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Spencer Knight wouldn't mind being the next Carter Hart — a goalie turning heads as a 20-year-old in the NHL.

STUTTGART, Germany — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated France's Gilles Simon 7-5, 6-4 on Thursday in the Round of 16 at the Mercedes Open in Stuttgart, Germany.

Toronto Wolfpack majority owner David Argyle has taken another hit in the racism scandal that cost him his job as chairman and CEO of the transatlantic rugby league team.

TORONTO — Two of Canada's home matches in the CONCACAF Nations League will be played at Toronto's BMO Field. Canada's men's senior team will host Cuba on Sept. 6 and the United States on Oct. 15, Soccer Canada announced on Thursday.

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — A vandal has painted the words "racist," ''antisemitic" and "homophobe" on a mural of boxing champ Muhammad Ali in Kentucky.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have re-signed forward Morgan Klimchuk to a one-year, two-way contract. The deal is worth US$700,000 in the NHL and $85,000 in the American Hockey League.

Jordan Binnington's storybook ride from fourth stringer to Stanley Cup-winning goaltender was fueled by a few free meals. The best came last weekend at Brio Tuscan Grille, one of his favourite spots as St. Louis began to feel like home.

Montreal is shutting down two downtown blocks tonight to allow people to cheer on a team from the city's traditional bete noire: Toronto. The very notion would have seemed far-fetched, until Monday night.

BOSTON — Blues goalie Jordan Binnington was waiting patiently, as NHL rookies learn to do, while the Stanley Cup was passed from teammate to teammate across the recently conquered ice of the new Boston Garden. Thirteen St.

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