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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Dani Alves, one of the most successful soccer players of his generation, was found guilty of raping a woman in a Barcelona nightclub and sentenced to four years and six months in prison on Thursday.

It certainly would be fitting if Javon Leake broke the CFL single-season record for punt-return touchdowns in 2024. The CFL's top special-teams player last season signed a one-year deal with the Edmonton Elks as a free agent.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Wimbledon champion Marketa Vondrousova lost from 6-2, 5-1 ahead against Sorana Cirstea in the Dubai Championships quarterfinals on Thursday. Vondrousova blew six match points in losing 2-6, 7-6 (1), 6-2. World No.

With club connections from Croatia, England, France, Germany, Italy, Mexico and the Netherlands as well as Canada and the United States, the current edition of the Canadian under-20 men's soccer team has no shortage of pedigree.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens claimed forward Colin White off waivers from the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday.

WINTERBERG, Germany — Canada's Hallie Clarke was the leader at the halfway point of the women's skeleton competition at the bobsled and skeleton world championships. The 19-year-old from Brighton, Ont.

TORONTO — Fourteen clubs, including three newcomers, will take part in the 2024 Canadian Championship, a four-round competition set to kick off in April.

DUBAI CITY, United Arab Emirates — The second-seeded team of Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and New Zealand's Erin Routliffe moved on to the semifinals of the Dubai Tennis Championships with a 6-4, 6-4 quarterfinal victory over Ukraine's Lyudmyla Kichen

CHONBURI, Thailand (AP) — Peiyun Chien shot an 8-under 64 on Thursday to take a two-stroke lead after the first round of the LPGA Tour event in Thailand, the first of three tournaments on the LPGA's Asian swing.

EDMONTON — As much as Edmonton battled back, the Boston Bruins were there for the counterpunch.