OTTAWA - Claude Giroux has gone through plenty of training camps through the course of his career but there's still a sense of excitement taking the ice for the first time in a pre-season. "Yeah, I don't know how many years it's been for camps for me, ...

HAMILTON - The quarterback shuffle continues for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. American Harrison Frost will start Friday night when Hamilton hosts the Montreal Alouettes in the annual Hall of Fame game. Harrison replaces Canadian Tre Ford, who was injured i...

EDMONTON - Mike Babcock had his first on-ice practice as head coach of the Edmonton Oilers Thursday, and it was four hours of high-speed, detail-oriented skating and learning for both coach and players. After running two sessions of about two hours eac...

TORONTO - The CFL suspended B.C. Lions defensive back Josh Haggerty two games Thursday for striking running back Liam Talbot of the Montreal Alouettes last week. Montreal defensive back Don Callis and Lions defensive back Ronald Kent Jr. both received ...

Félix Auger-Aliassime and Team Canada return to Davis Cup competition this weekend, hosting France at Quebec City's Videotron Centre with a spot in the Davis Cup Final 8 on the line. Auger-Aliassime will lead Canada in the best-of-five tie, with the wo...

CALGARY - The Calgary Flames hit the ice Thursday for a season of building to be a playoff contender in a new arena. A team that finished fourth-last in the NHL last season, and was the lowest-scoring team in the league, is leaning into a youth movemen...

WINNIPEG - Kevin Cheveldayoff seemed to have the weight of the hockey world on his shoulders while trying to stickhandle around the awkward situation currently brewing with disgruntled goaltender Connor Hellebuyck. On Thursday, the Winnipeg Jets genera...

TORONTO - The Curling Group announced an updated schedule for the 2026-27 Rock League on Thursday, with a previously announced stop in Halifax removed from the circuit. The Halifax event, planned for Jan. 14-17 at Scotiabank Centre, will be replaced by...

ARLINGTON, Va. (AP) - Alex Ovechkin said Thursday that he is all "for peace and love" after the Russian hockey star appeared in an ad for a party aligned with Vladimir Putin during the offseason. The video for the United Russia party came...

TORONTO - Jim Hiller zeroed in on an early test for the Maple Leafs' prized prospect. Gavin McKenna found himself in a tight space down low along the boards against hard-nosed, shutdown blueliner Chris Tanev. The No. 1 pick at June's NHL draft was up t...

TORONTO - Head coach Darko Rajakovic has finalized his coaching staff for the upcoming Toronto Raptors season, with Stephen Silas joining Pat Delany and Jama Mahlalela as assistant coaches on the front bench. Matt Vest has been elevated to assistant c...

MONCTON - Canada's men's volleyball team earned a silver medal after a 3-2 (25-19, 26-24, 25-27, 17-25, 15-13) loss to the United States in the NORCECA men's continental volleyball championship final on Wednesday. Canada fell behind early before rallyi...

MONTREAL - Prince Owusu scored two first-half goals to help CF Montreal qualify for the Canadian Championship final, beating the Vancouver Whitecaps 2-1 on Wednesday and 3-2 on aggregate. Montreal (5-14-6) will be participating in their first Canadian ...

WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets suspended goaltender Connor Hellebuyck on Wednesday night for failing to report to training camp. The team said general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff would address the media Thursday morning. It did not specify the length of t...

TORONTO - If the Toronto Blue Jays are nervous about reaching the post-season, it doesn't show. Myles Straw wore small, silver 1990s-style sunglasses as he answered questions from reporters following a 2 for 4 performance in Wednesday's 5-1 win over th...

Enforcer Ryan Reaves said Wednesday he is retiring from hockey at age 39 after playing more than a decade and a half in the NHL, leaving just three players left who do not wear a visor. Reaves skated in 1,075 games from his debut in 2010 through last s...

TORONTO - Ernie Clement had a sacrifice fly in the fourth inning and Myles Straw followed it up with an RBI single as the Toronto Blue Jays earned a critical 5-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Wednesday. George Springer tacked on a run with an RBI sing...

TORONTO - The Curling Group postponed a Rock League schedule update planned for Wednesday, the latest hiccup in what has been a period of growing pains for the young professional curling league. The five-event Rock League schedule was initially releas...

OTTAWA - Kady Dandeneau had 49 points and Canada advanced to the women's semifinals of the IWBF Wheelchair Basketball World Championships with a convincing 88-68 win over Japan on Wednesday at TD Place Arena. A day after capping group-stage play with a...

MONTREAL - The Canadian Coast Guard says a diver was taken to hospital after being bitten by a shark off Percé, Que., on the eastern tip of the Gaspé Peninsula. The Coast Guard says it was alerted to the incident at about 10:27 a.m. and paramedics met ...

EDMONTON - After a 2025-26 season full of criticism, from a slow start to a first-round playoff exit, the Edmonton Oilers opened training camp Wednesday mired in new off-ice controversy. Hiring head coach Mike Babcock in June caused a ripple of critic...

DETROIT (AP) - Dylan Larkin will not skate with the Detroit Red Wings when training camp starts on Thursday due to an upper-body injury, according to interim general manager Shawn Horcoff. Horcoff said Larkin was hurt earlier this week during off-ice t...

CHICAGO (AP) - Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Ethan Del Mastro has agreed to a $1.9 million, two-year contract, the team announced Wednesday. The 23-year-old Del Mastro, a fourth-round pick in the 2021 draft, had been a restricted free agent. The Black...

CLEVELAND (AP) - Petey Halpin hit a three-run home run in the sixth inning, Parker Messick struck out eight and the Cleveland Guardians moved into first place in the AL Central with a 6-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday. Cleveland (78-7...

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) - Veteran Buffalo Sabres forward Jason Zucker is expected to miss the start of the season after having surgery to repair a sports hernia. General manager Jarmo Kekäläinen announced the injury on Wednesday as Sabres players reported f...

New York Islanders forward Mathew Barzal is not expected to skate for the next two weeks after aggravating a previous injury, the team said Wednesday on the eve of the start of training camp. With camps shortened around the NHL because of the new, 84-g...

McLeod Bethel-Thompson and the Ottawa Redblacks won't be the only ones in dire need of a win this week. Bethel-Thompson will make his first start of the season when Ottawa (0-12) visits the Calgary Stampeders (5-8) on Saturday night. The Redblacks have...

CHARLOTTETOWN - Work is underway to add about the length of an M&M candy to a public pool in Charlottetown to meet Swimming Canada requirements for official competitions. The City of Charlottetown confirmed Wednesday it will take five to seven days...