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VANCOUVER - World downhill champion Erik Guay and three-time World Cup winner Manuel Osborne-Paradis headline Canada's 23-member alpine ski team for the Sochi Olympic season.

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TORONTO - Colin Miller will once again serve as interim head coach when Canada hosts Costa Rica in a men's soccer friendly later this month.

The game will take place May 28 at Commonwealth Stadium at

BOSTON - Boston Marathon runners who were stopped on the course when bombs went off at the finish line, including many Canadians, will have a chance to come back and run again next year, race organize

TORONTO - Toronto FC acquired forward Bobby Convey from Sporting Kansas City on Thursday for a third-round pick in next year's MLS SuperDraft.

The 29-year-old Convey was acquired by Sporting KC from

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TREVISO, Italy - Sprinter Mark Cavendish won the rainy 12th stage of the Giro d'Italia on Thursday for his 100th career victory, while Vincenzo Nibali maintained his overall lead.

Tour de France cham

TORONTO - The first thing the Toronto Maple Leafs are going to do to prepare for next season is find a way to get over the sting of their epic collapse against the Boston Bruins.

Toronto surrendered

LONDON - David Beckham says he will retire from professional football at the end of the season.

The 38-year-old Beckham, who recently won a league title in a fourth country with Paris Saint-Germain,

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Portraying himself as a "global" candidate with a world view, Ng Ser Miang of Singapore is hoping to break the European stranglehold on the top Olympic job.

The 64-year-old diplomat and businessman e