National Sports

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. has finally won its battle against Bell Canada over the broadcasting of its TVA Sports channel.

BRNO, Czech Republic — The Canadian men's junior hockey team beat Switzerland 3-0 in the opening exhibition game for both squads on Thursday. Dawson Mercer, Liam Foudy and Bowen Byram scored for Canada.

OTTAWA — The Supreme Court of Canada has blown the whistle on a federal regulatory decision that allowed viewers to watch keenly anticipated American commercials during the Super Bowl broadcast.

MONTREAL — Denis Shapovalov has been named Tennis Canada's top male player for the second time in three seasons. The 20-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., rebounded from a mid-season slump and put together a strong finish to his 2019 campaign.

WINNIPEG — Goaltender Eric Comrie is back with the Winnipeg Jets. The NHL team announced Thursday that it has claimed Comrie off waivers form the Detroit Red Wings.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have re-signed Canadian offensive lineman Braden Schram. The six-foot-four, 312-pound native of Manning, Alta., returns for his third season with the Roughriders.

ZURICH — Qatar made the biggest move up FIFA's world rankings in 2019, driven by winning the Asian Cup. FIFA's year-end rankings published Thursday put Belgium at No. 1 for the second straight year.

Canadian featherweight Charles (Air) Jourdain figures he was fighting himself as much as Desmond (The Predator) Green when he made his UFC debut in May.

VAL D'ISERE, France — An Austrian sweep of the top places was led by Ramona Siebenhofer in a training run Thursday for a World Cup downhill.

NEW YORK — A record price of $8.8 million for a sports memorabilia item at auction has been achieved for the 1892 manifesto to launch the modern Olympic Games.