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Toronto Raptors head coach Nick Nurse is still taking time to "decompress" after a strange NBA season that started with a championship banner raising at Scotiabank Arena, was interrupted by months by the COVID-19 pandemic and ended with a tough secon

New Ottawa Aces signing Guy Armitage comes with an impressive pedigree.

The Flamborough Dundas Soccer Club cancelled its summer recreation league in July.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Florida prosecutors dropped a misdemeanour charge against New England Patriots owner Robert Kraft on Thursday after courts blocked their use of video that allegedly shows him paying for massage parlour sex.

It's been a fabulous run, but Canadian harness driver Yannick Gingras is looking forward to finally returning home. Gingras, of Sorel, Que.

PARIS — Top-ranked Canadian Denis Shapovalov drew local favourite Gilles Simon as his first round opponent at the French Open, while Milos Raonic once again pulled out of the clay court tournament. The 21-year-old Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

TORONTO — The Calgary Stampeders are taking a flyer on linebacker Marcus Smith II. Smith, a former first-round pick of the NFL's Philadelphia Eagles, is one of 10 players on Calgary's negotiation list.

PARIS — Toronto's Steven Diez advanced to the men's main draw at the French Open with a 6-3, 6-4 win over France's Enzo Couacaud on Thursday.

TORONTO — A meeting of the Super League board Friday could decide the future of the Toronto Wolfpack.

SYDNEY, N.S. — A high school in Cape Breton has announced the new name for its sports teams, which replaces a 50-year-old name that is considered disrespectful to Indigenous people.