LIVERPOOL, England (AP) - Mohamed Salah has signed a new contract with Liverpool, the club said Friday. The Egypt forward was due to be out of contract at the end of this season. Salah has been with Liverpool since 2017. Liverpool didn't disclose the length of Salah's new deal but the player suggested it might be a two...

SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) - Two fans died on Thursday before the start of a Copa Libertadores match between the host Colo Colo and Fortaleza of Brazil near Santiago's estadio Monumental, a local prosecutor said. According to authorities, a group of fans attempted to force their way into the stadium and tore down one of the ...

DENVER (AP) - Kiefer Sherwood and Dakota Joshua had a goal and an assist, Kevin Lankinen stopped 31 shots and the Vancouver Canucks beat Colorado 4-1 on Thursday night as the Avalanche gave leading scorer Nathan MacKinnon the game off to rest and heal for the postseason. Jake DeBrusk also scored for the Canucks, who've...

DALLAS (AP) - Connor Hellebuyck stopped 24 shots for his single-season franchise record 45th win and NHL-leading eighth shutout, and the Winnipeg Jets moved closer to the top seed in the Western Conference with a 4-0 win over the second-place Dallas Stars on Thursday night. Kyle Connor scored twice in the third period ...

ST. LOUIS (AP) - Owen Michaels scored his second goal 26 seconds into the second overtime and Western Michigan beat defending champion Denver 3-2 on Thursday night to advance to its first Frozen Four title game. Brian Kramer also scored and freshman Hampton Slukynsky stopped 20 shots for a veteran-laden Western Michiga...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Justin Rose did more than just match his best score at the Masters. With a round that was nearly nine shots better than the field Thursday, the 44-year-old Rose managed to steal the spotlight from the Masters dominance of Scottie Scheffler and the endless quest of Rory McIlroy to complete the career...

Canada has been drawn with Honduras, El Salvador and Curaçao in Group B at this summer's CONCACAF Gold Cup. The Canadian men are ranked 30th in the world while Honduras is No. 75, El Salvador No. 81 and Curaçao No. 90. The top two in each of the four groups advance to the knockout round. The 18th edition ...

BOSTON (AP) - Pinch-runner David Hamilton scampered home when the drawn-in Toronto infield couldn't handle Trevor Story's nubber to second base, and the Boston Red Sox beat the Blue Jays 4-3 in 10 innings on Thursday to avoid a four-game sweep. Boston rallied from a 2-1 deficit in the eighth and trailed again after Geo...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Justin Rose managed to steal the attention away from Scottie Scheffler and Rory McIlroy in the Masters by matching his personal best at Augusta National with a 7-under 65 for a three-shot lead Thursday in the first major of the year. Scheffler did his part in his bid to win a third Masters green jac...

WINNIPEG - The large Canadian flag that was recently draped on the front of the Manitoba legislature is being repaired for a second time and is being adopted by the Manitoba government. The nine-by-18-metre flag was property of the Winnipeg Blue Bombers football team and was brought out onto the field for the national ...

The Global Fight League has postponed its scheduled first two shows, but says it still plans to go ahead with the team-based mixed martial arts promotion. "Our primary investor did not fulfil his scheduled funding obligation which has caused us to postpone our May events. However, we absolutely will be moving forw...

CALGARY - Pittsburgh Penguins general manager Kyle Dubas will serve as general manager of the Canadian men's team at the IIHF World Championship next month. The tournament is set for May 9-25 in Stockholm, Sweden and Herning, Denmark. Dubas, as director of player personnel, recently helped the Canadian team win the cha...

NORTH VANCOUVER - A volleyball coach has been arrested by North Vancouver RCMP over what they say is an ongoing sexual assault investigation involving a youth. Police say they received a report on Dec. 22 last year that the youth had allegedly been sexually assaulted by a volleyball coach. Police say that after their i...

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE - Jennifer Gardiner scored twice and had an assist in her women's world hockey championship debut to lead Canada to a 5-0 win over Finland on Thursday. Marie-Philip Poulin and Ella Shelton each had a goal and an assist and Emma Maltais also scored for the defending champions in their tournamen...

