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TORONTO — As Scotiabank Arena approaches its 25th anniversary in February, the downtown venue is undergoing renovations worth more than $350 million.

TORONTO — A look at Scotiabank Arena, which is undergoing more than $350 million in renovations: BEGINNINGS: The arena, which covers 665,000 square feet and six floors, opened in February 1999 as the Air Canada Centre and was renamed Scotiabank Arena

NYON, Switzerland (AP) — The future of soccer’s European Championship for the next decade was decided Tuesday — the United Kingdom and Ireland will host in 2028 and an unusual Italy-Turkey co-hosting plan was picked for 2032.

There are three games and plenty of storylines as the NHL opens its regular season Tuesday night.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Not many people picked the Arizona Diamondbacks to beat Milwaukee in the NL Wild Card Series. Even fewer pegged them to take down the 100-win Los Angeles Dodgers in the Division Series.

Monday's Scoreboard MLB Division Series National League Atlanta 5 Philadelphia 4 (Best-of-five series tied 1-1) Arizona 4 L.A.

ATLANTA (AP) — Baseball’s most potent group of sluggers finally got into the swing of things -- maybe just in time to save the season for the Atlanta Braves.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Lou-Felix Denis scored two short-handed goals and added an assist on the power play as the Shawinigan Cataractes defeated the visiting Sherbrooke Phoenix 4-1 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Monday.

EDMONTON — The Lethbridge Hurricanes spotted the Edmonton Oil Kings a 2-1 lead, then scored four unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 Western Hockey League victory on Monday at Rogers Place.

NORTH BAY, Ont. — Justin Ertel's short-handed goal at 6:53 of the second period proved to be the winner as the North Bay Battalion defeated the Owen Sound Attack 3-1 in Ontario Hockey League action on Monday at North Bay Memorial Gardens.