• The Canadian Press

    Rays closer Fairbanks reinstated from IL after missing 19 games with nerve-related hand issues

    ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (AP) — Tampa Bay Rays closer Pete Fairbanks was reinstated from the 15-day injured list before Saturday's game against the New York Yankees after missing 19 games with nerve-related hand issues. Fairbanks was shut down after experiencing numbness while playing catch. He has had a frustrating season, going 0-2 with a 9.00 ERA in eight games before being sidelined. The right-hander allowed eight runs — seven earned — over seven innings. The Rays optioned reliever Edwin Uceta t

  • The Canadian Press

    Lions open training with a little added incentive as 2024 Grey Cup host

    Quarterback Vernon Adams Jr. and the B.C. Lions have added incentive to win the 2024 Grey Cup. The game goes Nov. 17 at B.C. Place Stadium. The Saskatchewan Roughriders are the last CFL team to win a championship on home soil, doing so in 2013. The path to the '24 Grey Cup begins Sunday with the opening of CFL training camps. "It would be huge for the organization and city if we could make that happen but we have to take it one practice, one game at a time," Adams said. "It could be added pressu

  • The Canadian Press

    Brentford beats Bournemouth on Yoane Wissa's stoppage-time strike

    BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Yoane Wissa scored in stoppage time to give Brentford a 2-1 win over Bournemouth in the English Premier League on Saturday. The Congo international took a pass from Bryan Mbeumo and from a tight angle blasted a high shot past goalkeeper Mark Travers at the near post in the fifth minute of stoppage time, shortly after the teams traded late goals at Vitality Stadium. Wissa had set up Mbeumo to open the scoring in the 86th minute and three minutes later Dominic Solanke r

  • The Canadian Press

    Man City just two wins from another EPL title. Burnley becomes the second team relegated

    Two more wins. That's all that separates Manchester City from becoming English champion for an unprecedented fourth straight year. The game is up, though, for Burnley, whose relegation from the Premier League was confirmed on Saturday with a game to spare. On a significant day at both ends of the standings, City racked up another big victory by routing Fulham 4-0 to climb above Arsenal into a two-point lead. The top two each have two games left, and Arsenal faces Manchester United next on Sunday