National Sports

ATLANTA — Toronto FC was without star striker Jozy Altidore again Wednesday for the MLS Eastern Conference final against Atlanta United FC. Altidore, Toronto's second-leading scorer with 11 goals this season.

Ottawa Fury FC has elected not to renew the contract of head coach Nikola Popovic. The USL Championship club's season ended Oct. 23 in a 5-4 penalty shootout playoff loss to the Charleston Battery in the Eastern Conference play-in round.

CALGARY — When the weather outside is frightful, football teams need to be able to run the ball. Looking beyond Saturday's regular-season finale in Vancouver where Mother Nature won't matter inside B.C.

TORONTO — Struggling to find traction early in his career, Lanny McDonald remembers being summoned into Jim Gregory's office at Maple Leaf Gardens. McDonald, the No.

WINNIPEG — Willie Jefferson and Mike Miller both put an asterisk beside one of their Winnipeg Blue Bombers awards on Wednesday.

PARIS — Canada's Denis Shapovalov is off to the third round of the Paris Masters after recording his first win over a top-15 player since March. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont., upset No.

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TORONTO — Charlie Taaffe, who twice was the CFL's coach of the year with the Montreal Alouettes, has died. He was 69. Taaffe's sister, Mary Bowen, said on social media that Taaffe died after a short battle with cancer. Taaffe, a native of Albany, N.

TORONTO — The CFL's leading passer and top receiver were unanimous selections for the league's top individual award.

TORONTO — Mexico's Liga de Futbol Americano Professional (LFA) will hold its first-ever Canadian draft Friday. The draft is part of the LFA's partnership with the CFL, which was formally agreed upon last November in Edmonton.