National Sports

HUMBOLDT, SASKATCHEWAN, CANADA — The Humboldt Broncos name and logo have officially been trademarked more than three years after the Saskatchewan hockey team’s tragic bus crash.

TORONTO — The young Toronto Raptors might have sputtered out to a shaky start, but they're suddenly one of the hottest teams in the league, tied with Miami for the NBA's best win streak of five games.

Coach Sandro Fiorino has made sweeping changes to his roster for Canada's rematch with the U.S. in women's rugby play Friday, handing starts to 11 new players. The Canadians won 15-9 when the teams met Monday in Glendale, Colo.

Jeremiah Masoli is on a nice roll. The Hamilton quarterback has thrown for 300 or more yards in his last three starts. More importantly, that's translated into a pair of wins for the Tiger-Cats (6-5).

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks signed veteran Canadian kicker Lewis Ward to a contract extension Thursday that will keep him with the CFL club through the 2022 season.

TORONTO — Former England youth international striker Ike Ugbo, who plays his club football in Belgium for KRC Genk, has committed to play for Canada.

EDMONTON — The Nick Arbuckle era in Edmonton will begin soon — just not this week.

Asked about his favourite soccer memory growing up in his hometown of Edmonton, Alphonso Davies smiled. "Just being a kid, playing football with my friends ... And now here I am playing with the national team in my hometown," he said.

Head coach Mike O'Shea hasn't spoken to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers about the dangerous of complacency this week because his players didn't give him any reason to.

Devlin DeFrancesco is the latest Canadian to join the ranks of IndyCar. The Toronto product was named the newest driver for Andretti Steinbrenner Autosport on Thursday. DeFrancesco will pilot Andretti Steinbrenner's No.