National Sports

SAO PAULO — Canada's national women's soccer team lost in disappointing fashion on Tuesday, but manager Bev Priestman saw a lot of positives in her team's performance.

Bob Nicholson is proud of much of what he accomplished during his time leading Hockey Canada. He pushed to improve on-ice safety and grow the national sports organization's financial might. Its former president and CEO also has regrets.

NAPLES, Fla. — Canada's Brooke Henderson is planning to tough it out for the final event of the LPGA Tour season. Henderson offered no explanation when she withdrew from the Pelican Women’s Championship on Saturday.

TORONTO — Zach Collaros of the Grey Cup-bound Winnipeg Blue Bombers headlines the CFL's 2022 all-star team. The 27-player all-star roster was released Tuesday by the CFL in advance of the league championship this Sunday in Regina.

OTTAWA — AthletesCAN, the association of Canada's national team athletes, has joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's new program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport.

There's a story that speaks volumes about Canada coach Herdman.

MOSCOW (AP) — A show of prison artwork by Viktor Bout , the Russian arms trader serving 25 years in the United States and the focus of speculation about a prisoner swap that could free WNBA star Brittney Griner , opened Tuesday at the upper chamber o

John Herdman believed when virtually no one else did. Canada was going to the World Cup in 2022. That was the message at his first camp in charge, in March 2018 in Murcia, Spain.

CALGARY — Luge Canada has joined Abuse-Free Sport, the federal government's new independent program to prevent and address maltreatment in sport.

TORONTO — Henrik Sedin missed the Hockey Hall of Fame's ring ceremony Friday.