National Sports

MARSEILLE, France — Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament after beating his seventh top-60 opponent this year. Pospisil, ranked 98th in the world, defeated No.

KRASNOYARSK, Russia — The Canadian women and men have secured semifinal spots at the world junior curling championships.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Andreas Johnsson for the rest of the season. The Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Johnsson is expected to miss six months after undergoing right knee surgery earlier in the day.

DOHA, Qatar — Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of next week's Qatar Total Open because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S.

MONTREAL — Running back Tyrell Sutton is back with the Montreal Alouettes. The five-foot-nine, 205-pound Sutton re-signed with Montreal on Wednesday. He became a CFL free agent last week.

TOKYO — A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China. “We need to find the best way to have a safe Olympics," Dr.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Pacific FC has signed Canadian international goalkeeper Callum Irving.

WINNIPEG — Blake Wheeler was glad to be back playing on a line with Mark Scheifele — and it showed. The captain scored twice and added an assist in his 700th game with the Jets franchise, and Winnipeg defeated the Los Angeles Kings 6-3 on Tuesday.

Tuesday's Games NHL Philadelphia 5 Columbus 1 Pittsburgh 5 Toronto 2 Detroit 4 Montreal 3 Winnipeg 6 Los Angeles 3 Ottawa 7 Buffalo 4 Carolina 4 Nashville 1 St. Louis 3 New Jersey 0 --- AHL Grand Rapids 2 Rockford 1 --- The Canadian Press

MOOSE JAW, Sask. — The "pool of death" defending champion Chelsea Carey predicted for the Scotties Tournament of Hearts is living up to its billing.