National Sports

Canada's women's water polo team has been drawn into a pool with Australia, South Africa, Netherlands and Spain for the Tokyo Olympics. World No. 6 Canada will be making its third Olympic appearance in Tokyo.

Canadian tennis star Bianca Andreescu will miss three upcoming tournaments with a leg injury. Andreescu's agent, Jonathan Dasnieres de Veigy, confirmed her withdrawal from tournaments in Doha and Dubai in an email to The Canadian Press.

LAS VEGAS — Canadian bantamweight Aiemann Zahabi knocked out Drako (The Great Drakolini) Rodriguez in the first round on the undercard of a UFC Fight Night show Saturday.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Maybe, just maybe, the thinking went, Novak Djokovic would be just a tad more susceptible to trouble this time around at the Australian Open.

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EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers superstar captain continues to amaze and get the better of his team's provincial rival.

MONTREAL — Auston Matthews is trying not to think or talk about his headline-grabbing, eye-popping tear. Letting his play speak for itself is working out just fine.

CALGARY — Varying degrees of game rust were evident on the first full day of curling at the national women's championship Saturday.

LOS ANGELES — The wind stopped Sam Burns right when he was about to get started with a five-shot lead Saturday at the Genesis Invitational. Darkness stopped him right after two straight bogeys narrowed his lead to two.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Forward Cedric Desruisseaux scored two goals and added two assists of his own in an 8-2 Charlottetown Islanders drubbing of the Cape Breton Eagles in Charlottetown Saturday evening.