National Sports

SASKATOON — A capsule look at the nine women's teams entered in the Nov. 20-28 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon (team members listed skip to lead with home club location).

SASKATOON — A capsule look at the nine men's teams entered in the Nov. 20-28 Tim Hortons Canadian Curling Trials at the SaskTel Centre in Saskatoon, Sask. (team members listed skip to lead with home club location).

SASKATOON — Vice-skip Darren Moulding has played in Olympic qualifiers, Grand Slams, top tour events as well as national and world championships for Brendan Bottcher's Edmonton-based team.

Canadian flanker Michael Smith has been suspended for three weeks in the wake of his red card in Canada's 24-0 rugby win over Belgium on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team arrived in Britain early Thursday after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a U.K. soccer club and Kim Kardashian West.

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had one of the best offensive seasons in Blue Jays history, earning the Hank Aaron award as the American League's top offensive player.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Montreal's Lu Dort scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 101-89 on Wednesday night.

VANCOUVER — A woeful penalty kill was once again the undoing of the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. The team gave up three power-play goals — including two in the third period — en route to a 4-2 loss at home to the Colorado Avalanche.

TORONTO — Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored a pair of goals, including the shootout winner, to propel the Laval Rocket to a 6-5 AHL comeback victory over the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday.

GATINEAU, Que. — Manix Landry's third-period goal held up as the winner as the Gatineau Olympiques defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-3 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Wednesday.