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TORONTO — Nine hours before the Toronto Maple Leafs took the ice with a chance to end his club’s season, Jon Cooper planted the seed. Taking to the podium in Toronto on the morning of a win-or-go-home Game 5 for his Tampa Bay Lightning, the…

IMAGE: Brandon Nakashima handed veteran John Isner a first round defeat at the Indian Wells. Photograph: Julian Finney/Getty Images Rising American Brandon Nakashima beat veteran John Isner 7-6(7) 6-3 to set up a second round meeting with…

Australia took an unassailable 2-0 lead against Slovakia on Tuesday in the first match of the Billie Jean King Cup in a strong start to its bid for a first title in 48 years in the biggest team event in women's tennis.Storm Sanders and Ajla…

Nate Diaz bests Tony Ferguson with wild, weird, typical Diaz submission.The fight that wasn’t supposed to happen, happened and boy was it spectacular.They touched gloves to start the fight, a massive sign of respect after a co-main full of…

Canada's Aaron Brown accomplished what he set out to do at the Diamond League Final — and then some.The Toronto native, who'd never achieved a top-three finish at the season-ending track and field event, placed second in the 200 metres and…

A'ja Wilson, Breanna Stewart and the rest of the WNBA All-Stars lined up along the sideline after halftime, the No. 42 and the name Griner on the back of all of their jerseys.Brittney Griner was everywhere Sunday, everywhere except where…

Charles Leclerc revived his Formula One title challenge by holding on to win the Austrian Grand Prix on Sunday for a third victory of the season, while his Ferrari teammate Carlos Sainz's hopes of a second-place finish ended when his engine…

Odisha claimed the honours at the 12th Hockey India Senior Women National Championship here on Tuesday with a 2-0 win against Karnataka in the final that saw both teams struggling in the hot conditions.Goalless at half time, Odisha finally…

Add the FA Cup to the collection. Jurgen Klopp has now won every major title for Liverpool.A 6-5 victory over Chelsea on penalties in Saturday's final produced Liverpool's first FA Cup triumph since 2006 and kept it in contention for,…

Anna Hauer and Amanda Allen scored two minutes apart early in the second half Sunday as Canada qualified for the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup with a 3-0 victory over Puerto Rico in the third-place game at the CONCACAF Women's Under-17…