National Sports

NEW YORK — Winnipeg defenceman Neal Pionk was suspended two games Monday for a knee-on-knee hit delivered to Toronto blue-liner Rasmus Sandin in the third period of the Jets' 6-3 win over the Maple Leafs on Sunday.

TORONTO — Playing poorly and clearly miserable, Chris Boucher found himself as an afterthought in coach Nick Nurse's rotation just 20 games into this NBA season.

WASHINGTON — The United States confirmed Monday it won't be sending any diplomatic officials to the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year — and suggested strongly that it would welcome similar displays of international solidarity from countries around

SUDBURY — The Sudbury Wolves' COVID-19 outbreak has forced the cancellation of two more games.

Toronto Argonauts quarterback McLeod Bethel-Thompson apologized for a heated post-game interaction with a TSN cameraman a day after his CFL team was defeated in the East Division final by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats.

Former Toronto FC general manager Ali Curtis has been named senior vice-president of competition and operations of MLS Next Pro, a new 21-team developmental league set to kick off next year.

OTTAWA — Participants in the next two Canada Games will need to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, the Canada Games Council announced Monday.

LONDON — Jeff (The Silencer) Smith, Matt (Ginja Ninja) Campbell and John Norman Jr. will carry Canadian colours at the William Hill World Darts Championship starting next week in England. The 2.5-million-pound (CS$2.34 million) tournament runs Dec.

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu will take a mental break from tennis and sit out the start of next season, including the Australian Open, saying she wants to “re-set, recover, and grow” after a challenging two years that included getting COVID-

TORONTO — The Toronto Police are investigating an incident that occurred after the CFL's East Division final at BMO Field in Toronto, after a video was posted on social media that showed Toronto Argonauts players in an altercation with a Hamilton fan