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TORONTO — Ask Toronto FC president Bill Manning what he heard from supporters in the off-season and the answer is simple. "They're saying we don't want to sit through another season where we're not making the playoffs," he said.

Montreal Canadiens goalie Carey Price is being praised as a "class act" after he stopped rinkside to talk to a boy whose mother recently died of cancer.

The International Organization of La Francophonie is relaunching its call for bids for the 2021 Francophonie Games, a month after New Brunswick pulled the plug on hosting the event.

SAGAMIHARA, Japan — Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu opened the FINA Diving World Series with a silver medal on Friday while fellow Canadians Meaghan Benfeito and Caeli McKay won bronze. Abel, from Laval, Que.

MOSCOW — A beer with your urine sample? No longer in Russian sports. Citing "aggressive" athletes and interference with drug-testing results, Russia has barred sportspeople from drinking alcohol when they're tested for banned substances.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have reportedly signed free-agent pitchers Clay Buchholz and Bud Norris, according to multiple reports. Buchholz started 16 games for the Arizona Diamondbacks last season, going 7-2 with a 2.01 earned-run average.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Canadian Bianca Andreescu advanced to the semifinals at the Mexican Open on Thursday. The 18-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., defeated China's Saisai Zheng 7-6 (3), 6-1 to reach the tournament's final four. Andreescu, ranked No.

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GLENDALE, Ariz. — Brad Richardson didn't take his normal pregame nap Thursday — and he might consider passing up the extra shut-eye moving forward.