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Degree of difficulty escalates for Wolfpack against Super League champions
The Super League challenge turns up a notch for the winless Toronto Wolfpack on Saturday when the transatlantic rugby league team takes on defending champion St. Helens. The date with the Saints (2-1-...
Feb 28, 2020
Toronto Arrows' Argentine forward Tomas de la Vega comes with law degree
Not many rugby clubs travel with a lawyer but the Toronto Arrows have that covered with Tomas de la Vega. The 29-year-old Argentine international managed to combine law studies with top-flight rugby w...
Feb 28, 2020
Edmonton Oilers lose injured defenceman Mike Green for three to four weeks
EDMONTON - Newly acquired Edmonton Oilers defenceman Mike Green will miss three to four weeks with a knee injury. The Oilers announced Friday that Green has a sprained MCL. He was hurt in a loss again...
Feb 28, 2020
Toronto Argonauts agree to extension with veteran long-snapper Reinhart
TORONTO - The Toronto Argonauts agreed to a contract extension with veteran Canadian long-snapper Jake Reinhart on Friday. The agreement will keep Reinhart with Toronto through the 2022 seas...
Feb 28, 2020
Toronto FC looks to build on surge shown in second half of 2019 MLS season
Continuity and consistency are the buzzwords in 2020 for Toronto FC, which is looking to build on a second-half surge last season that carried it to the MLS Cup final for the third time in four years....
Feb 28, 2020
Montreal Impact lose captain Jukka Raitala for eight to 12 weeks
MONTREAL - Injuries are piling up for Montreal, and that's posing a serious challenge for first-year coach Thierry Henry ahead of the Impact's Major League Soccer season opener. The Impact begin MLS p...
Feb 28, 2020
Canadian divers Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay win World Series gold
MONTREAL - Canada's Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay have won gold in the women's 10-metre synchronized event at the first World Series diving event of the year. Benfeito, from Montreal and McKay, fro...
Feb 28, 2020
House makes lynching a federal crime, 65 years after Till
WASHINGTON - Sixty-five years after 14-year-old Emmett Till was lynched in Mississippi, the House has approved legislation designating lynching as a hate crime under federal law. The bill, introduced ...
Feb 28, 2020
Colorado poised to become 22nd state with no death penalty
DENVER - Colorado is set to become the 22nd U.S. state to abolish the death penalty after lawmakers on Wednesday approved a repeal bill that Democratic Gov. Jared Polis has pledged to sign into law. P...
Feb 28, 2020
Italy seeks to calm fears in Europe as cases, deaths rise
ROME - Italy sought to rally international support for its virus containment efforts Wednesday even as its caseload reached 447, people linked to Italy fell ill across Europe and as far away as Brazil...
Feb 28, 2020
