The PWHL's first expansion team will be based in Vancouver with an announcement scheduled for next week, a person with knowledge of the decision confirmed to The Associated Press on Friday. The person spoke on the condition of anonymity because the league has not revealed its plans. The Province newspaper in Vancouver ...

Darcy Tucker gets stopped on the street from time to time. Fans are usually looking for a picture or an autograph. If the conversation continues, it often shifts to what the 50-year-old is most remembered for during his time with the Toronto Maple Leafs. As a key figure in the Battle of Ontario. Tucker was front and ce...

TORONTO - Andre De Grasse will be watching with pride when AFC Toronto takes the field for the first time Saturday at BMO Field. The star sprinter, part of the Northern Super League team's ownership group, is flying in from Florida where he has been training to take in the match against Montreal Roses FC at BMO Field. ...

WINNIPEG - Judgement Day has arrived for the Winnipeg Jets. Despite the NHL team's long list of regular-season accomplishments, many hockey fans will only view this campaign as a success if the Jets go deep in the playoffs. The quest begins Saturday when Winnipeg takes on the St. Louis Blues in Game 1 of its best-of-se...

VANCOUVER - Sam Adekugbe has spent the last six weeks rooting for the Vancouver Whitecaps as the club surges up the Major League Soccer standings. What the left back really wants, though, is to get back on the field. "(Ryan Gauld) and I were talking the other day - we feel like cheerleaders. And we're just eager t...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin finished his record-breaking season by netting his 897th career goal in the second period. Crosby, meanwhi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Sam Morton and Zayne Parekh scored in their NHL debuts, Nazem Kadri had two goals and the Calgary Flames beat the playoff-bound Los Angeles Kings 5-1 on Thursday night in the regular-season finale. Taylor Ward scored in his NHL debut for the Kings, whose four-game winning streak ended with only their...

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) - The New York Yankees were winners as visitors in their spring training home for the first time. New York was back at Steinbrenner Field for a four-game series against the displaced Tampa Bay Rays, who are using their AL East rival's ballpark for their home games this season. Ben Rice had his first bi...

NEW YORK (AP) - The NHL said the New York Rangers informed the league last year they were looking into sexual assault allegations by a team employee against player Artemi Panarin after a report detailing the situation and settlement payments made to the woman surfaced Thursday. "The club retained an outside law fi...

OTTAWA - Brady Tkachuk says he's ready to go. After missing the Senators' last eight games with an upper-body injury, the Ottawa captain returned to the lineup for Thursday's regular-season finale against Carolina but didn't finish the night. Tkachuk sat out the third period of the Senators' 7-5 victory after taking a ...

TORONTO - Craig Berube wanted to finish Thursday night healthy. That mission accomplished, the Maple Leafs and their head coach can now solely focus on what the group has been working toward all season - the Stanley Cup playoffs. A mouth-watering first-round matchup awaits. Toronto came back from a 3-1 deficit in Thurs...

PITTSBURGH (AP) - Sidney Crosby and Alex Ovechkin put on a show in the regular-season finale on Thursday night, showcasing their greatness in the Pittsburgh Penguins' 5-2 win over the Washington Capitals. Ovechkin finished his record-breaking season by netting his 897th career goal in the second period. Crosby, meanwhi...

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Yan Liu birdied the final three holes in chilly conditions Thursday afternoon for a 9-under 63 and a share of the first-round lead with Ashleigh Buhai in the LPGA Tour's JM Eagle LA Championship. With the temperature barely reaching 60 degrees (15.5 degrees Celsius) at El Caballero Country Club, Liu ...

OTTAWA - The Ottawa Senators tuned up for the post-season on Thursday night with a 7-5 win over the Carolina Hurricanes in the regular-season finale for both teams. Star forward Brady Tkachuk returned to the Ottawa lineup after missing eight games with an upper-body injury. However, he took a stick to the face at 14:53...

TORONTO - Scott Laughton scored 56 seconds into overtime as the Toronto Maple Leafs downed the Detroit Red Wings 4-3 in the regular-season finale for both teams Thursday. Auston Matthews, Philippe Myers and Chris Tanev had the other goals for Toronto (52-26-4). Joseph Woll stopped 31 shots. Mitch Marner had two assists...

TORONTO - Pakistan's Naseem Shah, England's Alex Hales and Australia's Chris Lynn are among the more than 1,350 cricketers who have put their hands up for the new Canada Super 60 league, organizers say. The league features the short-form 10-over version of the game. Matches last about 90 minutes with each team batting ...

Canadian featherweight Gavin (Guv'nor) Tucker has been added to the UFC 315 card in Montreal for a bout with South Korean JeongYeong (Korean Tiger) Lee. Tucker is the sixth Canadian on the May 10 card at the Bell Centre. It's the UFC's first show in Montreal since UFC 186 in April 2015 when then-flyweight champion Deme...

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, S.C. (AP) - Justin Thomas had a round to match the immaculate weather Thursday at Harbour Town with 11 birdies that allowed him to tie the course record with a 10-under 61 to lead the RBC Heritage. The best shot he hit all day was an 8-iron that dropped near the pin and settled 5 feet away. He misse...

WINNIPEG - If hockey fans enjoyed the duel between the pipes in the 4 Nations Face-Off final, a sequel of sorts is just around the corner. Winnipeg Jets star goaltender Connor Hellebuyck and St. Louis Blues veteran Jordan Binnington are feature performers when the teams' first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs begins S...

MANCHESTER, England (AP) - Manchester United blew a two-goal lead and then came back from 4-2 down in extra time to secure a place in the Europa League semifinals on Thursday. In a remarkable match at Old Trafford, United won 5-4 on the night and 7-6 on aggregate. United had led 2-0 at halftime, but then conceded twice...

CONCACAF has handed Canada coach Jesse Marsch a two-game ban resulting from his ejection during the third-place game against the U.S. last month at the CONCACAF Nations League. In addition to the automatic one-game ban for the red card, Marsch was given another game by the CONCACAF Disciplinary Committee "for unac...

ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE - Jennifer Gardiner and Sarah Fillier each scored twice for Canada in a 9-1 quarterfinal win over Japan at the women's world hockey championship Thursday. Claire Thompson had a goal and two assists. Julia Gosling, Emily Clark, Ella Shelton and Sophie Jaques also scored and Renata Fast had thre...