National Sports

Fred VanVleet didn't grow up among basketball's young stars. He was an underdog on the outside looking in, developing himself into an NBA star through sheer will and hard work.

While just 33, Andrew Wilson paid his dues en route to becoming Canadian women's field hockey coach.

The Vegas Golden Knights’ NHL game against the St. Louis Blues scheduled for tonight has been postponed. The NHL says a Vegas player and another coach have entered COVID-19 protocol.

Canadian basketball star Natalie Achonwa is signing a multiyear contract with the Minnesota Lynx, a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press.

After a sophomore season that was decent, but in his view not good enough, Marcus Carr returned home to Toronto to double down on his college basketball career. The 21-year-old junior at Minnesota worked out two to three times a day.

Canada has a new opponent at next month's SheBelieves Cup in Orlando with Argentina replacing Japan at the four-team women's soccer tournament. U.S.

The X Games are Rachael Karker's first and perhaps only chance to compete this season. The Canadian freestyle skier's breakout performances in Aspen, Colo., the last two years launched her into the world's elite in halfpipe.

CALGARY — A place that gives Mikael Kingsbury confidence is doing it again, but for different reasons. The reigning men's Olympic and world moguls champion from Deux-Montagnes, Que.

When COVID-19 swept across the country last spring, forcing lockdowns and cancelling sporting events, Canadian mountain biker Haley Smith's response was swift — train harder.

TORONTO — After launching The Black Academy in early December, actor-brothers Shamier Anderson and Stephan James are now planning an awards show to celebrate and uplift Black talent across Canada.