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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Aliyah Boston had 23 points and 18 rebounds to back up her AP National Player of the Year award and carry South Carolina to the NCAA championship game with a 72-59 victory over Louisville in the semifinals on Friday night.

EDMONTON — Marquavian Stephens made a lay-up to put Saskatchewan up one with six seconds to play, and Nervens Demosthene and Tyrese Potoma made free throws to ice the game as the No.

WINSTON-SALEM, N.C. (AP) — Former U.S. women’s national team star goalkeeper Hope Solo was arrested after she was found passed out behind the wheel of a vehicle in North Carolina with her 2-year-old twins inside, police said.

A look at the teams that will be facing the 38th-ranked Canadian men in Group F at the World Cup in Qatar: BELGIUM Ranking: No. 2. The Belgians gave way to Brazil this week, falling to No. 2 after taking over top spot in September 2018.

TORONTO — The weather has not been helping Toronto FC's early-season preparations. For New York City FC, a congested schedule has complicated matters for the defending MLS champions.

TORONTO — Jack Campbell has been through plenty of tough times.

Brittany Rogers is an adult now and three years removed from her athletic career, yet the cutting words of her childhood gymnastics coaches still play like a broken record in her mind. You're fat. You're stupid. You're not good enough.

Former Canadian Press sportswriter Neil Stevens, who earned Hall of Fame recognition in both lacrosse and hockey while criss-crossing the globe in more than three decades with the national news agency, has died after a battle with cancer. He was 74.

TORONTO, Kan. — The Toronto Blue Jays extended Charlie Montoyo's contract on Friday, locking up the skipper through the 2023 season. He helped the team to a 91-win campaign last year and finished fourth in American League manager of the year voting.

Canada's World Cup credentials will be put to the test this November in Qatar against Belgium, Croatia and Morocco in Group F.