National Sports

TORONTO — After lasting just 39 seconds in his UFC debut, Calgary featherweight (Mean) Hakeem Dawodu bounced back with a unanimous decision in July in his home town.

TOMASZOW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Canada captured bronze in women's team pursuit on Friday at the third World Cup speedskating event of the season. Ottawa's Ivanie Blondin and Isabelle Weidemann and Keri Morrison of Burlington, Ont.

TORONTO — Whatever the outcome of Saturday's UFC 231 main event between featherweight champion Max (Blessed) Holloway and challenger Brian (T-City) Ortega, UFC president Dana White says it could be Holloway's last outing at 145 pounds.

TORONTO — The Canadian Lacrosse Association is the latest domestic sport federation to consider dropping the term 'midget' from its youth category classification system.

EDMONTON — Mike Benevides is the latest casualty of the new CFL non-player operations cap. The Edmonton Eskimos announced Friday that Benevides will not be returning to Jason Maas's coaching staff for the 2019 season.

David Onyemata hadn't played a single down of football when he arrived at the University of Manitoba in 2011.

Canada coach Kenneth Heiner-Moller learns his team's road map at the 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup on Saturday at the tournament draw in Paris.

TORONTO — Dylan Larkin scored on a breakaway at 2:48 of overtime and the Detroit Red Wings beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 5-4 on Thursday night after blowing a three-goal lead in the third period.

VANCOUVER — Chalk up another first for Elias Pettersson. The rookie scored on his first NHL penalty shot Thursday as the Vancouver Canucks beat the Nashville Predators 5-3 to snap a four-game losing streak.

Thursday's Games NHL Calgary 2 Minnesota 0 Vancouver 5 Nashville 3 Montreal 5 Ottawa 2 Detroit 5 Toronto 4 (OT) Pittsburgh 6 N.Y.