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VANCOUVER — One year out from the FIFA World Cup, questions remain about where soccer fans visiting Vancouver will stay and how much it will cost to keep the city safe.

TORONTO — Toronto Blue Jays brass used all the bells and whistles when they tried to land two-way superstar Shohei Ohtani in the fall of 2023.

This is arguably the toughest stretch for Canada's best male golfers, with two of their biggest events of year on back-to-back weeks.

FORT LAUDERDALE — Kris Knoblauch has some decisions to make.

MONTREAL — The head of a cycling advocacy group says Montreal's public transit strike has spurred record numbers on the city's bike paths.

TORONTO — Canadian boxer Amanda (Bambola) Galle already holds the IBO bantamweight title. Now the 36-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., wants to add to her collection.

ST LOUIS — Outfielder Nathan Lukes has been placed on the seven-day injured list by the Toronto Blue Jays. He's out with a concussion retroactive to Tuesday.

There has been no place quite like TD Place for the Montreal Alouettes. Montreal (1-0) visits the Ottawa Redblacks (0-1) on Friday night.

NEW YORK — Cale Makar capped another banner NHL season with the award that goes to the league's top defenceman. The Colorado Avalanche blueliner claimed the James Norris Trophy for the 2024-25 campaign after also earning it in 2022.

'S-HERTOGENBOSCH — Carson Branstine upset women's top seed Liudmila Samsonova while fellow Canadian Gabriel Diallo downed men's eighth seed Jordan Thompson on Wednesday at the Libema Open grass-court tennis tournament. Branstine, ranked No.