Ryan Smyth has been traded from the Colorado Avalance to the Los Angeles Kings for a fifth-round pick plus defencemen Kyle Quincey and Tom Preissing , the Kings announced on Friday.

The names of the Edmonton Oilers who would have gone in a trade for disgruntled Ottawa Senator Dany Heatley were made public, and Oilers general manager Steve Tambellini isn't happy about it.

Canada is off to a perfect start at the 2009 CONCACAF Gold Cup, defeating Jamaica 1-0 on Friday in Los Angeles.

Blue Jackets captain and four-time all-star Rick Nash signed an eight-year contract extension with the club Friday, general manager Scott Howson announced.

Free agent winger Mikael Samuelsson signed a three-year contract with the Vancouver Canucks on Friday.

Priscilla Lopes-Schliep was the only Canadian to crack the podium Friday at the Bislett Games in Oslo, Norway, turning in a third-place finish in the 100-metre hurdles.

The Toronto Blue Jays made their first trip to the new Yankee Stadium on Friday and were handed a 4-2 loss by former Toronto starter A.J. Burnett.

Roger Federer advanced to his record seventh straight Wimbledon final on Friday, defeating Germany's Tommy Haas 7-6 (7-3), 7-5, 6-3.

Jesse Lumsden has a dislocated shoulder, but more tests are needed to determine how long the Edmonton Eskimos' star running back will be out of action, says head coach Richie Hall.

Forward Ruslan Fedotenko agreed to a one-year, $1.8-million US contract with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday, general manager Ray Shero announced.