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FREDERICTON — There's growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O'Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.

TORONTO — Prior to its opening match of the 2018 Major League Soccer campaign, Toronto FC held a ceremony to celebrate a season in which it won the MLS Cup, Supporter's Shield and the Canadian Championship.

Boston Marathon race director Dave McGillivray has an additional job title: children's book author. McGillivray's new book, "Dream Big: A True Story of Courage and Determination," is being launched Wednesday in Boston.

BIRMINGHAM, England — Damian Warner of London, Ont., finished second in the heptathlon Saturday at the world indoors athletics championships with a Canadian-record 6,348 points.

LONDON — Liverpool and Tottenham put the squeeze on Chelsea in the race for Champions League qualification next season after chalking up 2-0 victories in the English Premier League on Saturday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts have signed running back James Wilder Jr. to a two-year contract extension through the 2019 season.

ZURICH — In one of the most fundamental changes ever to soccer's 155-year-old rules, FIFA approved video review on Saturday and cleared the way to use it at the World Cup in June.

SAO PAULO — Neymar has successfully undergone surgery on his injured right foot, the Brazilian soccer confederation said Saturday. The 26-year-old Paris Saint-Germain and Brazil forward was injured Feb. 25 in a French league game against Marseille.

SINGAPORE — Florida teenager Nelly Korda shot a third-round 7-under 65 Saturday to take a one-stroke lead at the LPGA Tour's Women's World Championship after Danielle Kang made her first bogeys of the tournament to slip back into second place.

FREDERICTON — There's growing momentum in a push by friends and fans of Willie O'Ree to have the groundbreaking hockey player inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame.