National Sports

The Canadian men open the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series in Dubai on Thursday free of the tumult that preceded last season. It's the start of a journey that will take them to the Tokyo Olympics next July.

TORONTO — Abraham Toro and Jordan Balazovic have won the top two minor-league awards from the Canadian Baseball Network for 2019. Toro was named Canadian offensive player of the year, while Balazovic earned top pitcher honours.

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Marc-Andre Fleury plays when he’s told. How much he plays has changed. A decade ago, Fleury started 61 out of 82 games before backstopping Pittsburgh to the Stanley Cup.

After becoming the first six-time winner of the Ballon d’Or, Lionel Messi said he’s far from finished. “I hope to continue for a long time,” Messi said on Monday in Paris from behind a row of the trophies which honour the world’s best soccer player.

Canada will be counting on Alexis Lafreniere for offence at the upcoming world junior hockey championship. And with the status of some of the other veterans from last year's team up in the air, add leadership to his to-do list. The presumptive No.

Phillippe Aumont spent a good chunk of the last few years wondering if baseball was still a viable career choice.

TORONTO — Kyle Lowry and Serge Ibaka have watched from the sidelines as the surging Toronto Raptors have put together a seven-game winning streak and climbed to second in the Eastern Conference.

VANCOUVER — Rick Campbell helped turn the Ottawa Redblacks from a struggling CFL expansion team into a Grey Cup champion. The B.C. Lions are hoping he can do the same thing in Vancouver.

SEATTLE — Chris Petersen has always worked according to his own schedule.