National Sports

VUOKATTI, Finland — Mark Arendz won a gold medal in the men's standing division while fellow Canadian Brian McKeever took silver in the men's visually impaired category Wednesday at the opening event of the IPC Nordic World Cup circuit.

MONTREAL — A lawsuit filed Wednesday against Alpine Canada by three victims of former national ski coach Bertrand Charest alleges the sports federation covered up the sexual abuse in the interest of results on the slopes and sponsorship money.

Toronto FC will play Las Vegas Lights FC in a pre-season friendly Feb. 2 in Las Vegas. The game with the USL club is the first announced for TFC during its training camp. Players are scheduled to report Jan.

TORONTO — The UFC has postponed its UFC 233 pay-per-view card scheduled for Jan. 26 in Anaheim, Calif. The UFC did not provide a reason why.

Just 23, Canadian soccer international Ashley Lawrence is looking after her future while doing her best to help the welfare of others. Lawrence signed a new multi-year deal with Paris Saint-Germain on Monday.

TORONTO — Fans of the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Saskatchewan Roughriders will want to keep an eye on the NCAA football semifinals.

LAS VEGAS — Al Helfer, who broadcast games on radio for the "Mutual Game of the Day" in the 1950s, has won the Ford C. Frick Award for excellence in broadcasting by baseball's Hall of Fame and Museum.

CALGARY — Cavalry FC has signed four local players in Calgarians Marco Carducci, Chris Serban, Dominick Zator and Elijah Adekugbe.

LOS ANGELES — Kyle Lowry was in a funk right along with his Toronto Raptors. He had a combined 15 points in his last five games while the team had lost three of four.

DENVER — Edmonton Oilers defenceman Oscar Klefbom could be missing a significant amount of time after leaving Tuesday's game with a hand injury.