National Sports

TORONTO — While he works on building a winning team on the pitch, Canadian men's soccer coach John Herdman is also looking to knit his players together off it.

OTTAWA — Unlike many others who have left the Ottawa Senators on sour terms, Dion Phaneuf has nothing but good things to say about the franchise. The 33-year-old Los Angeles Kings defenceman has fond memories on and off the ice from Canada's capital.

RAYMOND, Alta. — Five players with a high school football team are being treated for injuries in hospitals following a collision at a rural highway intersection in southeastern Alberta.

FREDERICTON — The University of New Brunswick women's varsity hockey team is set to play its first game Saturday, after a former player successfully fought to have it resurrected in the name of gender equality.

Bob Knuckey wants to be the fastest man at the world Ironman championship among men in their eighth decades. The 70-year-old retired teacher from Caledon, Ont.

TORONTO — The promotion push starts anew for the Toronto Wolfpack next month when the players report to training camp.

TORONTO — Laurence Applebaum couldn't help but take it personally when Toronto mayoral candidate Jennifer Keesmaat proposed shutting down some of the city's public courses.

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime has reached the final of the Tashkent Challenger. The 18-year-old from Montreal downed Egor Gerasimov of Belarus 6-4, 7-6 (4) in a semifinal on Friday. Ranked No.

Stockholm's bid to host the 2026 Olympics is at risk only three days after the IOC formally approved the city among three candidates.

VANCOUVER — A change of scenery seems like it might pay off for an annual holiday tradition. Ticket demand for the 2019 world junior hockey championship — Dec. 26, 2018-Jan.