National Sports

TORONTO — Featherstone Rovers, the lowest-ranked of the five teams to make the Betfred Championship post-season, have beaten all-comers in the playoffs so far. And they have done it the hard way — with three wins on the road.

TORONTO — Two Hamilton Tiger-Cats and a Saskatchewan Roughrider are the CFL's top performers for September.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — In a story Oct. 1 about an Ohio State University task force, The Associated Press erroneously reported Regis Becker’s current role with the U.S. Center for SafeSport. He is no longer interim CEO but remains a member of its board.

CALGARY — By design or coincidence, NHL schedulers injected an extra dose of drama in the Calgary Flames' season-opener.

There really is no place like home for Dane Evans and the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Hamilton (11-3) hosts the Edmonton Eskimos (7-7) on Friday night in its first home game in over a month.

NAGANO, Japan — The Canadian men's volleyball team squandered a two-set lead en route to a 3-2 loss (23-25, 16-25, 25-17, 25-23, 15-10) to Russia on Wednesday at the World Cup. The loss dropped Canada to 0-2 at the event.

BEIJING — Bianca Andreescu won her WTA Tour season-high 16th match in a row on Wednesday, but the Canadian is not satisfied with her mental approach. After the world No.

OITA, Japan — Refreshed after an 11-day break, New Zealand gave Canada a 63-0 thrashing that was expected in the Rugby World Cup on Wednesday.

The St. Louis Blues will look a lot like the team that won the franchise's first Stanley Cup when the puck drops for the NHL's season-opening game against the 2018 champion Washington Capitals.

WASHINGTON — After all the heartache and close calls, all the early exits, maybe it makes sense that a 20-year-old kid who never had been to the post-season , Juan Soto, would help the Washington Nationals finally advance.