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PORTLAND, Ore. — There's an eerie view outside the Portland hotel that the Vancouver Whitecaps call home. “It’s kind of like Gotham City. Everything is boarded up," forward Tosaint Ricketts said Friday.

Dennis Fairall, known affectionately as "Big Dawg" by his athletes, built the Windsor Lancers into a Canadian varsity track and field powerhouse, and continued to guide middle-distance star Melissa Bishop-Nriagu to international podiums while a rare

Forge FC will head south for a Dec. 1 Scotiabank CONCACAF League quarterfinal with Haiti's Arcahaie FC. A win and the Canadian Premier League champions will qualify for the 2021 CONCACAF Champions League, the confederation's premier club competition.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have been eliminated from the playoff race, but coach Marc Dos Santos says there's still a lot on the line as his squad heads into their final game. While Sunday's tilt between the 'Caps (8-14-0) and the L.A.

PARIS — Canada's Milos Raonic advanced to the semifinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament Friday with a nervy 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) win over France's Ugo Humbert. Raonic, the 10th seed from Thornhill, Ont.

CALGARY — A pair of World Cup freestyle ski events in Quebec are moving to Alberta. A moguls and an aerials event originally scheduled to be held at Quebec ski resorts Jan. 23 and Jan. 31, will be combined with a World Cup moguls Jan. 30 in Calgary.

While the Supporters' Shield is on the line Sunday, all Toronto FC can do is take care of its own business when it visits the New York Red Bulls on Decision Day.

NEW YORK — Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after testing positive for COVID-19.

NHL free agency during the COVID-19 pandemic was always going to be different. The salary cap staying at US$81.

TORONTO — MLS teams will have time to prepare for the playoffs after the regular season closes Sunday. But the schedule will be compressed with the 17-match, 23-day post-season kicking off after the Nov. 9-17 FIFA international match window.