National Sports

Canada will entertain French Guiana on March 24 at Vancouver's B.C. Place Stadium, wrapping up its CONCACAF Nations League qualifying schedule. CONCACAF had originally listed the game as March 26 at Toronto's BMO Field, which hosted the Oct.

Team Brad Jacobs will turn to a couple of curling veterans to fill the vacancy created by Ryan Fry's decision to take an indefinite leave after his disqualification from the Red Deer Curling Classic.

CALGARY — Tired but happy Calgary Stampeders filed off the buses at McMahon Stadium with the Grey Cup in tow Monday. The Stampeders defeated the Ottawa Redblacks 27-16 for the CFL's championship trophy less than 24 hours earlier in Edmonton.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact have exercised contract options for seven players and declined options on six others, including former France internationals Bacary Sagna and Rod Fanni.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps parted ways with nine players on Monday, and new head coach Marc Dos Santos says changes at the club have only just begun.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets right-wing Patrik Laine, Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury and Tampa Bay Lightning right-wing Nikita Kucherov are the NHL's three stars of the week. Laine led the NHL with 11 goals in four games.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers. The 30-year-old has an assist and a plus-2 differential in eight games this season.

TORONTO — Douglas Vandor expects to be busy at this summer's Pan American Games. The two-time Olympic rower from Dewittville, Que., has been named Canada's chef de mission at this summer's Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.

Gonzaga is the new No. 1 in The Associated Press Top 25, leapfrogging Kansas after winning the Maui Invitational. The Bulldogs were third in last week's poll and moved ahead of No. 2 Kansas following Wednesday's thrilling win over former No.

EDMONTON — Cory Greenwood wasn't sure if his pro football career was over. The veteran linebacker missed all of last season after suffering a torn anterior cruciate ligament on the first day of the Edmonton Eskimos' training camp.