National Sports

SATURNIA, Italy — Powering up a climb so steep that bystanders gave riders helping pushes, Canadian Michael Woods won Stage 3 of the Tirreno-Adriatico on Wednesday and took the overall lead.

NEW YORK — Steve Nash was a leader, a guy who loved to get the best out of his teammates on the court and build relationships with them off it. Those qualities helped the Canadian become a Hall of Fame player.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack are currently a team without a league, an insolvent rugby league franchise whose missed payroll totals some 500,000 pounds ($854,620). But where others see a sporting sinkhole, Carlo LiVolsi sees a business opportunity.

TORONTO — Clayton will head into the $1-million Queen's Plate on Saturday a little under the radar and trainer Kevin Attard is good with it.

Michael Woods, a bronze medallist at the 2018 worlds, and Tour de France rider Hugo Houle will lead Canada at the 2020 UCI Road World Championships. The competition, scheduled for Sept.

ISTANBUL — Canadian qualifier Eugenie Bouchard has advanced to the second round of the Istanbul Tennis Championship. Bouchard, from Westmount, Que., beat world No.

CALGARY — Canada's status as an international winter-sport host is taking a beating during the COVID-19 pandemic.

NEW YORK — Canadian Denis Shapovalov has been bounced from the U.S. Open. The 21-year-old Shapovalov was topped by Spain's Pablo Carreno Busta on Tuesday in the quarterfinals, 3-6, 7-6 (5), 7-6 (4), 0-6, 6-3.

NEW YORK — The disqualification of Novak Djokovic from the U.S.

EDMONTON — After running into a hot goalie late last round and being shut out in the opener of the Western Conference final, pressure mounted in the minds of the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2.