ATLANTA - Toronto Blue Jays Vladimir Guerrero Junior and Alejandro Kirk were a part of Major League Baseball All-Star Game history on Tuesday night at Truist Park. Tied 6-6 after nine innings, the National League beat the Jays and their fellow American League stars 4-3 in the first-ever home run swing-off as MVP Kyle S...

ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber of the Philadelphia Phillies went 3-for-3 to put the National League ahead as they won the first All-Star Game home run swing-off 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootou...

ATLANTA (AP) - Kyle Schwarber went 3 for 3 in the first All-Star Game home run swing-off to put the National League ahead 4-3 following a 6-6 tie in which the American League rallied from a six-run deficit on Tuesday night. In baseball's equivalent of soccer's penalty-kicks shootout, the game was decided by having thre...

ATLANTA (AP) - Major League Baseball honored late Hall of Famer Hank Aaron by recreating his record-breaking 715th home run through the use of projection mapping and pyrotechnics. The lights went down at Truist Park and fans stood holding their cell phone lights following the sixth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Ga...

ATLANTA (AP) - Major League Baseball honoured late Hall of Famer Hank Aaron by recreating his record-breaking 715th home run through the use of projection mapping and pyrotechnics. The lights went down at Truist Park and fans stood holding their cellphone lights following the sixth inning of Tuesday night's All-Star Ga...

LONDON (AP) - Fauja Singh, an Indian-born runner nicknamed the Turbaned Torpedo who was believed to be the world's oldest marathon runner, has died after being hit by a car. He was 114. Local media in India reported that Singh sustained severe head injuries in a hit-and-run accident on Monday while he was crossing the ...

HALIFAX - Lauren Rowe's goal in the 79th minute snapped a scoreless tie and lifted the visiting AFC Toronto to a 1-0 Northern Super League victory over the Halifax Tides on Tuesday at Wanderers Grounds. Eight minutes earlier Toronto's Victoria Pickett drilled a shot off the goalpost as the first-place visitors applied ...

VICTORIA - When Deleon Guerrero last visited Victoria in 2023, he arrived by car as part of a family road trip from Oregon. On Tuesday, he sailed into Victoria as a Cadet on board the U.S. Coast Guard Barque Eagle as a Canadian navy vessel saluted America's only active square-rig tall ship with an arch of water streami...

While some organizations have published clear air quality thresholds or contingency protocols for wildfire smoke, FIFA's plans remain unclear less than a year out from the 2026 World Cup. A day after Toronto's air quality was among the worst in the world, the organizing committee for the World Cup in Canada declined to...

HAMILTON - It didn't take Devin Veresuk long to force the Hamilton Tiger-Cats' hand. When Hamilton selected the Windsor Lancers linebacker with the second pick of the 2025 CFL draft, it was clearly with the intent that Veresuk would develop into a starter down the line. But the future became a reality just two games in...

A standing ovation echoed through the SaskTel Centre on July 5 as the Province of Saskatchewan made a historic announcement, recognizing the day officially as Michael Linklater Day. The honour celebrates the extraordinary impact that Michael Linklater, a basketball legend, community leader, and proud member of Thunderc...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed forward Miroslav Holinka to a three-year, entry-level contract, the team announced Tuesday. The terms of the deal were not announced. Holinka had 45 points (19 goals, 26 assists) in 47 regular-season games with the Western Hockey League's Edmonton Oil Kings last season. The...

TORONTO - Chad Kelly's season debut with the Toronto Argonauts will have to wait another week. Toronto (1-4) listed the veteran quarterback as out for its game Thursday night in Montreal versus the Alouettes (3-2). That means Nick Arbuckle will make a sixth straight start for the Argos. Kelly, the CFL's 2023 outstandin...

TORONTO - Hamilton Tiger-Cats cornerback Jamal Peters, Saskatchewan Roughriders quarterback Trevor Harris and the B.C. Lions offensive line earned top honours Tuesday in the CFL's weekly honour roll. Peters was the top defensive player, earning a grade of 90.9 both overall and in coverage snaps in Hamilton's 23-20 win ...

