National Sports

Cooper Coats will make his first start at fly half while fullback Brenden Black earns his first 15s cap when Canada hosts Belgium on Saturday in Stephen Meehan's first game as Canadian rugby coach.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed goaltender Aleksei Medvedev to a three-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Thursday. The 17-year-old from St.

Robert Wickens's promising racing career seemed like it was cut tragically short after a 2018 crash left him paralyzed from the chest down.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors continued to flesh out their roster by signing Alijah Martin and David Roddy, the NBA team announced Thursday.

NORTH BERWICK, Scotland (AP) — Jake Knapp is loving links golf so much he'd like to extend his stay another week, and he took a step toward that Thursday with a 6-under 64 that put him in a four-way share of the lead after the opening round of the Sc

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders and Calgary Stampeders are off to great starts, but it’s too early in the season to frame Friday’s game as an epic first-place battle.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Leona Maguire made a hole-in-one at the Evian Championship on the way to a 6-under 65 in the first round Thursday and a five-way share of the lead.

LONDON (AP) — A little more than two years ago, Amanda Anisimova took a break from tennis because of burnout.

VIRE NORMANDIE, France (AP) — Irish rider Ben Healy won a hilly sixth stage of the Tour de France after a long solo breakaway on Thursday and Mathieu van der Poel took back the yellow jersey from defending champion Tadej Pogačar by one second.

CALGARY — Dale Hunter will coach Canada's team at the 2026 world junior hockey championship while his brother Mark will join the team's management group, Hockey Canada announced Thursday.