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Bruising forward Wayne Simmonds calls time on NHL career: 'I'm done'

Bruising forward Wayne Simmonds calls time on NHL career: 'I'm done'

TORONTO — The Wayne Train has made its final stop. After 15 hard-nosed NHL seasons where he filled the net and threw plenty of fists, Wayne Simmonds has called time on his playing career.
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Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas asks CAS to overturn race ban rules as discrimination

Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas asks CAS to overturn race ban rules as discrimination

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas has asked a Swiss sports court to overturn rules imposed by World Aquatics that stop her competing in elite women’s races and she says are discrimination.
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Former CFL defensive back Kelly Malveaux, a two-time East all-star, dead at 47

Former CFL defensive back Kelly Malveaux, a two-time East all-star, dead at 47

MONTREAL — Kelly Malveaux, a defensive back who played 10 seasons in the CFL and was a Grey Cup champion and two-time East Division all-star, has died at 47.
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Argonauts sign all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to extension

Argonauts sign all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to extension

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed all-star linebacker Wynton McManis to a contract extension, the CFL team announced Friday.
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Canadian cyclist permanently banned for code of conduct violations

Cycling Canada has banned Alexander Amiri from its activities and events after an Abuse-Free Sport adjudicative panel found the road cyclist breached the organization's code of conduct.
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Canadian rugby sevens women qualify for Cup quarterfinals in Perth tournament

Canadian rugby sevens women qualify for Cup quarterfinals in Perth tournament

PERTH, Australia — The Canadian women's rugby sevens team has made the Cup quarterfinals of the HSBC Perth Sevens, bouncing back from a narrow 14-12 loss to Britain to defeat South Africa 26-7 on the first day of play Friday.
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Austrian skier Venier wins Cortina downhill, while Canada's Grenier part of three-way tie for bronze

Austrian skier Venier wins Cortina downhill, while Canada's Grenier part of three-way tie for bronze

CORTINA D'AMPEZZO, Italy (AP) — Austrian skier Stephanie Venier held her nerve after Mikaela Shiffrin and a host of other skiers crashed to win a World Cup downhill Friday on the course that will be used for the Milan-Cortina Olympics in two years.
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Dabrowski, Routliffe ousted in women's doubles semifinal at Australian Open

Dabrowski, Routliffe ousted in women's doubles semifinal at Australian Open

MELBOURNE, Australia — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and her New Zealand playing partner Erin Routliffe were defeated 7-5, 7-5 by Lyudmyla Kichenok of Ukraine and Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia in the women's doubles semifinal at the Australian Open on Fri
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Djokovic says one Australian Open semifinal loss is not the beginning of the end

Djokovic says one Australian Open semifinal loss is not the beginning of the end

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — A solitary loss in 11 semifinals at the Australian Open was nowhere near enough for Novak Djokovic to contemplate a generational change in tennis.
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De Grasse set for earlier start to Olympic year with indoor event in Kazakhstan

De Grasse set for earlier start to Olympic year with indoor event in Kazakhstan

Andre De Grasse is set for an earlier start than usual this season. The six-time Olympic medallist sprinter is competing in the 60 metres at the Astana Indoor Meeting in Kazakhstan on Saturday.
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