National Sports

EDMONTON — The Calgary Stampeders officially took over the home of their arch-rival Edmonton Eskimos Friday as they prepare to do battle in Sunday's Grey Cup.

MARSEILLE, France — Canada booked its ticket to the Rugby World Cup on Friday with a 27-10 win over Hong Kong, completing a perfect run at a last-chance qualifying tournament.

LAKE LOUISE, Alta. — A suddenly contracted Canadian men's ski team was adjusting to its new reality ahead of the season-opening World Cup downhill.

EDMONTON — If the Ottawa Redblacks win the Grey Cup on Sunday and they make a movie about it, linebacker Kyries Hebert already has a title picked out. It comes from an article he saw this summer. "'The Last Renegade,'" he said with a smile Friday.

VANCOUVER — Coaches for some of the NCAA's best basketball teams had the chance to perform a couple of key duties this week.

TORONTO — Athletics Canada became the latest domestic sport organization to take steps to drop the use of the term 'midget' as an age category classification, a move that came days after the Ontario Basketball Association stated its plans to do the s

EDMONTON — It's been a meteoric rise for general manager Marcel Desjardins and the Ottawa Redblacks. In their fifth year of operation, the Redblacks will face the Calgary Stampeders on Sunday in the Grey Cup game.

Teenage stars Alphonso Davies and Jordyn Huitema have already made their soccer mark for Canada. Now it seems they are making news off the pitch.

EDMONTON — The Canadian Football League is joining a new campaign aimed at ending violence against women. The "Call It Out" campaign urges people to be more than a bystander when they see gender-based violence taking place.

Buoyed by the return of captain Jordyn Huitema from suspension, Canada is looking to reach uncharted territory at the FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup this weekend.