National Sports

Canada Soccer's plan to showcase its men's national program to Toronto FC striker Ayo Akinola has been derailed by injury. Canada Soccer said Thursday that Akinola was one of four players who did not make the camp in Bradenton, Fla.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif misses football. The Super Bowl-winning offensive lineman has no regrets about opting out of the 2020 NFL campaign to help fight the COVID-19 pandemic. But the six-foot-five 321-pound Mont-Saint-Hilaire, Que.

Three more entries were confirmed for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts on Thursday as Sherry Anderson was named Saskatchewan's representative, Jill Brothers accepted the Nova Scotia invite and Laurie St-Georges took the Quebec spot.

TORONTO — One day into the job and new Toronto FC coach Chris Armas is already feeling right at home. The former New York Red Bulls boss has extensive ties to his new club.

Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews will miss at least 10 games and 24 days after the team placed him on long-term injured reserve Thursday because of an unspecified illness.

TORONTO — A high-level taekwondo coach gradually took control of a teenage student's life, abusing his position of trust as he began a years-long stretch of escalating sexual assaults that culminated in rape, a Toronto judge ruled Thursday.

Former Wolfpack coach Brian McDermott hopes to stage a one-off game in Toronto later this year.

The UFC will no longer punish fighters for using marijuana in most cases, making a major change to its anti-doping policy.

The COVID-19 pandemic has forever left its mark on Montreal Alouettes linebacker Henoc Muamba and his family. Mamba's mother-in-law, Elizabeth Tweneboah, died in June after contracting the novel coronavirus. She was 66.

Canadian forward Tyler Pasher is back in Major League Soccer, signing with the Houston Dynamo from the USL Championship's Indy Eleven. The 26-year-old from Elmira, Ont.