National Sports

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions know their next opponent has more to show than the CFL standings may suggest.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Major League Baseball's Midsummer Classic remains the most-watched all-star game in the major professional sports, even though it drew record lows in viewership for the fifth time since 2015.

Hockey Canada says it will no longer use a fund maintained by membership fees collected across the country to settle sexual assault claims.

TORONTO — Pubudu Dassanayake is returning for a second stint as Canada men's cricket coach.

Ottawa Redblacks quarterback Caleb Evans says every week is a big week when you're still looking for your first win.

REGINA — A COVID-19 outbreak among Saskatchewan Roughriders players has put the team's upcoming CFL showdown with the Toronto Argonauts in jeopardy.

TORONTO — The CFL suspended Saskatchewan Roughriders receiver Duke Williams and Toronto Argonauts defensive lineman Eli Mencer both for one game Wednesday for separate incidents in their game last weekend.

They were born together, they grew up together and attend the same American university. Next week, Canadians Chase and Sydney Brown will make U.S. college football history together. The Browns, identical twins from London, Ont.

TORONTO — Young striker Jordan Perruzza is smiling a lot at Toronto FC these days. The 21-year-old from Woodbridge, Ont., is fluent in Italian and well-versed in Italian soccer, having moved there at 13 to join Empoli's youth setup.

Johnny Gaudreau says he was always open to staying with the Calgary Flames. The draw of being closer to family, however, became too strong.