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LONDON — Spending is the reason Manchester City is speeding clear of Manchester United in the English Premier League race, according to Jose Mourinho.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers re-signed offensive lineman Manase Foketi on Tuesday. The pending free agent was on the reserves for all of 2017 and played in three games for the Blue Bombers in 2016.

No athlete in Canada held the spotlight in 2017 quite like Denis Shapovalov. The 18-year-old's remarkable run up the ATP rankings, leaving behind upset wins over Grand Slam tournament champions, has earned the Richmond Hill, Ont.

No athlete in Canada held the spotlight in 2017 quite like Denis Shapovalov. The 18-year-old's remarkable run up the ATP rankings has earned the Richmond Hill, Ont.

From the Olympics to the Commonwealth Games to a newly minted hometown star competing at the Rogers Cup, 2018 will be a jam-packed year for Canadian sports fans.

Monday's Games NFL Pittsburgh 34 Houston 6 Philadelphia 19 Oakland 10 --- NBA Philadelphia 105 New York 98 Golden State 99 Cleveland 92 Washington 111 Boston 103 Oklahoma City 112 Houston 107 Minnesota 121 L.A. Lakers 104 --- The Canadian Press

Vancouver Canucks forward Alexander Burmistrov is retiring from the NHL and will continue his career in the Kontinental Hockey League, his agent says.

With a good part of its Olympic roster already set, hockey players looking for a spot Team Canada will get one final chance to prove themselves at the Spengler Cup.

Always smiling, friendly and articulate, Carter Hart was suddenly flustered when a reporter started to rhyme off his statistics with the Western Hockey League's Everett Silvertips. "Whoa, I didn't even know that that's what it was.

NEW ORLEANS — Whether it was the weirdest interception of Marshon Lattimore's football life or a ball-dislodging hit by Tyeler Davison near the goal line, the Saints' defence poetically tipped the scales in a long-awaited playoff-clinching victory.