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MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes' bye week was anything but peaceful. The Alouettes (4-6) were destined for a positive break following a 29-28 thriller win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir came out of retirement to compete at the 2018 Olympics with a "stone cold" focus. "T and I . . . we wanted to win, and nothing else," Moir said.

HERNING — U.S. forward Hilary Knight set a record for all-time career points in the women's world hockey championship Thursday, and she's not done adding to it.

NEW YORK — Canada's Bianca Andreescu earned an impressive 6-2, 6-4 second-round win over 15th-seed Beatriz Haddad Maia on Wednesday night at Louis Armstrong Stadium. Andreescu of Mississauga, Ont.

NEW YORK (AP) — Nick Kyrgios was bothered by what he thought was the smell of marijuana during his U.S. Open match Wednesday.

LEÓN, Mexico — Canada conceded a 93rd-minute goal in a 1-0 loss to Colombia on Wednesday in its opening match at the Women’s Revelations Cup, a four-country tournament featuring teams preparing for the FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup later this year in I

TORONTO — Mitch White has the kind of strike-out pitches the Toronto Blue Jays are looking for, but interim manger John Schneider wants to see the newest member of his rotation hone in.

TORONTO — Riqui Puig's first MLS goal, a spectacular strike in the 89th minute, rescued a point for the Los Angeles Galaxy on Wednesday in former coach Greg Vanney's return to Toronto.

NEW YORK (AP) — Serena Williams can call it “evolving” or “retiring” or whatever she wants. And she can be coy about whether or not this U.S. Open will actually mark the end of her playing days. Those 23 Grand Slam titles earned that right.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal’s unbeaten run ended at eight games on Wednesday night after a 1-0 loss to the New York Red Bulls at Stade Saputo. Lewis Morgan scored the lone goal of the match right before halftime for New York (13-8-8).