National Sports

Vancouver's National Lacrosse League team will feature a new name and logo when it opens its season in December. Canucks Sports & Entertainment announced Friday that the team will be renamed the Warriors.

To be the best in the world, Damian Warner believes he needs to train where he's most happy. And so the 28-year-old decathlete is leaving his training base in Calgary and moving back home to London, Ont.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Canadian lawyer who investigated the state-backed doping scheme by Russia when it hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics said the World Anti-Doping Agency rushed into accepting a bad deal by reinstating the country's drug-testing

Frustration has been a constant companion for Toronto FC this season. So has disappointment. And there could be more of both in Harrison, N.J., on Saturday unless Toronto can dispatch the New York Red Bulls to keep its slender playoff hopes alive.

WATERLOO, Ont. — They took back their city last weekend. Now, quarterback Tre Ford and the upstart Waterloo Warriors have set their sights on taking down the defending national champions.

VANCOUVER — Bo Horvat says one of his newest Vancouver Canucks teammates has some similarities with a familiar face. Swedish centre Elias Pettersson had two assists in the Canucks' 4-3 shootout victory over the L.A.

Thursday's Games NFL Cleveland 21 N.Y. Jets 17 --- NHL Pre-season Montreal 5 Washington 2 N.Y.

EDMONTON — Ty Rattie is taking advantage of the opportunity currently presented.

NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi has been suspended for the remainder of the NHL pre-season after punching Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad during an exhibition game.

TORONTO — Sitting in the home dugout at Rogers Centre, Justin Smoak had a front-row seat as his Toronto Blue Jays teammates staged one of the biggest comebacks in team history. And then suddenly it was the veteran slugger's turn at the plate.