MEXICO CITY - Vancouver-based Lupita (Loopy) Godinez snapped a two-fight losing streak with a decision win Saturday over Brazil's Julia (Psycho) Polastri in an entertaining bout on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show in Mexico City. All three judges scored it 29-28 for Godinez, giving her the first two rounds on ea...

HOUSTON (AP) - Min Woo Lee chipped in for birdie to take the lead and then left Scottie Scheffler and everyone else in his wake Saturday with a 7-under 63, giving him a four-shot lead in the Houston Open as the Australian closes in on his first PGA Tour victory. Scheffler began the third round with a one-shot lead and ...

TORONTO - Max Scherzer is, well, mad. The 40-year-old surefire Hall of Famer hoped to be a contributor for the Blue Jays when he signed a one-year, US$15.5 million contract with Toronto on Feb. 4. But lingering discomfort in his thumb hampered his ability to get ready during spring training and led to a strained right ...

The Melfort Mustangs were 20 minutes away from Round 2 on Wednesday night, before a Kindersley Klippers comeback and overtime win forced a Game 5 tonight.Melfort is now looking to respond from their first loss of the postseason and advance to the second-round this evening at home."It's a huge game and we want to b...

TORONTO - Jordan Westburg had two home runs for the first multihomer game of his career as the Baltimore Orioles beat the Toronto Blue Jays 9-5 on Saturday. Colton Cowser and Westburg had home runs in the first inning for an early Baltimore (2-1) lead and then Westburg had another solo shot in the seventh for the game'...

BOSTON - Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier will settle for silver once again. For the second straight year, the Canadian ice dancers finished second behind American rivals Madison Chock and Evan Bates, who claimed their third consecutive title on Saturday at the world figure skating championships. Toronto's Gilles and Poir...

TORONTO - Toronto FC and the Vancouver Whitecaps played to a scoreless draw Saturday in an MLS game that was as drab as the weather until the final minutes. The point will be welcome for Toronto, which had lost four straight. So will the clean sheet after conceding a league-worst 12 goals in its first five games. The W...

IDRE FJÄLL - Reece Howden sped to a gold medal on Saturday in the second last men's World Cup ski cross race of the season, while fellow Canadian Courtney Hoffos took silver in the women's race. Howden, from Cultus Lake, B.C., leads Italy's Simone Deromedis by 33 points atop the overall standings heading into Sund...

NEW YORK (AP) - Aaron Judge combined with Paul Goldschmidt and Cody Bellinger to go deep on the first three pitches from Nestor Cortes, then hit two more homers as the New York Yankees set a team record with nine home runs in a 20-7 rout of the Milwaukee Brewers on Saturday. Judge hit a solo homer, his ninth career gra...

HONG KONG - Carissa Norsten scored two tries to help Canada defeat Fiji 26-17 in Cup quarterfinal play Saturday at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. The Canadian women, who came to Hong Kong standing sixth in the overall standings after four events, will face No. 1 New Zealand in Sunday's semifinal at the new Kai Tak S...

HONG KONG - Carissa Norsten scored two tries to help Canada defeat Fiji 26-17 in Cup quarterfinal play Saturday at the Cathay/HSBC Hong Kong Sevens. The Canadian women, who came to Hong Kong standing sixth in the overall standings after four events, will face No. 1 New Zealand in Sunday's semifinal at the new Kai Tak S...

EDMONTON - Tristain Hoath says he was 10 years old when he first noticed he was unusually strong. The Edmonton police officer says his dad and another man were struggling to lift a large piano onto a truck when they called him for help. Hoath says he grabbed a corner and lifted the instrument with ease, as his dad stoo...

COLUMBUS (AP) - Boone Jenner had two goals, Kent Johnson had the lone score of the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a pair of multi-goal deficits to beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-6 on Friday night and move into a tie for the final wild card in the Eastern Conference. The Blue Jackets trailed 3-0 less ...

WINNIPEG - The chants have already started for Connor Hellebuyck: "MVP! MVP! MVP!" The Winnipeg goalie recorded a career-best and franchise-best seventh shutout this season as the Jets blanked the New Jersey Devils 4-0 before a sold-out crowd of 15,225 fans at Canada Life Centre on Friday night. "That's ...

