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Toronto all-star Kyle Lowry vows to retire a Raptor.

Matthew Phillips tied the game in the third, then scored the winner as the Stockton Heat edged the Manitoba Moose 3-2 in overtime on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.

OTTAWA — Lukas Vejdemo and Alex Belzile had a goal and an assist apiece, and the Laval Rocket topped the Belleville Senators 3-1 on Wednesday in American Hockey League action.

TORONTO — Twenty-six years after being released by the Calgary Stampeders, Dwayne (The Rock) Johnson is looking at re-establishing his CFL ties.

GUADALAJARA, Mexico — Eugenie Bouchard has reached the quarterfinals at the Abierto De Guadalajara tennis tournament in Mexico, while fellow Canadian Leylah Annie Fernandez was ousted in the round of 16. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que.

Kansas athletic director Jeff Long resigned Wednesday, less than two days after the school mutually parted with Les Miles amid sexual misconduct allegations dating to the football coach’s time at LSU and one day after Long vowed he would lead the Jay

Canadian international Kadeisha Buchanan helped five-time defending champion Lyon extend its unbeaten streak in the UEFA Women's Champions League to a record 30 games with a 3-1 win Wednesday at Denmark's Brondby.

GOODYEAR, Ariz. — Cincinnati Reds first baseman Joey Votto is out for an indefinite period after testing positive for COVID-19 at spring training, the team said Wednesday.

The Texas Rangers are on track to become the first team in Major League Baseball or any major U.S.-based sports league to have a full-capacity crowd since the coronavirus pandemic started altering the sports landscape a year ago.

The pandemic pushed back the CONCACAF Men’s Olympic Qualifying Championship by a year. And now COVID-19 is preventing Toronto FC's young talent from taking part.