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Kyler Murray, the first-round Major League Baseball draft pick and Heisman Trophy-winning Oklahoma quarterback, declared himself eligible for the NFL draft on Monday.

PHILADELPHIA — Shawny Hill has been fired by the Philadelphia Wings of the National Lacrosse League two days after he made racially insensitive comments about a First Nations player on the visiting Georgia Swarm.

TORONTO — Canada has been drawn in a group with Fiji, Ireland and Russia at the HSBC Sydney Sevens. The Feb. 1-3 tournament is the third round of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series.

Diego Jair Viamontes will forever have a place in Canadian football history. The receiver with Mayas of Mexico's Liga de Futbol Americano Profesional was the first player taken in the first-ever LFA/CFL draft on Monday. Viamontes went No.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Free agent defenceman Josh Gorges retired on Monday after 13 seasons in the National Hockey League. The 34-year-old native of Kelowna, B.C.

TORONTO — Raptors forward Kawhi Leonard was named the NBA's Eastern Conference player of the week on Monday, the sixth time he's earned the honour and second time this season with Toronto. Leonard led the Raptors in scoring last week, averaging 30.

TORONTO — York 9 has signed former Toronto FC homegrown player Manuel Aparicio.

On the airplane from Ottawa after her Christmas holidays, everyone recognized Brooke Henderson. "That was just kind of different, but kind of cool," said Henderson with a laugh from Naples, Fla.

Toronto FC selected Clemson defender Patrick Bunk-Andersen in the third round (64th overall) as the MLS SuperDraft resumed Monday. The 24-year-old from Denmark played 82 games in four seasons at Clemson.

Veterans Ray Barkwill, Nick Blevins, Hubert Buydens and Ciaran Hearn lead Canada's 28-man roster for the first two games of the 2019 Americas Rugby Championship.