National Sports

Maple Leafs ship forward Joshua to Blues for future considerations

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have traded forward Dakota Joshua to the St. Louis Blues for future considerations. The Blues announced after the trade that they signed the 23-year-old Joshua to a two-year entry-level contract.

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Redblacks need consistent effort from starting QB Davis against visiting Alouettes

OTTAWA — After losing several key players in the off-season, there were a number of questions surrounding what the Ottawa Redblacks were realistically capable of heading into the 2019 CFL campaign.

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A veteran of the Tottenham-Arsenal rivalry, Montreal's Sagna no stranger to derby games

MONTREAL — Bacary Sagna knows a thing or two about high-pressure derby games. The former Arsenal defender played more than a dozen matches against North London archrival Tottenham Hotspur during his time in the English Premier League.

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Canada rugby team adds Leicester's Boris Stankovich to coaching staff

TORONTO — Canada has added Leicester Tigers scrum coach Boris Stankovich to its coaching staff for the Pacific Nations Cup and Rugby World Cup in Japan. Stankovich will join the Canadian team next week in Langford, B.C.

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Canadians Pavan, Humana-Paredes into Gstaad beach volleyball quarterfinals

GSTAAD, Switzerland — World champions Sarah Pavan of Kitchener, Ont., and Melissa Humana-Paredes of Toronto have advanced to quarterfinals of the five-star Beach Volleyball Gstaad tournament in Switzerland.

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Orioles ask court to refuse arbitration decision with Nats

NEW YORK — Lawyers for the Baltimore Orioles were met by skeptical questions from a judge they asked to reject an arbitration decision from baseball executives awarding the Washington Nationals $296.8 million for their television rights from 2012-16.

Jul 12, 2019 12:30 PM Read more >

Tough defence helping Toronto Wolfpack make up for handling errors on offence

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack have been winning ugly in recent weeks but remain on course to finish atop the second-tier Betfred Championship, with promotion to the Super League the ultimate goal.

Jul 12, 2019 11:55 AM Read more >

Ottawa's Dabrowski, China's Xu advance to Wimbledon doubles final

WIMBLEDON, England — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Xu Yifan of China advanced to the Wimbledon women mixed doubles with a 6-1, 3-6, 6-3 win over defending champions Barbora Krejcikova and Katerina Siniakova on Friday.

Jul 12, 2019 8:46 AM Read more >

Canada drops 2 spots to No. 7 in FIFA rankings after round-of-16 World Cup exit

Canada has dropped two places to No. 7 in the FIFA world rankings after exiting in the round of 16 at the recent Women's World Cup. The world champion Americans remained No.

Jul 12, 2019 8:24 AM Read more >

Trevor Harris, Edmonton Eskimos hand B.C. Lions 'embarrassing' 33-6 loss

VANCOUVER — Coach DeVone Claybrooks says his B.C. Lions can't continue to allow their biggest asset to languish.

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