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Marina Mabrey inserted herself into the record books on Thursday, matching the WNBA’s single-game record with 53 points as the Toronto Tempo routed the Los Angeles Sparks 125-97.

Ron Studt is a huge fan of Germany’s soccer team and so is his son, which is why for a Christmas present he bought two tickets to see the June 20th match against Ivory Coast in Toronto.

Gonzalo Plata poked the ball past Manuel Neuer in the 77th minute, and Ecuador advanced to the knockout stage of the World Cup by rallying for a 2-1 win over Germany on Thursday.

He may be leading Canada through a historic FIFA World Cup run, but head coach Jesse Marsch is not about to commit the Canadianism of saying sorry.

Graves and Bradley both had a whirlwind 48 hours after the Toronto Raptors selected them 19th and 50th overall, respectively, in the NBA draft. After the initial excitement of being drafted, the pair got on planes and flew to Toronto to officially sign their contracts, tour the Raptors practice facility, and meet with media.

Major League Baseball proposed limiting free agent contracts to five years and 15 per cent of a team’s salary cap and to eliminate deferred compensation.

Following Canada’s 2-1 defeat to Switzerland on Wednesday, the team’s World Cup journey will now shift away from home soil and down to California for a Round of 32 match against South Africa.

Formula 1 drivers will carry extra cooling gear for this week’s Austrian Grand Prix after “heat hazard” rules were activated as hot weather causes disruption across Europe.

Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin will undergo surgery in late July after sustaining a right knee injury this season and will be out for an undetermined amount of time.

The International Olympic Committee, meeting in an extraordinary session, on Thursday approved adding ski mountaineering, which made its Olympic debut in Milan-Cortina this year, to the 2030 Winter Games program.

Detroit Lions player Terrion Arnold has been arrested in connection to a kidnapping and robbery in Florida and faces felony charges, officials said Wednesday.

This World Cup has prompted some questions we simply can’t answer for you.

Wednesday marked the midpoint of the World Cup tournament — with 54 matches now in the books and 50 remaining before a World Cup champion is crowned in East Rutherford, New Jersey, on July 19.

A New Hampshire police department is looking for a man who allegedly stole a purse out of a car, and they say the man caught on surveillance camera bears a striking resemblance to Kansas City Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce.

Canada will face South Africa in the knockout stage of the FIFA World Cup.