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MONTREAL — Cayden Primeau only had to make 17 saves for the shutout, and the Laval Rocket extended their point streak to 11 games with a 3-0 victory against the Stockton Heat on Friday in American Hockey League play.

DESTIN, Fla. — Canadian Adam Svensson has put himself in contention for back-to-back victories on the Korn Ferry Tour. Svensson, from Surrey, B.C.

NEW YORK — Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned a

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 situation has grown worse with seven players now in the NHL's COVID protocols.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Canadian women won all three of their games Friday to finish atop their pool at the Emirates Invitational 7s rugby tournament. Canada's men won two of three to finish second in their pool.

WASHINGTON — A COVID-19 outbreak affecting more than a third of the Washington Nationals' roster caused the postponement of the 2019 World Series champions' season-opening three-game series against the visiting New York Mets.

Handed the start against the top-ranked U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup, Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan no doubt hoped her 10th cap would be a night to remember. It was, but sadly for the wrong reason.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball is moving its all-star game from Atlanta in response to voting restrictions. More coming. The Canadian Press

NEW YORK — The NHL has moved the Winnipeg Jets' home game against Ottawa originally scheduled for May 7 to Monday.

Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins says injured outfielder George Springer is day-to-day with a strained left oblique muscle and could be available when Toronto plays its first game at its temporary home in Dunedin, Florida.