National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have loaned midfielder Caio Alexandre to Brazilian side Fortaleza EC through the end of the year.

CALGARY — The Calgary Sports and Entertainment Corporation is hiring an organist to hype up the crowds at professional hockey games — a position that hasn't been vacant for more than three decades.

CALGARY — Led by captain and golden-goal scorer Marie-Philip Poulin, Canada's roster for the women's world hockey championship resembles the lineup that won an Olympic gold medal in Beijing in February.

The national governing body for bobsled and skeleton plans to sign on with Canada's new safe sport office.

CALGARY — Canada's roster for the women's world hockey championship Aug. 25 to Sept. 4 in Herning and Frederikshavn, Denmark with hometown: GOALTENDERS Ann-Renée Desbiens, Clermont, Que.; Emerance Maschmeyer, Bruderheim, Alta.

Toronto Blue Jays outfielder George Springer has been reinstated from the injured list and will be active for the team's series-opening game against the Baltimore Orioles, the team announced Monday.

Vasek Pospisil will headline the Canadian men's squad set to compete in Valencia, Spain for the round-robin Davis Cup Finals. Alexis Galarneau, Liam Draxl, Gabriel Diallo, and Cleeve Harper were also named to the team by Tennis Canada on Monday.

Calgary Flames star Jonathan Huberdeau has pledged to donate his brain to Project Enlist Canada for research on brain injuries.

MOSCOW (AP) — Lawyers for American basketball star Brittney Griner have filed an appeal of her nine-year Russian prison sentence for drug possession, Russian news agencies reported Monday, amid talks between the U.S.

Canadian welterweight Rory (Red King) MacDonald, who fought for the UFC title and won the Bellator championship, has called an end to his mixed martial arts career. The 33-year-old from Kelowna, B.C.