National Sports

TORONTO — Less than 10 weeks before kickoff, the Canadian Premier League has unveiled its media partner with ambitious plans to showcase soccer in Canada.

NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Philadelphia Flyers defenceman Radko Gudas two games for high-sticking Tampa Bay Lightning forward Nikita Kucherov.

VANCOUVER — A new heritage minute is sharing the story of a pioneering baseball team in British Columbia and the shameful government policy that tore them apart.

HAMILTON — Mike Filer is staying put. The veteran Canadian centre re-signed with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Wednesday. The 28-year-old will return for his eighth season with the CFL club. Filer, a six-foot-two, 290-pound native of Brantford, Ont.

Canadian race car driver Robert Wickens' latest update on his rehabilitation from a horrifying crash took a heartwarming turn when he stood up for a brief dance with his fiancee.

SYDNEY, N.S. — Longtime skip Russ Howard wasn't expecting to embark on a long television broadcasting career when he first entered the booth nearly two decades ago.

MARSEILLE, France — Canada's Denis Shapovalov was bounced from the second round of the Open 13 Provence tennis tournament with a 6-4, 7-6 (4) loss to Kazakhstan's Mikhail Kukushkin. Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

MONTREAL — Alex Harvey, one of Canada's most successful cross-country skiers, will hang up his skis for good at the end of the current World Cup season.

TORONTO — Add Italy to the growing list of international football federations working with the CFL. The Federazione Italiana di American Football (FIDAF) and the CFL announced they will team up in a partnership to grow the game on Wednesday.

The UFC is returning to Ottawa for a May 4 show at the Canadian Tire Centre.