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TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner were in Saturday’s lineup for the Maple Leafs. The team’s superstar forwards had just gone toe-to-toe less than 48 hours earlier in an emotional, edge-of-your-seat 4 Nations Face-Off final in Boston. Marner set up Connor McDavid’s dramatic overtime winner that pushed Canada to a dramatic 3-2 victory against […]

WASHINGTON — Toronto FC leaves the U.S. capital with honours, which is not a bad showing for anyone flying the Canadian flag these days. Federico Bernardeschi’s 70th-minute penalty lifted Toronto into a 2-2 draw with D.C. United in their Major League Soccer season opener Saturday night. Referee Sergii Boiko pointed to the penalty spot after […]

KINGSTON, Ont. — Riley Clark had two goals and an assist and Ben Pickell added two goals as the Kingston Frontenacs defeated the visiting Niagara IceDogs 6-3 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at Slush Puppie Place. Cedrick Guindon and Landon Wright also scored for the Frontenacs (34-14-5-3), who outshot the visitors 34-33. Kelly […]

TORONTO (AP) — Alex Steeves scored his first NHL goal as the Toronto Maple Leafs jumped out to an early lead and beat the Carolina Hurricanes 6-3 Saturday night. Pontus Holmberg had two goals and an assist, John Tavares had a goal and an assist and David Kampf and Auston Matthews also scored for Toronto. […]

OTTAWA — Brendan Gallagher recorded his fifth multi-point game of the season with a goal and assist to help power the Montreal Canadiens past the Ottawa Senators 5-2 on Saturday. Cole Caufield, Patrick Laine, Josh Anderson and Juraj Slafkovsky also scored for the Canadiens (26-26-5), who had 11 players with at least one point, including […]

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Rachel Homan’s curling team is a win away from repeating as Scotties Tournament of Hearts champions. Her Ottawa Curling Club foursome defeated Kerri Einarson’s Manitoba team 8-4 in a playoff game between the top two seeds on Saturday. Homan advanced to the championship game while Einarson dropped to the semifinal to […]

WASHINGTON — Federico Bernardeschi’s 70th-minute penalty lifted Toronto FC into a 2-2 draw with D.C. United in their Major League Soccer season opener Saturday night. Referee Sergii Boiko pointed to the penalty spot after former Toronto midfielder Brandon Servania clashed with Richie Laryea going after the ball. The contact was slight but Laryea, no stranger […]

Toronto FC has opted to go with two designated players — for accounting purposes — to start the season. And the club is trying to get rid of one of them. Major League Soccer allows for two roster models — one with three designated players and up to three U-22 Initiative players, and the other […]

OTTAWA — Stephanie Markowski knows she won’t forget this milestone. Just over nine minutes into her 18th Professional Women’s Hockey league game, the Charge defender scored her first goal Saturday, helping Ottawa to a 3-1 win over Montreal. Pinching in from her spot on the point to the front of the net, Markowski took a […]

OTTAWA — Thousands of people have electronically signed a parliamentary petition calling for revocation of Elon Musk’s Canadian citizenship over his role in the Trump administration, which is pointedly threatening Canada’s sovereignty. The petition, making its way through the House of Commons process, was initiated by Qualia Reed, a Nanaimo, B.C., author. New Democrat MP […]