National Sports

TORONTO — CFL broadcasts are going to look a little different now. Starting Thursday night, broadcasts of CFL games on TSN+ will be available as augmented live streams.

MONTREAL — Pascal Dion has retired from Canada's short-track speedskating team after a 10-year career that included two Olympic medals. The 29-year-old from Montreal announced his decision in a Speed Skating Canada release Wednesday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Mark Friedman to a one-year contract worth US$775,000, the NHL club announced Wednesday.

BIRMINGHAM — Canada's Leylah Fernandez moved on to the quarterfinals of the Rothesay Classic grass-court tennis tournament with a 4-6, 7-5, 6-3 win over Switzerland's Viktorija Golubic on Wednesday. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

TORONTO — After just missing out on a medal at the Tokyo Games, Caeli McKay will look to stand on the Olympic podium for the first time when she leads a young Canadian diving team this summer in Paris.

It's only the third game of the season but it is an important one for Zach Collaros and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Winnipeg (0-2) hosts the B.C. Lions (1-1) on Friday night following an uncharacteristic slow start to the 2024 campaign.

SUNRISE — Stuart Skinner wasn't happy — with himself or the situation. The Oilers goaltender had been pulled after surrendering four goals on just 15 shots as part of a 4-3 loss to the Canucks in Game 3 of the teams' second-round playoff series.

Not much has gone right for the Canadian men's rugby sevens team this season.

Willie Mays, the electrifying “Say Hey Kid” whose singular combination of talent, drive and exuberance made him one of baseball’s greatest and most beloved players, has died. He was 93.

TORONTO — Ontario's single-game sports betting industry is on a winning streak. On Wednesday, iGaming Ontario (iGO) released a report that states the industry contributed $2.7 billion to Ontario's gross domestic product in 2023.