PORTRUSH - Four Canadians are in the field for the British Open, which begins Thursday at Royal Portrush in Northern Ireland. World No. 24 Corey Conners of Listowel, Ont., leads the Canadian contingent, joined by No. 29 Nick Taylor of Abbotsford, B.C., No. 35 Taylor Pendrith of Richmond Hill, Ont., and No. 58 Mackenzie...

ATLANTA (AP) - Baseball Commissioner Rob Manfred and players' union head Tony Clark say plans are moving ahead exploring the possibility of using major leaguers in the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics, a tournament that could be played on an extended All-Star break. "I think it is a opportunity to market the game on a re...

TORONTO - Soccer fans looking to take in the 2026 World Cup will be able to apply for FIFA's first ticket draw starting Sept. 10, soccer's world governing body announced Tuesday in a release. FIFA did not say when the draw would take place for the tournament in Canada, the United States and Mexico, but said tickets wou...

BRNO - Avery Howell scored a game-high 26 points, Syla Swords added 20 points and nine rebounds, and Canada thumped China 115-52 in its final group-stage game at the FIBA Under-19 World Cup on Tuesday. Cearah Parchment also chipped in 17 points as Canada had six players reach double figures. Kejia Ran led China with 14...

ATLANTA - Toronto Blue Jays slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr. will start at first base and bat fifth for the American League in tonight's Major League Baseball all-star game. Guerrero will anchor a powerful heart of the American League batting order, hitting second behind Yankees slugger Aaron Judge and ahead of Mariners c...

SINGAPORE (AP) - Open water swimming at the World Championships in Singapore has been postponed because of "water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds," the governing body World Aquatics said in a statement. The women's 10-kilometer event was to have opened the program Tuesday but was pushed back to...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - The Buffalo Sabres avoided arbitration with Bowen Byram late Monday night by re-signing the restricted free-agent defenceman to a two-year contract worth $12.5 million. Byram will count $6.25 million against the salary cap through the 2026-27 NHL season. He was considered a candidate for a trade or...

SINGAPORE (AP) - Open water swimming at the World Championships in Singapore has been postponed because of "water quality levels exceeding acceptable thresholds," the governing body World Aquatics said in a statement. The women's 10-kilometre event was to have opened the program Tuesday but was pushed back to...

ATLANTA (AP) - Seattle's Cal Raleigh won his first All-Star Home Run Derby after leading the big leagues in long balls going into the break, defeating Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero 18-15 in the final round Monday night. The Mariners breakout slugger nicknamed Big Dumper advanced from the first round on a tiebreaker by le...

ATLANTA (AP) - Pittsburgh's Oneil Cruz hit a 513-foot drive over Truist Park's right-center field seats while advancing to the second round of the All-Star Home Run Derby along with Seattle's Cal Raleigh, Tampa Bay's Junior Caminero and Minnesota's Byron Buxton on Monday night. Atlanta's Matt Olson, Washington's James ...

TORONTO - The CFL is reviewing how it updates fans during weather-related issues after poor air quality forced it to reschedule a regular-season game Friday night. The CFL postponed the Saskatchewan Roughriders-Calgary Stampeders game in Regina to 4 p.m. ET Saturday afternoon. But many fans expressed frustration with b...

TORONTO - Jim Clancy, who made his Major League debut during the Toronto Blue Jays' 1977 expansion season and spent 12 seasons with the club as a key member of its starting rotation, has died at 69. The Blue Jays confirmed Clancy's death in a social media post Monday. A cause of death was not given. Clancy was selected...

LA QUINTA, Calif. (AP) - NFL Hall of Famer John Elway won't be charged after his business partner Jeffrey Sperbeck was fatally injured falling out of his golf cart at a Southern California golf resort community last April, authorities said. Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco told KUSA-TV in Denver on Friday that inve...

LE MONT-DORE, France (AP) - British rider Simon Yates won the first mountainous stage of the Tour de France on Monday and Irish rider Ben Healy was consoled by taking the yellow jersey. Healy was nominated the most combative rider of the day after forcing the initiative on the 10th stage, but Yates - who won the Giro d...