National Sports

NEW YORK — Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid, Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky and Boston Bruins left-wing Brad Marchand have been named the NHL three stars for March.

Even though Brigitte Thibault's parents Josee and Daniel had been avid golfers for decades, she was never really interested in the sport until watching the Masters with her family in 2005.

TORONTO — Canada's men's basketball team will get an early look at Australia, one of the countries in its World Cup group. Canada will take on Australia's Boomers in a pair of exhibition games Aug. 16 and 17 at RAC Arena in Perth, Australia.

TORONTO — Dan Vanhooren has been named head coach of Canada's under-19 men's basketball team.

LAS VEGAS — Connor McDavid didn't try to hide his feelings after the Edmonton Oilers' playoff fate was sealed.

The season did not end as Zion Williamson and R.J. Barrett intended. The fabulous freshmen came to Duke to win a national championship and their bid came up short with a loss to Michigan State in the Elite Eight.

MANCHESTER, England — A quad pull has caused striker Adriana Leon to miss Canada's soccer friendly against England. The Canadian women, ranked fifth in the world, play No. 4 England on Friday at Manchester's Academy Stadium.

Had the final score been different, Melodie Daoust's shootout goal would be more celebrated in Canadian hockey history. With an Olympic gold medal on the line last year, Daoust didn't play it safe by choosing a corner of the net and shooting.

Even though Brigitte Thibault's parents Josee and Daniel had been avid golfers for decades, she was never really interested in the sport until watching the Masters with her family in 2005.

TORONTO — Kawhi Leonard paid tribute to the late rapper Nipsey Hussle on Monday. The Raptors star had written "RIP NIP" on his New Balance shoes, and "All Money In" — the name of Hussle's record label.