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TORONTO — Randal Grichuk didn't feel any pressure after signing a five-year, US$52 million contract extension less than 24 hours before Wednesday's game. All he felt was an increase in confidence. And he went out and showed that.

TORONTO — The world 100-metre backstroke record will have to wait for Kylie Masse. The 23-year-old native of LaSalle, Ont., won the event Wednesday night at the Canadian swim trials in 58.16 seconds.

Manchester City is back atop the Premier League. Tottenham is finally back home — and winning again.

The Carolina Hurricanes were getting sick of looking at the daunting task staring back at them.

The Montreal Canadiens, Carolina Hurricanes and Columbus Blue Jackets find themselves in a three-way battle for the Eastern Conference's two wild-card berths in the waning days of the regular season.

Speedster Justin Douglas returns from a concussion to bolster Canada's lineup for the Hong Kong Sevens.

CALGARY — Canada's Jennifer Abel hopes to make another big splash at the world aquatics championships this summer. The diver continues her preparations for what could be a record-setting international showing this week at the Canada Cup in Calgary.

TORONTO — Former CFL commissioner Jeffrey Orridge has been named chairman of Tiidal Gaming, a Canadian esports outfit.

NASHVILLE — Canada's Simisola Shittu is entering the NBA draft. Shittu, a freshman at Vanderbilt University and a native of Burlington, Ont., wrote Wednesday on Twitter that "for as long as I can remember, my dream was to someday play in the NBA.

ESPOO, Finland — A capsule look at teams competing in the 2019 women's world hockey championship April 4-14 in Espoo, Finland. Listed in order of world ranking: GROUP A UNITED STATES Reigning world and Olympic champions, the U.S.