HAMILTON - Christian Covington enters his second CFL season with renewed respect for the Canadian game. The six-foot-three, 285-pound defensive lineman signed with B.C. last May following nine NFL seasons. Covington, 31, registered 29 tackles, six sacks - two off the league lead - and two forced fumbles with the Lions ...

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa (AP) - Emaarion Boyd became the first minor league player in at least 20 years to steal six bases in a game without getting a hit when he pulled off the feat for High-A Beloit (Wisconsin) against Cedar Rapids. Boyd, batting ninth and playing center field in the 10-0 win Wednesday night, reached on a ...

AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) - Attending the Masters for the first time was a new experience for Thomas Abraham, and it wasn't just about the golf. The 16-year-old from Houston had the rare opportunity to use a public telephone for the first time. "It was kind of cool," said Abraham, who phoned a friend while attending ...

VANCOUVER - The Vancouver Whitecaps will kick off their CONCACAF Champions Cup semifinal against Lionel Messi and Inter Miami on April 24 at BC Place, the Major League Soccer club announced Thursday. The return leg will take place April 30 at Fort Lauderdale, Fla. The Whitecaps advanced to the semifinal of the competit...

CALGARY - Vancouver Whitecap defender Sam Adekugbe and former Cavalry FC midfielder Charlie Trafford are buying into the Northern Super League's Calgary Wild FC. The two join an ownership group that includes board chair Deanna Zumwalt, chief executive officer Lara Murphy, chief financial and operating officer Lisa Oldr...

In 2022, the Debden Roadrunners showed up to the National Broomball Championships as 'just another team from Saskatchewan'. In 2023, even as defending champions, the Roadrunners still weren't getting the respect they thought they deserved. When they won for a third straight year in 2024, teams were starting to pay atte...

Canada's women will play Ireland in Belfast on Aug. 9 in their final test match before this summer's Rugby World Cup in England. Canada, ranked second in the world, defeated No. 5 Ireland 21-8 the last time they met, during the 2024 WXV 1 tournament in Langley, B.C. "This match against Ireland will give us one fin...

TORONTO - Reigning Canadian champion Brad Jacobs defeated Italy's Joel Retornaz 5-4 on Thursday morning at the AMJ Players' Championship. Jacobs, who threw at a game-low 70 per cent, scored a single in the eighth end for the win. The world bronze medallist is playing with a substitute front end this week of Connor Njeg...

PARIS (AP) - Kylian Mbappé's legal team is going on the attack to try and resolve the legal dispute between the World Cup winner and his former club Paris Saint-Germain. The France striker argues PSG owes him 55 million euros ($61 million) in unpaid wages, and his lawyers say they have asked the Paris court to s...

EDMONTON - Connor McDavid couldn't have come back to the Edmonton Oilers at a more opportune time - or in a much more dramatic fashion. McDavid returned after missing eight games with a lower-body ailment and netted three assists, including on the dramatic game winner in the dying seconds, as the injury-riddled Oilers ...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - Matthew Knies scored a game-winning goal in overtime to record his second hat trick of the season, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Wednesday night. Toronto opened up a three-point lead on Tampa Bay for first place in the Atlantic Division with four games left for each ...

EDMONTON - Connor Brown scored twice and Connor McDavid contributed three assists in his return to the lineup as the injury-riddled Edmonton Oilers moved within a hair of clinching a playoff spot, coming away with a narrow 4-3 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Wednesday. Vasily Podkolzin and Viktor Arvidsson also sco...

ANAHEIM. Calif. (AP) - Cutter Gauthier teamed with Frank Vatrano to tie it with a late burst, then scored at 1:11 of overtime to give the Anaheim Ducks a 4-3 victory over the Calgary Flames. Soon after Yegor Sharangovich and Matt Coronato scored in a 1:42 span to give Calgary a 3-1 lead, Vatrano started the rally with ...

MEXICO CITY - The Vancouver Whitecaps are through to the semifinals of the CONCACAF Champions Cup after a dramatic win over LIGA MX side Pumas UNAM on Wednesday. The 'Caps battled Pumas to a 2-2 draw - 3-3 on aggregate across the two-legged quarterfinal series - but advanced on away goals. Sebastian Berhalter opened th...