KATHMANDU, Nepal (AP) - Renowned Sherpa mountain guide Kami Rita scaled Mount Everest for a record 30th time Wednesday, completing his second climb this month to the top of the world. Rita reached the 8,849-meter (29,032-foot) summit at 7:49 a.m., according to Khim Lal Gautam, a government official at the base camp. Hi...

VANCOUVER - Both sides came out winners in Canadian Championship competition at BC Place on Tuesday night. Cavalry FC of the Canadian Premier League logged its first road win of the year with a 1-0 victory over the Vancouver Whitecaps of MLS. The two-leg quarterfinal ended in a 2-2 draw, but because the Whitecaps won t...

EL SEGUNDO, Calif. (AP) - Barbie dolls will honour Canadian soccer star Christine Sinclair and tennis champion Venus Williams, plus seven other athletes as part of a project announced by Mattel on Wednesday. The others being depicted as dolls are gymnasts Rebeca Andrade and Alexa Moreno, soccer player Mary Fowler, boxe...

CALGARY - The Edmonton Stingers had Tuesday's season opener circled on the calendar a few months ago, determined and motivated to knock off a provincial rival that gave them nothing but headaches last year. In front of a record Canadian Elite Basketball League crowd of 12,327 at Scotiabank Saddledome, the visiting Stin...

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - Michela Cava and Sophie Jaques scored less than two minutes apart late in the first period and Minnesota beat Boston 3-0 on Tuesday night to even the PWHL championship series at a game apiece. Nicole Hensley made 20 saves in relief of Maddie Rooney, who was in net the previous five games, two of th...

BOSTON (AP) - Jayson Tatum scored 36 points, including 10 in overtime after Jaylen Brown's tying 3-pointer with 6.1 seconds remaining in regulation, and the Boston Celtics rallied just in time for a 133-128 victory over the Indiana Pacers on Tuesday night in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals. Jrue Holiday added a...

TORONTO - Chicago starter Garrett Crochet and three relievers combined on a two-hit shutout as the White Sox dumped the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Tuesday night at Rogers Centre. Crochet retired the first 13 batters he faced and allowed just two hits and one walk over his six-inning appearance. He gave up a double to Jus...

TORONTO - Deandre Kerr had four goals as eight-time champion Toronto FC scored early and often in thumping semi-pro CS Saint-Laurent 8-1 Tuesday for a 11-1 aggregate win and a berth in the Canadian Championship semifinals. The eight goals, one of which was a Saint-Laurent own goal, set a tournament record, erasing the ...

A first of its kind lacrosse program in Saskatchewan, that was created to help get girls more active in sports, has experienced a very successful start.Over the weekend the Flatland Coyotes sent three teams to Sherwood Park, Alberta, to compete at the Rock the North Box Lacrosse tournament. In a social media post, U11 ...

TORONTO - York United FC, which sits fifth in the eight-team Canadian Premier League at 2-3-1, has fired coach Martin Nash. Assistant coach Mauro Eustaquio has been named interim coach during the search for a permanent replacement. The Toronto team, under new Mexican ownership this season, lost its first two games of t...

ANTALYA, Türkiye - Stephen Maar had a match-high 24 points as Canada opened play at the men's Volleyball Nations League with a 3-1 win over host Turkey on Tuesday. Fynn McCarthy added 14 points for 12th-ranked Canada, which dropped the first set 25-17 before winning the next three 25-23, 25-21 and 25-21. Efe Mandi...

One year after reaching the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers are back in the Eastern Conference final. The Presidents' Trophy-winning New York Rangers have made it there for the second time in three years. Now, the East's division winners will meet in the playoffs for just the second time - first since 1997 - w...

TAMPA, Fla. - Ryan McDonagh is returning to Tampa Bay, hoping to help the Lightning win the Stanley Cup again after two seasons in Nashville. The Predators traded McDonagh back to the Lightning on Tuesday, giving the veteran defenceman a welcome homecoming with the organization he helped to two championships and cleari...

