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UFC light-heavyweight champion Jon (Bones) Jones, embroiled in a pay dispute with the UFC, told his 2.3 million Twitter followers Sunday that he is giving up his title.

NEW YORK — NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell says “there remains an urgent need for action” following the death of George Floyd in Minneapolis and the protests around the country that have followed.

MUNICH — Edmonton's Alphonso Davies and his Bayern Munich teammates continue to dominate the Bundesliga in empty stadiums.

Canadian golf trailblazer Lorie Kane has spent the week thinking about everyone that came before her.

TORONTO — Jozy Altidore is taking part in a different type of friendly on Monday.

VIENNA — The Austrian Health Ministry has approved safety conditions for Austria to host two Formula One Grand Prix races in July.

Leon Draisaitl had just wrapped up a phone call with Alphonso Davies. The German hockey star and the Canadian soccer sensation have a lot in common.

TORONTO — Randy Ambrosie wanted to set the record straight Friday. The CFL commissioner said he did speak via telephone Wednesday with the head of an American developmental football league for about 10 minutes.

The NBA Board of Governors met again without a consensus opinion emerging on how many teams should be back on the floor for the planned late-July resumption of the pandemic-interrupted season, three people familiar with details of the call said Frida

COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — USA Hockey president Jim Smith is the subject of two investigations surrounding his tenure as the president of Amateur Hockey Association Illinois.