National Sports

VANCOUVER — Heading into a new season, Vancouver Whitecaps coach Marc Dos Santos is frustrated. Just days before the Whitecaps are set to kick off their Major League Soccer campaign, he has yet to hold a training session with his full squad.

CALGARY — Reigning Canadian women's champion Kerri Einarson is off to a 3-0 start at the Grand Slam of Curling's Humpty's Champions Cup. The Manitoba rink beat Japan's Satsuki Fujisawa 8-2 in the second draw on Friday.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian Adam Svensson is halfway to another victory on the Korn Ferry Tour. Svensson matched the course record on Friday with an 8-under 64 to reach 12-under through two rounds of the MGM Resorts Championship at Paiute.

Montreal Canadiens coach Dominique Ducharme had a brief chat with Tyler Toffoli before Friday night's game. The team's leading scorer hadn't scored in six games.

Minutes after Toronto FC ousted Mexico's Club Leon from the Scotiabank CONCACAF Champions League, captain Michael Bradley had a message for his team. "The knife stays between our teeth. Keep going.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forced Canadian harness driver Bob McClure to become a road warrior. The Rockwood, Ont., resident left Friday for The Meadowlands in East Rutherford, N.J., where he'll race for the immediate future.

UNCASVILLE, Conn. — Canadian featherweight Julia (The Jewel) Budd and stepson (Fearless) Lance Gibson Jr., both emerged victorious Friday at Bellator 257. Gibson, a 26-year-old lightweight from Port Moody, B.C.,.

VANCOUVER — The physical strain and constant uncertainty of the last three weeks have been draining for Vancouver Canucks captain Bo Horvat.

TORONTO — Canadian boxer Mandy Bujold has hit another huge road block in Tokyo Olympic qualifying. This one might be insurmountable. After a competitive year wiped out by COVID-19, the 11-time national flyweight champion from Kitchener, Ont.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Jets have signed forward Adam Lowry to a five-year contract with an average annual value of US$3.25 million. The 28-year-old Lowry has 20 points (eight goals, 12 assists) in 44 games this season.