National Sports

Bev Priestman calls it a "baptism of fire, in a good way." The 34-year-old English native makes her debut as Canada coach on Thursday against the top-ranked Americans at the SheBelieves Cup women's soccer tournament in Orlando.

HAMILTON — Forge FC has re-signed Belgian defender Daniel Krutzen to a multi-year contract that will keep him in Hamilton through at least the 2022 season.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — Reuel D'Souza had five goals in a losing cause as Canada fell 14-11 to Georgia on Tuesday at a men's water polo Olympic qualification tournament.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal has signed American forward Erik Hurtado to a deal for the 2021 season with an option for 2022.

Trevor Hofbauer misses the thrill of the race. The 28-year-old Canadian is most famous for crushing the Tokyo Olympic marathon standard in a seven-minute personal best in 2019.

Fresh air, blazing speed and spacious alpine terrain makes skiing and snowboarding low-risk activities for COVID-19 transmission, infectious disease doctors say. But the threat is never zero during a global pandemic, they add.

VANCOUVER — Johnny Gaudreau wasn't overly concerned as the officials gathered at the penalty box Monday night, conferring over whether or not the Calgary Flames forward had, in fact, scored the overtime winner.

TORONTO — The Ottawa Senators haven't had much to get excited about this season.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Bianca Andreescu is heading to the quarterfinals of the Phillip Island Trophy. The No. 2 seed, from Mississauga, Ont., beat Ziyana Diyas of Kazakhstan in the round of 16 on Tuesday.

EDMONTON — Head coach Paul Maurice didn't derive much pleasure from the Winnipeg Jets' exciting 6-5 win Monday night over the Edmonton Oilers.