National Sports

At least one Canadian will win a U.S. college basketball title on Sunday. Andrew Nembhard could have a chance to give Canada a rare double on Monday. A Canadian is on each of the teams in the women's final on Sunday when Stanford faces Arizona.

WINNIPEG — A rolling puck that nearly got away from Jason Spezza on his shootout attempt was the kind of situation that could easily lead to a missed opportunity.

TAMPA, Fla. — Pascal Siakam scored 36 points in three quarters on his 27th birthday, and the Toronto Raptors routed the Golden State Warriors 130-77 Friday night, with the largest margin of victory in the NBA this season. Toronto shot 53.

MONTREAL — Cayden Primeau only had to make 17 saves for the shutout, and the Laval Rocket extended their point streak to 11 games with a 3-0 victory against the Stockton Heat on Friday in American Hockey League play.

DESTIN, Fla. — Canadian Adam Svensson has put himself in contention for back-to-back victories on the Korn Ferry Tour. Svensson, from Surrey, B.C.

NEW YORK — Atlanta lost Major League Baseball’s summer All-Star Game on Friday over the league’s objections to sweeping changes to Georgia voting laws that critics — including the CEOs of Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines and Coca-Cola — have condemned a

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks' COVID-19 situation has grown worse with seven players now in the NHL's COVID protocols.

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — The Canadian women won all three of their games Friday to finish atop their pool at the Emirates Invitational 7s rugby tournament. Canada's men won two of three to finish second in their pool.

WASHINGTON — A COVID-19 outbreak affecting more than a third of the Washington Nationals' roster caused the postponement of the 2019 World Series champions' season-opening three-game series against the visiting New York Mets.

Handed the start against the top-ranked U.S. at the SheBelieves Cup, Canadian goalkeeper Kailen Sheridan no doubt hoped her 10th cap would be a night to remember. It was, but sadly for the wrong reason.