National Sports

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have called up defenceman Evan Bouchard from the American Hockey League's Bakersfield Condors and have placed defenceman Oscar Klefbom on injured reserve. The Oilers also assigned forward Markus Granlund to Bakersfield.

Low on bodies, the Toronto Wolfpack have got some temporary roster help in the form of French international Tony Gigot. The 29-year-old, who played for Catalan Dragons last season, joins the transatlantic rugby league team on a four-week trial basis.

INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Andretti's driver lineup is locked and loaded for May. He already had two race winners, two of IndyÇar's rising stars and his own son, Marco, geared up.

Dr. Mike Wilkinson is well-versed in the threat of a pandemic ahead of an Olympic Games.

MARSEILLE, France — Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil has advanced to the quarterfinals of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament after beating his seventh top-60 opponent this year. Pospisil, ranked 98th in the world, defeated No.

KRASNOYARSK, Russia — The Canadian women and men have secured semifinal spots at the world junior curling championships.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs will be without forward Andreas Johnsson for the rest of the season. The Maple Leafs announced Wednesday that Johnsson is expected to miss six months after undergoing right knee surgery earlier in the day.

DOHA, Qatar — Canada's Bianca Andreescu has dropped out of next week's Qatar Total Open because of a lingering left knee injury. The reigning U.S.

MONTREAL — Running back Tyrell Sutton is back with the Montreal Alouettes. The five-foot-nine, 205-pound Sutton re-signed with Montreal on Wednesday. He became a CFL free agent last week.

TOKYO — A respected Japanese virologist on Wednesday said if the Tokyo Olympics were tomorrow, the games probably couldn't be held because of the fast-spreading virus from Wuhan, China. “We need to find the best way to have a safe Olympics," Dr.