National Sports

MONTREAL — CF Montreal signed defender George Campbell to a three-year contract on Friday. The deal includes an option year for the 2026 season, the Major League Soccer club said in a release.

TORONTO — Like many amateur athletes with big sporting dreams, Canadian artistic swimmer Chris Niehaus hopes to one day represent his country on the Olympic stage.

The Canadian men's soccer team, which won a legion of fans in returning to the World Cup for the first time in 36 years, has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year. It marks the second straight year a soccer team has earned the award.

The Canadian men's soccer team has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year after competing at the World Cup for the first time in 36 years.

The Canadian men's soccer team has been voted The Canadian Press team of the year after competing at the World Cup for the first time in 36 years. More coming. The Canadian Press

Thursday's Scoreboard World Junior Hockey Championship Preliminary Round At Halifax Canada 11 Austria 0 Sweden 3 Czechia 2 (OT) At Moncton, N.B.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Jack McBain scored two late goals, and the Arizona Coyotes beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 6-3 on Thursday night for their third straight win.

TORONTO — Head coach Nick Nurse didn't mince words after his Toronto Raptors were run out of their own building by the Memphis Grizzlies.

RED DEER, Alta. — Kai Uchacz had a hat trick as the Red Deer Rebels picked up their second straight win, defeating the Calgary Hitmen 4-1 on Thursday. Frantisek Formanek scored the other for Red Deer (24-6-1-3). Rhett Stoesser stopped 28 shots.

VICTORIAVILLE, Que. — Jan Sprynar scored two goals to lead the way as the Rimouski Océanic pummelled the Victoriaville Tigres 9-0 on Thursday night. William Dumoulin and Julien Béland each had a goal and two assists.