TORONTO - Veteran defenceman Steve Staios is retiring and moving into the Toronto Maple Leafs' front office.The Hamilton native, who spent 18 seasons ...
NEW DELHI - An Indian court on Wednesday curbed tainted sports official Suresh Kalmadi's plans to attend the London Olympics, saying it was acting to ...
LONDON - The IAAF provisionally suspended Moroccan 1,500 metres runner Mariem Alaoui Selsouli from the London Olympics on Wednesday after she tested p...
LONDON - Ranomi Kromowidjojo enters the London Olympics with a big No. 1 next to her name. And she's just fine with that.The Dutch sprinter establishe...
Caterpillar's second-quarter profit soared 67 per cent because of growing demand for its construction and mining equipment, and the company boosted it...
ST. JOHN'S, N.L. - The privacy of 122 patients in Newfoundland and Labrador has been breached, the province's largest health board said Wednesday.East...
LONDON - Open-water swimmers may have to contend with ducks and reeds as they race the Olympic course in Hyde Park's Serpentine lake. Those would be b...
LONDON - Olympic organizers want to make absolutely sure fans enjoy the London Games.Their plan: a slew of short videos to be shown at the beginning o...
TORONTO - The Canadian dollar closed Wednesday against the greenback amid hopes that the U.S. Federal Reserve will provide more stimulus to keep the e...
The Penn State football players looked on stoically as two of their teammates announced to the world: "We're going to see this thing through."There we...
MIAMI - The Los Angeles Dodgers have acquired former NL batting champion Hanley Ramirez from Miami in a multiplayer trade, the second big deal in as m...
BALTIMORE - Baltimore County police say the 74-year-old mother of legendary Baltimore Orioles player Cal Ripken Jr. has been found after being reporte...
LONDON - Olympic organizers have sold 1.6 million tickets for the men's and women's football tournaments — although half a million are still availab...
TORONTO - The Toronto stock market snapped a three-session losing run to finish modestly higher Wednesday amid a mixed bag of earnings and a strong sh...
MONTREAL - CN Rail (TSX:CNR) said Wednesday it now expects higher earnings for 2012 after boosting its second-quarter net profit to $631 million and i...
LONDON - Here's what to watch for at the London Olympics on Wednesday:___1. ROAD TO NOWHERE? Olympic lanes came into force at 6 a.m. Wednesday (0500GM...
TORONTO - Loblaw Companies Ltd. (TSX:L) plans to unveil about 700 Joe Fresh stores in the U.S. next year as Canada's largest grocery chain works to ra...
LONDON, United Kingdom England - Betting on badminton mixed doubles not your style?Don't worry. The British have plenty of other Olympic wagering opti...
LONDON - Around the 2012 Olympics and its host city with journalists from The Associated Press bringing the flavour and details of the games to you:__...
LONDON, United Kingdom England - Ryder Hesjedal arrived at the Olympics to a crowd Wednesday. But the Giro d'Italia winner will largely be on his own ...
PRAGUE - The International Canoe Federation has cancelled a doping ban against a Czech kayaker, making him eligible to compete in the London Olympics....
CARDIFF, Wales - Brazil has waited a long time for an Olympic gold in men's football, and the team enters the London Games confident that the wait is ...
NEWCASTLE, England - Gabon has been left with just 16 players rather than 18 on its Olympic football squad because of injury and club commitments.Brun...
WINDSOR, England - Rowing great Ekaterina Karsten's bid to win a medal at a sixth straight Olympics is being hampered by a rib injury that is troublin...
CALGARY - A nine-day strike and costs related to a change in CEO dragged on Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd.'s second-quarter results, but the company's ...
