• The Canadian Press

    Atletico Ottawa and Pacific FC play to scoreless draw in Canadian Championship play

    OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa and Pacific FC played to a scoreless draw Wednesday in the first leg of their Telus Canadian Championship quarterfinal. It was a matchup of the two top teams in the Canadian Premier League, each unbeaten with 10 points from 3-0-1 records. Atletico scored a league-leading eight goals in its four league outings — and a record seven in the cup preliminary round — while Pacific has yet to concede a goal. Pacific's well-organized defence blunted Ottawa's high-flying offence o

  • The Canadian Press

    Jokic wins NBA's MVP award, his 3rd in 4 seasons. Gilgeous-Alexander and Doncic round out top 3

    Nikola Jokic did it all again. And the MVP trophy is his again. Jokic, the Denver Nuggets star from Serbia, was announced Wednesday night as the NBA's Most Valuable Player — his third time winning the award in the past four seasons, a feat that just six other players in league history have accomplished. He averaged 26.4 points, 12.4 rebounds and 9.0 assists. Others averaged more in each category — and Jokic has had better years in each of those categories — but he was the only player to rank in

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto FC beats semi-pro side CS Saint-Laurent 3-0 in Canadian Championship

    MONTREAL — Matty Longstaff broke a deadlock in the 50th minute and Toronto FC went on to defeat semi-pro side CS Saint-Laurent 3-0 in the opening leg of their Canadian Championship quarterfinal on Wednesday. Longstaff blasted a shot past goalkeeper Kosta Maniatis into the top-right corner after a back pass from Cassius Mailula inside the box. Deandre Kerr scored in the 59th minute and Federico Bernardeschi, who entered as a substitute in the second half, scored off a free kick in the 76th as Tor

  • The Canadian Press

    Jalen Brunson leaves Knicks game with sore right foot and is questionable to return

    NEW YORK (AP) — Jalen Brunson has left Game 2 of New York's first-round series against Indiana with a sore right foot, and the Knicks say he is questionable to return. Brunson checked out of the game with about 3 1/2 minutes remaining in the first quarter and has spent the second period in the locker room as the Pacers have surged to a double-digit lead. Brunson has scored 40 or more points in four straight games, the fourth player in NBA history to do that in the postseason, and is the leading