National Sports

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.

Olympic medallist Kylie Masse was looking for a way to keep her competitive drive fresh after finishing out her collegiate swimming career at the University of Toronto.

The first Canadian man to win a world championship in downhill skiing is now the head coach of his former team. John Kucera oversees a disparate Canadian men's downhill squad that includes both former teammates and a batch of young prospects.

Wednesday's Games NHL New Jersey 3 Anaheim 1 Colorado 4 Chicago 1 St.