COLUMBUS (AP) - Boone Jenner had two goals, Kent Johnson had the lone score of the shootout and the Columbus Blue Jackets rallied from a pair of multi-goal deficits to beat the Vancouver Canucks 7-6 on Friday night and move into a tie for the final wild card in the Eastern Conference. The Blue Jackets trailed 3-0 less ...

TORONTO - As the Toronto Raptors veer toward the end of the season with a playoff berth out of sight, the team's focus has turned toward development. But a 108-97 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Friday, the Raptors' third straight win, showed that development does not just apply to rookies and sophomores. The tri...

TORONTO - Alan Roden streaked toward centre field from his spot in left, tracking a fly ball off the bat of Baltimore Orioles' designated hitter Ryan O'Hearn. Roden stretched out, getting parallel with the Rogers Centre turf, to get his glove under the ball for a diving snag and the first out of the second inning in th...

WINNIPEG - Alex Iafallo scored a pair of goals to lead the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-0 victory over the New Jersey Devils on Friday night. Mark Scheifele and David Gustafsson also scored for Winnipeg (50-19-4). Connor Hellebuyck made 24 saves and recorded a career-best seventh shutout of the season - also a franchise record...

A disciplinary committee hearing into John Herdman, triggered by the Olympic drone-spying scandal, has concluded with the former Canada coach receiving a written admonishment. The disciplinary hearing, conducted by a three-person panel independent of Canada Soccer, came after Herdman was cited in the report by Sonia Re...

TORONTO - The Toronto Raptors ran their winning streak to three games with an 108-97 victory over the lowly Charlotte Hornets on Friday. Jakob Poeltl paced the Raptors (27-47) with a 24-point, 12-rebound double-double, while Scottie Barnes added 18 points, six rebounds and six assists. Point guard Immanuel Quickley con...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sebastian Aho and Taylor Hall scored 2:24 apart in the second period, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the slumping Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday night. Jackson Blake had a goal and two assists, Andrei Svechnikov also scored, and Seth Jarvis had two assists for Carolina in its 10th win in 12 gam...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Sebastian Aho and Taylor Hall scored 2:24 apart in the second period, and the Carolina Hurricanes beat the slumping Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Friday night. Jackson Blake had a goal and two assists, Andrei Svechnikov also scored, and Seth Jarvis had two assists for Carolina in its 10th win in 12 gam...

TORONTO - Anthony Santander singled in a run for his first RBI since signing a free agent deal with Toronto to cap off a five-run inning as the Blue Jays rallied past the Baltimore Orioles 8-2 on Friday. Alejandro Kirk, George Springer and Will Wagner led off the fourth with three singles for Toronto (1-1). Nathan Luke...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - With booing of "The Star-Spangled Banner" the norm at Canadian sports events in the wake of heightened tension with the U.S., organizers of the BKT World Men's Curling Championship are taking steps to try to avoid such a scenario at the Temple Gardens Centre. Over the course of the nine-day...

BOSTON (AP) - The word "rivalry" tends to carry a combative connotation, so perhaps it's best to describe the relationship between American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates and their Canadian counterparts, Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier, as healthy competition. They are fond for each other. Yet they al...

BOSTON (AP) - American ice dancers Madison Chock and Evan Bates built a big cushion Friday night as they chase a third consecutive world title, scoring a season-best 90.18 points for their rhythm dance to lead Canadians Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier. In what has fast become the best rivalry in figure skating, Gilles an...

MOOSE JAW, Sask. - It has been over a decade since Brad Jacobs has had the Maple Leaf on his back at a major curling event. Putting on Canada's colours again Friday at the Temple Gardens Centre was a feeling that was tough to describe. "We've been looking forward to this day for a really long time," Jacobs sa...

Nyah Rose has replaced injured forward Evelyne Viens on Canada's roster for a pair of international women's soccer friendlies against Argentina in B.C. Canada Soccer said Viens had suffered a "minor muscle injury: with her Italian club side AS Roma. Rose, the younger sister of Canadian defender Jade Rose, plays co...