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HOUSTON — The Houston Dash have waived Canadian international defender Lindsay Agnew. The 24-year-old Agnew, who was born in Kingston, Ont.

More integration of women into this year's NHL's all-star weekend is another milestone for their game. The women kick off Friday's skills competition at Enterprise Centre in St. Louis with their own three-on-three tournament.

Mark McMorris is on the verge of Winter X Games history. Winning medals in slopestyle and big air Saturday in Aspen, Colo., would push the Canadian snowboarder past American star Shaun White's 18 for the most earned by one athlete.

Forge FC has sold star midfielder Tristan Borges, the leading scorer and MVP of the Canadian Premier League, to Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

Fergie Jenkins didn't expect he'd be holding on to his status as the lone Canadian in the National Baseball Hall of Fame for nearly three decades. So when Maple Ridge, B.C., native Larry Walker was voted into the prestigious shrine in Cooperstown, N.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack are thinking big on the eve of their debut season in the top-tier Betfred Super League. The transatlantic rugby league team is looking to play reigning World Cup champion Australia at Toronto's BMO Field in October.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed defensive lineman A.C. Leonard to a two-year contract extension through the 2021 season.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Canada finished with eight medals at the Youth Olympics after notching a pair of third-place showings on the 13th and final day of the event on Wednesday. In snowboarding, Liam Brearley of Gravenhurst, Ont.

Toronto FC captain Michael Bradley has undergone successful ankle surgery in New York City with the MLS team confirming that the veteran midfielder will be out for four months. The operation, performed Tuesday evening by Dr.

Dallas Mavericks centre Dwight Powell has suffered a rupture of his right Achilles tendon and is weighing his surgical options, the NBA team said in a release Wednesday.