Frank Lampard was fired by Chelsea on Monday halfway through his second season in charge after being unable to replicate his success as the club's record scorer in his first Premier League managerial job.
MOSCOW - The Russian anti-doping agency confirmed Monday that it will not file an appeal to further loosen restrictions on its teams at the Olympics and other major sports events.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Tom Brady has a new team, in a new town. The destination is the same: another Super Bowl.
KANSAS CITY, Mo. - It took the Kansas City Chiefs five frustrating decades to make their third Super Bowl appearance.
The Edmonton Oilers might not have like their start, but they might be bigger fans of their finish.
TORONTO - George Armstrong, who captained the Toronto Maple Leafs to four Stanley Cups in the '60s and wore the blue and white his entire career, has died.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - For Jessica Korda, the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions was all about her ability to just hang in there.
CALGARY - The Toronto Maple Leafs enjoyed puck luck scoring three goals off deflections in a 3-2 win Sunday over the host Calgary Flames.
RIO DE JANEIRO - Four soccer players from Brazilian club Palmas died in a plane crash Sunday while travelling separately from the team after testing positive for the coronavirus, the club said.
CHICAGO - Pius Suter exhaled after he scored his first NHL goal. Once he got his second one, he started thinking about another one.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Jonna Curtis and Hayley Mack scored in the shootout to earn the Minnesota Whitecaps a come-front-behind 6-5 win over the Toronto Six in National Women's Hockey League action Sunday.
HEERENVEEN, NETHERLANDS - Winnipeg's Heather McLean was fourth in a World Cup long-track speedskating event Sunday.
KONIGSSEE, Germany - Canadians Christine De Bruin and Sara Villani just missed capturing a medal Sunday in a women's two-man World Cup bobsleigh event.
RENNES, France - Canadian international Jonathan David scored in the 16th minute to lift Lille to a 1-0 win over Rennes in French Ligue 1 play Sunday.
Pierre-Luc Dubois isn't about to let his final moments with the Columbus Blue Jackets colour his future.
LONDON - Tammy Abraham scored three times as Chelsea beat Luton 3-1 while Leicester had to rally against another second-tier club before ousting Brentford by the same score to reach the fifth round of the FA Cup on Sunday.
MIAMI - The Miami Heat are bringing back some fans, with help from some dogs.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - An 85-year-old Green Bay Packers fan who has never missed a playoff game at Lambeau Field thought her streak was coming to an end this week until two charitable brothers heard her story.
IDRE FJÄLL, SWEDEN - Another day, another World Cup ski cross gold medal for Canadian Reece Howden.
The Winnipeg Jets got the better of the Ottawa Senators for a third consecutive game, capping off an eventful day for the franchise.
VANCOUVER - Corey Perry scored in his debut for the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday -- even if putting the puck in the back of the net wasn't exactly his aim at the time.
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Max Homa has been tearing up the Stadium Course at The American Express for two days. If he can do it one more time Sunday, the Southern California native could be raising his second career PGA Tour trophy.
LAKE BUENA VISTA, Fla. - Danielle Kang played great, tying her career low with an 8-under 63 and protecting her lead Saturday in the Diamond Resorts Tournament of Champions.
QUEBEC - Nathan Gaucher scored a hat trick as the Quebec Remparts defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 6-4 in Québec on Saturday afternoon.
FRISCO, Texas - Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn didn't practise Saturday, a day after his right leg buckled awkwardly during a collision in the season opener.
COLUMBUS, Ohio - After Pierre-Luc Dubois was benched for lack of effort two days ago, the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday traded the unhappy star centre to the Winnipeg Jets for Patrik Laine and Jack Roslovic.
ALLEN PARK, Mich. - The Detroit Lions hired Aaron Glenn to be their defensive co-ordinator.
KONIGSSEE, GERMANY - Canadians Justin Kripps and Cam Stones were fourth Saturday in a World Cup two-man bobsleigh competition.
IDRE FJALL, SWEDEN. - Being patient paid off handsomely for Canadian Reece Howden on Saturday.
A COVID-19 scare caused Canada's planned scrimmage with the U.S. to be called off Saturday in Bradenton, Fla.
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. - Leila Kilduff scored two first-period goals while Sonjia Shelly stopped 19 shots to lead the Metropolitan Riveters past the Toronto Six 3-0 in National Women's Hockey League action Saturday.
WINNIPEG - Nikolaj Ehlers hates to see Patrik Laine go but is excited at what Pierre-Luc Dubois could bring to the Winnipeg Jets.
HEERENVEEN, Netherlands - Canadians Ivanie Blondin, Laurent Dubreuil and Heather McLean captured medals Saturday at the ISU World Cup speedskating event.
MOSCOW - Canadian Marion Thenault finished third in a World Cup freestyle ski aerials event Saturday.
KOENIGSSEE, Germany - Kaillie Humphries got her second win in as many attempts in a monobob sled this season Saturday, leading a gold-silver finish for USA Bobsled and Skeleton.
LAHTI, FINLAND - Canadian Katherine Stewart-Jones had a career-best 24th place finish Saturday in a women's World Cup cross-country ski event.
SOUTHAMPTON, England - Defending-champion Arsenal was eliminated from FA Cup competition following a 1-0 fourth-round loss Satuday to Southampton.
Friday's Games
TORONTO - The Maple Leafs needed all hands on deck without two-thirds of their top line.
TAMPA, Fla. - Norman Powell scored 23 points, OG Anunoby added 21 and the Toronto Raptors recovered in the second half after blowing a 21-point lead to beat the Miami Heat 101-81 on Friday night.
RIMOUSKI, Que. - Mathias Laferriere had two goals and an assist, and the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada beat the Rimouski Oceanic 5-2 on Friday in their first Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action since late November.
ATLANTA - His name is all over the baseball record book and, indeed, Hank Aaron could do it all.
Considered one of the best closers in the big leagues just two seasons ago, Kirby Yates is looking for a bounceback showing after an elbow injury limited his 2020 campaign to just six appearances.
LA QUINTA, Calif. - Canada's Nick Taylor shot a second round of 6-under 66 Friday to put him in the mix at the PGA's The American Express.
Curling Canada has decided to use the national ranking system as its selection criteria for the final wild-card berths at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts and Tim Hortons Brier.
Gabriela Dabrowski's original plan for the Australian swing was to practise with her new doubles partner and get some training in during a two-week quarantine period in Melbourne.
While an exact date for the Canadian Championship final between Toronto FC and Forge FC has yet to be determined, the teams now have a deadline to meet for the matchup.
Strange times in sport create unorthodox decisions.
WINNIPEG - The Winnipeg Jets have placed forwards Patrik Laine and Nate Thompson on injured reserve.
TORONTO - Erica Wiebe had just wrapped up a training session on Thursday night when the messages started pouring in before she had a chance to check social media.
REGINA - The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed American quarterback Tom Flacco.
