National Sports

TORONTO — Canadian international Janine Beckie is the latest to buy into Simcoe County Rovers FC of League1 Ontario.

The Minnesota Vikings have asked the Philadelphia Eagles permission to speak with Canadian Catherine Raîche regarding their vacant GM position, according to multiple reports.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Felix Auger-Aliassime, the top-ranked Canadian at the Australian Open, will face Finland’s Emil Ruusuvuori in the first round of the first tennis major of the year.

TORONTO — FuboTV, a streaming service that offers sports and entertainment programming, has secured Canadian rights to the English Premier League for the next three seasons starting this summer.

CALGARY — It's a game of chance for thousands of Albertans playing group sports as the Omicron COVID-19 variant rips through the province.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic now knows he’ll face fellow Serbian Miomir Kecmanovic in the first-round of his Australian Open title defense, if he’s allowed to play.

EVERETT, Wash. — Jacob Wright scored twice, powering the Everett Silvertips to a 6-2 romp of the Tri-City Americans in Western Hockey League action on Wednesday.

GLENDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Dzingel scored two goals, Karel Vejmelka stopped 45 shots and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Wednesday night. Dzingel, playing his first game since Dec.

MILWAUKEE — Mikhail Berdin stopped all 24 shots he faced on Wednesday and the Manitoba Moose downed the Milwaukee Admirals 2-0 in American Hockey League action. It was the 23-year-old goalie's third shutout of the season.

BOSTON (AP) — Brad Marchand skated around the ice, waiting for the cleanup crew to gather up the hats tossed over the glass to celebrate his fifth career hat trick.