A 19-year-old Quebec man charged with breaching a court order to stay away from children while he awaits trial on sex charges appeared in a Moncton courtroom Wednesday.

Chad Barrett has four goals in 10 appearances for Toronto FC since joining the club in a trade with the Chicago Fire in late July, but some unconverted scoring opportunities still weigh heavily on the young forward's mind.

Centre Manny Malhotra was placed on injured reserve Thursday by the Columbus Blue Jackets, who also recalled right-winger Derek Dorsett from their AHL affiliate in Syracuse.

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltending coach Clint Malarchuk is recovering from a self-inflicted shotgun wound.

Ryan Jones grew up in small-town Chatham, Ont., with many of the same hopes and dreams as millions of other young Canadians. First and foremost, he wanted to play in the National Hockey League.

The Canadian cross-country ski team has hired Arild Monsen of Norway to coach Olympic medallists Chandra Crawford and Sara Renner and the rest of the squad heading into the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver.

Canada's silver medal cyclist at the recent world championships said he thinks doping samples taken at that competition should be retested.

Jeff Friesen's NHL comeback bid appears to be over after the San Jose Sharks released the veteran forward on Thursday.

The Canadian Soccer Association announced Thursday the appointment of Ian Bridge as the new head coach of Canada's under-20 women's team.

The Vancouver Canucks have unveiled a wall of tribute honouring Luc Bourdon, the 21-year-old defenceman whose life ended shortly after he began his promising professional hockey career with the team.

The Santa Clara women's soccer team opens up conference play this weekend at home versus the No. 20 Toreros of the University of San Diego. This will be the first week for the Broncos that they have not had multiple

After 17 road games, the No. 12 Santa Clara men's water polo team (12-5 overall, 6-1 conference) continues their road schedule with trips to No. 13 UC Davis on Saturday, Oct. 11 at noon in Davis, and UC Santa Cruz

The Santa Clara cross country team is training this week for the Bronco Invitational on Sat., Oct. 18 at Baylands Park in Sunnyvale. Last weekend Veronica Vazquez finished sixth at the Charles Bowles Invitational at Willamette University in Salem, Ore.

Making ripples on the national scene, the Santa Clara men's water polo team continues to overcome a minor inconvenience during a 12-5 start to springboard a possible run to the NCAA Tournament. The team's pool is going under a multi-million

The Santa Clara women's tennis team will participate in the Saint Mary's College Invitational hosted in Moraga, Calif. This will be the second fall tournament of the 2008-09 campaign for the Broncos. Participating in the tournament from Friday, Oct. 10

The Santa Clara women's softball team will participate in the Battle of the Bay this weekend in Hayward, Calif., to kick off their fall tournament schedule. On Saturday, Oct. 11 the Broncos will face Ohlone College at noon, followed by

Calgary head coach Mike Keenan remained mum on line combinations for Thursday's opener at Vancouver (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 10:30 p.m. ET).

The Detroit Red Wings will raise the 2007-08 Stanley Cup championship banner before taking on the Toronto Maple Leafs in the regular season opener for both clubs (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 7 p.m. ET).

It may not be the matchup most observers envisioned, but two outstanding baseball teams will be on display Thursday as the surging Los Angeles Dodgers visit the powerful Philadelphia Phillies for Game 1 of the NLCS (8:22 p.m. ET).