National Sports

MONTREAL — Via Rail train 068 was pulling into Montreal Central Station late Wednesday night when the woman who'd been seated behind sprinter Andre De Grasse for the previous five hours poked her head up to wish him good luck.

HAMILTON — Their teams lead their respective divisions and have just one loss between them. But that's still not nearly enough to instigate early Grey Cup talk from either Mike O'Shea or Orlondo Steinauer.

TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have acquired defenceman Jordan Schmaltz from the St. Louis Blues in exchange for defenceman Andreas Borgman.

SAINT-MICHEL-DE-MAURIENNE, France — With the Alps spread like giant teeth in front of him and rivals speeding away, seeking to steal the precious yellow jersey off his shoulders, Julian Alaphilippe switched off the part of the brain that stops normal

With the 2020 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo a year away, here are eight Canadian athletes to keep an eye on: ANDRE DE GRASSE, Track — The 24-year-old from Markham, Ont.

Med school is on hold for Sean Duke as the veteran back comes out of retirement, looking to help Canada three-peat in rugby sevens at the Pan American Games.

GWANGJU, Korea, Republic Of — The Canadian women's 4x200-metre freestyle relay team captured a bronze medal on Thursday at the world aquatics championships. Kayla Sanchez of Scarborough, Ont., Taylor Ruck of Kelowna, B.C.

NEW YORK — Soccer star Megan Rapinoe has scored again, this time with a book deal. Penguin Press announced Thursday that Rapinoe's book, currently untitled, will be published in Fall 2020.

The Philadelphia Eagles have hired Canada's Catherine Raiche as their football operations co-ordinator.

Dom Domic has been on Canadian surfing's long road to sporting prominence from the beginning. The Calgary native was first exposed to the sport on family vacations to California and Hawaii as a youngster.