National Sports

Canada's Aaliyah Edwards has declared for the WNBA Draft. The UConn Huskies senior forward made the announcement Thursday on social media with a video referring to this season's NCAA women's basketball tournament as her "last dance.

SAO PAULO (AP) — Former soccer star Robinho turned himself in Thursday to start serving a nine-year prison sentence in his native Brazil more than 10 years after he was first accused of raping a woman in Italy.

MIAMI — Canadian Félix Auger-Aliassime is through to the second round of men's singles at the Miami Open. Auger-Aliassime, of Montreal, dispatched Australian qualifier Adam Walton 7-5, 6-4 in a first-round match Thursday.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers signed forward James Stefan to a three-year entry level contract Thursday.

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PLANICA, Slovenia — Canada's Alexandria Loutitt clinched World Cup silver in women's ski jumping Thursday, marking her seventh podium finish of the season in the year's final competition. The 20-year-old from Calgary posted a two-jump total of 242.

Canadian snowboarder Mark McMorris is sporting a look these days courtesy of taking his knee to his face. The 30-year-old from Regina posted on Instagram earlier this week a video of himself spinning and twisting high above a snowy slope.

QUEBEC — A Quebec judge will deliver sentences in July for two former Quebec major junior hockey players who pleaded guilty to sexually assaulting a minor in June 2021 at a hotel as their team celebrated a championship win.

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Shohei Ohtani is referred to in Japan as “kanpeki no hito” — the perfect person — because of his manners and impeccable behavior.

Jennifer Gardiner used to get asked about plans for the future. Her answer was simple — become a professional hockey player. "But that wasn't really an option," she recalled.