in the athlete category, while NHL coach Ted Nolan and sport...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma City's Shai Gilgeous-Alexander and Indiana's Tyrese Haliburton weren't expected to ever be starring in leading roles on the NBA Finals stage. Well, at least not by many. "It's been a roller coaster," Gilgeous-Alexander said. "I had nights where I thought I wasn't good at bas...

OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) - Oklahoma's run of four straight Women's College World Series titles ended when Lauren Allred's walk-off sacrifice fly gave Texas Tech a 3-2 victory in the semifinals on Monday night. Coach Patty Gasso's Sooners (52-9) were down to their last strike in the top of the seventh inning when Abigale Dayt...

ALAJUELA - Montserrat Saldivar scored twice Monday to help defending champion Mexico defeat Canada 4-2 and finish atop Group B in a weather-interrupted game at the CONCACAF Women's Under-20 Championship. Both teams had already accomplished their goal of qualifying for the 2026 FIFA U-20 World Cup by virtue of assuring ...

KAMLOOPS - After three games of their West Coast League baseball season, the Kamloops NorthPaws remain undefeated. Kamloops started the campaign with a three-games series against the Port Angeles Lefties this past weekend in Washington state. The NorthPaws opened with a bang on Friday (May 30), hammering the Lefties 8-...

THE BLUE MOUNTAINS - University of Saskatchewan basketball player Gage Grassick and Wilfrid Laurier University quarterback Taylor Elgersma have been named the 2024-25 U Sports Athletes of the Year. U Sports announced the winners of the Lois and Doug Mitchell Award at an awards program Monday. Grassick, from Prince Albe...

Olympic champion paddler Adam van Koeverden is the latest politician to step into the leadership of sport in Canada. The MP for Burlington North-Milton West in Ontario was appointed Secretary of State for Sport when Prime Minister Mark Carney announced his first cabinet last month. Van Koeverden, winner of Olympic gold...

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Connor McDavid is fine, and coach Kris Knoblauch expects the best hockey player in the world to be good to go for the Edmonton Oilers in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final. That is the most important thing for Edmonton gearing up for another championship series against the Florida Panthers. Also, ...

HALIFAX - Former U.S. and Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley and former Canadian international defender David Edgar have joined Canada as guest coaches under Jesse Marsch during the current FIFA international window. The Canadian team is currently in Halifax preparing for the four-team Canadian Shield Tournament that o...

TORONTO - A visit by the woeful Athletics came at an ideal time for the Toronto Blue Jays. Canada's lone big-league team was in a tailspin before finding its form last week. Toronto has won five in a row and sat a half-game out of an American League wild-card spot entering Monday's games. The Blue Jays, who were idle M...

TORONTO - Ask Ivory Coast soccer coach Emerse Fae about Canada and he is quick to praise - and reel off names. "I like this team because the Canada team has very good players - good players like Jonathan David, like (Cyle) Larin, a good striker. Alphonso Davies, (Derek) Cornelius, (Moise) Bombito from Nice. (Ismae...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) - The only times that Sergei Bobrovsky spent any time really reflecting on winning the Stanley Cup were the obvious moments. The on-ice celebration that night. The day of the parade. Things like that. Otherwise, he did what he always does. He looked at what was next. It is a simple approach a...

The International Ice Hockey Federation has postponed announcing the host city of the 2026 women's world hockey championship. The IIHF introduced running a women's championship in the same year as an Olympic Games in 2022, but the arrival of the Professional Women's Hockey League has made scheduling the 2026 world cham...

Buck Pierce will make his CFL head-coaching debut in familiar surroundings. Pierce begins his tenure as B.C.'s head coach Saturday night when the Lions host the Edmonton Elks. Pierce, 43, began his CFL career as a quarterback with the Lions (2005-09) - winning a Grey Cup in '06 - before finishing up as a player with th...