GUELPH, Ont. - There's much for Cameron Dukes to learn as the Toronto Argonauts starting quarterback. But with an intact offensive line and veteran receiving corps, the second-year pro certainly understands the benefits that come with trusting and leaning heavily upon those around him. "My main goal here is never ...

Bantamweight Scarlett Delgado leads a team of nine Canadian boxers trying to fight their way into this summer's Paris Olympic field at a last-ditch world qualification tournament in Bangkok. Canada has already qualified two boxers for Paris, which features 13 weight classes - seven for men and six for women. Middlewei...

The Prince Albert Raiders have finalized the deals with a couple of their top draft picks.The team announced recently they have signed both defenceman Brock Cripps and forward Ben Harvey to WHL Scholarship and Development Agreements. The Raiders selected both players in the first round of the 2024 WHL Prospects Draft e...

No matter which team wins the Stanley Cup championship this year it will be a first this century. The Dallas Stars won its lone championship in 1999, months before the world worried computers would malfunction at the start of a new millennium. The New York Rangers haven't done it since their magical run in 1994 that en...

Mauricio Pochettino has left Chelsea by mutual consent, the Premier League club said Tuesday. Pochettino spent just one season as manager at Stamford Bridge and endured a troubled campaign in which he failed to secure qualification for the Champions League. Chelsea finished sixth in the standings, was a beaten finalist...

LUCERNE, Switzerland - Canada came agonizingly close to adding to its Paris-bound rowing team in Tuesday's last-chance qualifier, but will have just two boats entered in Olympic rowing. The men's eight needed to finish in the top two in Lucerne, Switzerland, but placed third in a photo finish by one hundredth of a seco...

EDMONTON - Canada Basketball has signed senior women's basketball coach Victor Lapeña to a contract extension through the 2026 FIBA Women's World Cup, the organization announced Tuesday. Lapeña has coached Canada's senior women's team to a 17-7 record (.708) since taking over the team on Jan. 6, 2022 and ...

A Prince Albert lacrosse team is trying to represent Saskatchewan on the national stage for the first time ever. The U21 Prince Albert Predators will enter the playdowns for the Junior B national championships with the team in the midst of a strong regular season."We had always known we had a chance to make some n...

PRAGUE, Czechia - Dylan Cozens scored his second goal of the game short-handed in overtime as Canada held on for a 4-3 win over host Czechia on Tuesday at the world hockey championship. Cozens pounced on a turnover in the Canadian zone and advanced into Czechia's end. His pass intended for Colton Parayko was broken up...

TORONTO - Craig Berube says the opportunity to help a team with a wealth of talent get over the hump in the playoffs was a driving force in becoming head coach of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Berube was introduced at a press conference as the NHL team's newest coach on Tuesday. He takes over the job from Sheldon Keefe, who...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators have added veteran executive Rob DiMaio to their front office, the NHL club announced Tuesday. The Senators said in a release that the 56-year-old from Calgary will join general manager Steve Staios as director of player personnel and director of professional scouting. DiMaio spent the last...

TORONTO - A woman who got hit in the face by a scorching foul ball off the bat of Bo Bichette is about to receive 110 baseball cards with her picture on them, and a signed ball from the Blue Jays shortstop. Collectible cards company Topps says it will send the custom cards to Liz McGuire, who got hit at a weekend game...

Four teams are left to chase the Stanley Cup in the NHL playoffs, including three division champions and the undisputed best player in hockey. The Eastern Conference final features the Florida Panthers facing off against the New York Rangers. The West final is the Dallas Stars versus reigning MVP Connor McDavid, German...

MADRID (AP) - Toni Kroos will retire from soccer after the 2024 European Championship, Real Madrid said Tuesday. Madrid said the 34-year-old German international "has decided to bring an end to his time as a professional footballer following Euro 2024." "Real Madrid would like to express its gratitude an...

They're down to the final four as the NHL post-season gets ready to play into June in Florida, Texas, New York and Alberta. The much-hyped Battle of Canada ended with a 3-2 Oilers' victory, while fans in Dallas scrambled to locate Edmonton via Google, and to let Oiler fans know their goal song at American Airlines Cent...