National Sports

PARIS — Canada's Milos Raonic advanced to the semifinals of the Paris Masters tennis tournament Friday with a nervy 6-3, 3-6, 7-6 (7) win over France's Ugo Humbert. Raonic, the 10th seed from Thornhill, Ont.

CALGARY — A pair of World Cup freestyle ski events in Quebec are moving to Alberta. A moguls and an aerials event originally scheduled to be held at Quebec ski resorts Jan. 23 and Jan. 31, will be combined with a World Cup moguls Jan. 30 in Calgary.

While the Supporters' Shield is on the line Sunday, all Toronto FC can do is take care of its own business when it visits the New York Red Bulls on Decision Day.

NEW YORK — Justin Turner will not be disciplined by Major League Baseball for coming onto the field last week to celebrate the World Series title with his Los Angeles Dodgers teammates after testing positive for COVID-19.

NHL free agency during the COVID-19 pandemic was always going to be different. The salary cap staying at US$81.

TORONTO — MLS teams will have time to prepare for the playoffs after the regular season closes Sunday. But the schedule will be compressed with the 17-match, 23-day post-season kicking off after the Nov. 9-17 FIFA international match window.

Canadians Chuba Hubbard and Amen Ogbongbemiga and the remainder of the Oklahoma State Cowboys don't have the luxury of time to lament their first loss of the season. Texas knocked then No.

SALZBURG, Austria — Unseeded Canadians Jeff (The Silencer) Smith and Matt (Ginga Ninja) Campbell upset fourth-seeded Northern Ireland 5-2 Friday in first-round action at the BetVictor World Cup of Darts Northern Ireland's Daryl Gurney and Brendan Dol

Despite having to delay the Ottawa Aces' debut until 2022, president/chairman Eric Perez is confident his new rugby league team has staying power.

Over the last five months, two trips to Abu Dhabi and one to Las Vegas have forced Alberta heavyweight Tanner (The Bulldozer) Boser to spend more than six weeks in quarantine.