National Sports

MILTON, Ont. — Jim Lawson wants to give harness trainers another reason to head to Woodbine Mohawk Park.

Montreal Canadiens legend Guy Lafleur underwent quadruple bypass heart surgery on Thursday, the NHL club has confirmed. The Canadiens say the procedure took place at the Centre hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM).

Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM) unveiled details of a CFL stadium proposal for Halifax on Thursday. According to the proposal, the first phase would cost about $94 million, with an additional $10 million for the cost of the land.

The job under less than ideal circumstances and with an interim tag, but Khari Jones is having the time of his life as the Montreal Alouettes' rookie head coach.

DOHA, Qatar — For decades, the message to women in track and field was crystal clear: get pregnant, lose sponsorship money. A rebellion led by some of the sport's top runners, Allyson Felix, Kara Goucher and Alysia Montano, is helping to change that.

Jack Eichel watched Game 7 of the Stanley Cup final 10 rows from the ice at TD Garden last June. A Boston Bruins fan growing up, the captain of the Buffalo Sabres didn't have a rooting interest in the series-clinching tilt against St.

Two of the three Canadian Hockey League players picked in the top-10 selections in this year's NHL draft are going back to their junior teams.

OTTAWA — Canada will go with a familiar roster for its women's soccer friendly against host Japan next month. Twenty-one of the 24 players on the roster for the Oct. 6 game in Shizuoka return from Canada's World Cup squad.

Gabriela DeBues-Stafford was a fierce five-foot-three bundle of energy when Lynn Kanuka got to know her four years ago at the Summer Universiade. The Canadian track legend saw something of herself in the young runner.

CHENGDU, China — Canada's Denis Shapovalov survived a third-set tiebreaker, while countryman Felix Auger-Aliassime dropped his opening match on Thursday at the Chengdu Open. The eighth-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.