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MIAMI — Montreal's Gabriel Diallo fell just short of qualifying for the main draw of the Miami Open tennis tournament with a 6-2, 2-6, 7-5 loss to American Brandon Holt on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Megan Carter didn't have an ideal start to her Professional Women's Hockey League career, but she picked up valuable learning experience from it.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin.

Nestled in a minor-league workout area away from the big-league training fields at the Blue Jays' player development complex, Ricky Tiedemann lowers his six-foot-four 220-pound frame into a deep squat.

He's a Bassmaster Classic champion and among the Elite Series' top competitors, but sometimes even Jeff Gustafson struggles to put fish into the boat. Gustafson, of Kenora, Ont.

U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin discussed staging a series of hockey games between players from their respective countries during their lengthy call Tuesday, according to the Kremlin.

TORONTO — The door may be opening for out-of-favour Italian star Lorenzo Insigne to return to the Toronto FC lineup. The 33-year-old winger, whose salary of US$15.

NEW YORK (AP) — Tracy Morgan says food poisoning was to blame for his taking ill during Monday's Knicks-Heat game, and that he's “doing OK.

Once again, Jackson Tachinski will pull double duty. The Manitoba Bisons star will perform at quarterback and receiver at the CFL's national combine, which begins Friday in Regina.

ROME (AP) — The track's essential structure is done. The ice is being prepared. And next week, 60 athletes are slated to test the controversial sliding center for next year’s Milan-Cortina Olympics . “The track’s structure is done.