National Sports

MONTREAL — Canadian diver Caeli McKay has a pretty unusual nickname for a 23-year-old. "I actually get called ‘Grandma,’” the Tokyo Olympian from Calgary said Wednesday from the Olympic Pool. “In the gym, I get called ‘Grandma.’ Already. I’m only 23.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Erling Haaland set a new Premier League goals record by scoring his 35th of the season in Manchester City's game against West Ham on Tuesday.

More than a year since playing his last NHL game and retiring at age 33 , P.K. Subban is still pushing himself away from the ice.

Goalkeeper Milan Borjan and forward Cloé Lacasse have been named Canada Soccer’s Players of the Month for April.

TORONTO — Luc Brodeur-Jourdain understands and appreciates where Anthony Vandal is. Vandal, a six-foot-three, 290-pound offensive lineman at Sherbrooke, was the last player taken in the 2023 CFL draft Tuesday by the Toronto Argonauts.

QUEBEC — Sitting on the Halifax Mooseheads' bench Sunday during a playoff game, Zachary L'Heureux grimaced as he squeezed a bright yellow mustard bottle and took a swig.

Toronto Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman has been named the American League player of the month for April after putting up impressive offensive numbers in the first month of the season. Chapman hit .

MADRID — Canada's Leylah Fernandez and American partner Taylor Townsend advanced to the women's doubles semifinals at the Madrid Open with a 6-0, 7-6 (3) win over Taiwan's Hsieh Su-Wei and Czechia's Barbora Srtycova on Wednesday.

The Canadian men's and women's soccer teams are urging change in Canada Soccer's leadership at the governing body's annual meeting this week in Saint John, N.B.

LEEDS, England — Sam Allardyce made an unlikely return to the Premier League on Wednesday when the 68-year-old former England coach was hired by Leeds until the end of the season after the relegation-threatened club fired manager Javi Gracia.