National Sports

BIRMINGHAM, England — The youngest ever Liverpool team to play a competitive game was taken to school in the English League Cup quarterfinals on Tuesday.

Canada's show jumping team has been expelled from next summer's Tokyo Olympics because of a doping violation. Nicole Walker of Aurora, Ont.

BOYDS, Md. — Canadian international forward Jenna Hellstrom has joined the Washington Spirit of the NWSL. The 24-year-old from Sudbury, Ont., played most recently for KIF Orebro in Sweden.

HARTFORD, Conn. — ESPN has reached a settlement with a former on-air personality who sued the cable sports giant alleging sexual harassment. In an agreement filed Dec. 12 in U.S.

TORONTO — Longtime Canadian track coach Dave Scott-Thomas has been fired from the University of Guelph for unprofessional conduct. Scott-Thomas has been on a leave of absence since Oct.

TORONTO — Chris Mannella is coming home. The former Toronto FC homegrown player, who found himself without a club after Ottawa Fury FC ceased operations, has signed with York 9 FC of the Canadian Premier League.

The worst beating of Stu Grimson's career turned into a moment of clarity for one of hockey's premier tough guys. Playing in just his fourth NHL game, Grimson and the Calgary Flames were hosting the Edmonton Oilers.

TORONTO — Christine Sinclair, who is one goal away from tying Abby Wambach's world-record total of 184, has been named the Canada Soccer Player of the Decade. The special award honours the 36-year-old from Burnaby, B.C.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have named former B.C. Lions head coach Mike Benevides as their defensive co-ordinator. Benevides, from Toronto, has been part of three Grey Cup championship teams since entering the CFL coaching ranks in 2000.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have acquired US$50,000 of 2020 targeted allocation money from Real Salt Lake in exchange for goalkeeper Zac MacMath.