Canada

The 2002 Manchester Commonwealth Games received a boost with news that Australian Olympic champion Cathy Freeman is expected to return to full training in October in preparation for the event.

Toronto claimed a perfect 10 from a visiting team of inspectors from the International Olympic Committee, but said the city's rivals to host the 2008 Summer Olympic Games might match that score.

Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment, the parent company for the NHL's Maple Leafs, the NBA's Toronto Raptors and the owners of the Air Canada Centre are set to debut a 24-hour channel devoted to the Maple Leafs in September.

Intrawest Corp.'s Mont-Tremblant ski resort, the biggest in eastern Canada, said on Thursday that it had reached an agreement in principle with its unionized workers on a new labour pact.

Beijing has decided to bring its public toilets up to Olympic gold standards in its pursuit of the 2008 Games, the China Daily said on Monday.

The Women's British Open has replaced Canada?s now-defunct du Maurier Classic as the fourth ?major? championship on the LPGA Tour.

A bid by Rogers Communications Inc to buy Major League Baseball's Toronto Blue Jays could happen as early as this week, according to the national daily Globe and Mail .

Plans for Toronto to host the 2008 Olympic Games could come to a sticky end after local protests.

Canada's oldest brewer is thinking the unthinkable: selling the National Hockey League's fabled Montreal Canadiens, winners of more Stanley Cup championships than any other team.

Sportsco International, the new owner of the Toronto SkyDome, has signed Usherpro to provide their internet ticketing system for luxury suite and club seat holders.

An agreement has been reached between the current owners of the Vancouver Grizzlies NBA team to sell the club to Paige Sports Entertainment, the new pro sports business owned by Bill and Nancy Laurie, purchasers of the St. Louis Blues NHL hockey team.

Canadian Olympic gold medalist Myriam Bedard has announced she is suing Wm. Wrigley Jr. Co. for C$725,000 ($500,000).

An IOC report says preliminary results indicate that the XVIII Olympic Winter Games in Nagano, Japan, were broadcast in more countries than ever before and that the global cumulative audience is likely to equal Lillehammer's record??.

Plan to restrict England tours to the three main southern hemisphere rugby nations are unlikely to be accepted by the sport's governing body, Australia Rugby Union chief executive John O'Neill said on Wednesday.

Ben Johnson's latest request to be reinstated as a sprinter has been directed to the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sports, which in turn is seeking $30,000 from the federal government to cover costs of a hearing.

Major League Baseball could swing into the Far East as part of a plan to increase its international profile.