Forward Tyson Beukeboom is set to enter the Canadian rugby record book Saturday. Named in the starting lineup for fourth-ranked Canada against No. 5 Australia in Pacific Four Series play at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Beukeboom will tie Gillian Florence as Canada's all-time women's caps leader with 67. Florence played i...

MILWAUKEE (AP) - Milwaukee Bucks guard Patrick Beverley was suspended by the NBA on Thursday for four games without pay to begin next season for his actions during and after the final game of an Eastern Conference first-round playoff series with the Indiana Pacers. The league announced the suspension and said Beverley ...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs fired head coach Sheldon Keefe on Thursday following another disappointing playoff exit. The Canadian Press takes a look at some of the potential candidates to take over the Original Six franchise that hasn't won the Stanley Cup since 1967. CRAIG BERUBE The 58-year-old from Calahoo, Al...

GUELPH, Ont. - Quarterback Chad Kelly, who is under suspension for violating the CFL's gender-based violence policy, was on the field Thursday at the Toronto Argonauts' rookie camp. Kelly's appearance at the University of Guelph comes just two days after the CFL suspended its 2023 outstanding player for at least nine r...

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Pyotr Kochetkov is set to start in goal for the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 3 against the New York Rangers on Thursday night, as they make a change in net trailing the second-round series 2-0. Coach Rod Brind'Amour announced the decision roughly seven hours before puck drop, citing Andersen's workl...

OTTAWA - Canadian sports minister Carla Qualtrough has announced former Ontario chief justice Lise Maisonneuve will lead the Future of Sport in Canada Commission. The commission's mandate is to delve into problems amid what Qualtrough and her predecessor Pascale St-Onge have called a safe-sport crisis in Canada. Qualtr...

Former Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis has earned a promotion as Major League Soccer revamps the leadership of MLS Next, its academy and youth development program. Curtis left his post of Toronto GM and senior vice-president of soccer operations in November 2021. Some two weeks later he was named senior vice-pres...

TORONTO - The Toronto Maple Leafs have fired head coach Sheldon Keefe. The team made the announcement Thursday after the Original Six franchise lost to the Boston Bruins in seven games in the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs More coming. The Canadian Press

Canadian riders Michael Woods and Riley Pickrell are out of the Giro d'Italia. The two Canadians and Israel-Premier Tech teammate Nadav Raisberg were involved in the same crash Wednesday on the fifth stage of the Giro, which precedes the Tour de France and Spanish Vuelta on the Grand Tour calendar. Israel-Premier Tech ...

Ownership of the NHL's team in Utah has given fans 20 choices to vote on for the franchise's new name, according to a survey sent out Wednesday by Smith Entertainment Group. Owner Ryan Smith has told The Associated Press the team will have a name starting with Utah. The inaugural season will feature jerseys with the na...