National Sports

Canadian Kevin Pangos is finally NBA-bound. The Cleveland Cavaliers signed the 28-year-old guard, who'd spent the past six years playing in Europe, to a two-year deal on Wednesday, according to his agency Priority Sports.

Injured Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies found himself having to explain a social media post Wednesday on the eve of Canada's World Cup qualifying game against El Salvador.

BRANDON, Man. — Brandon University has issued a statement publicly criticizing former NHLer Theo Fleury for spreading harmful conspiracy theories. The school in southwestern Manitoba granted Fleury an honorary doctorate in 2015.

TORONTO — When Canada Basketball cleaned up its offices during the COVID-19 pandemic, Glen Grunwald said they unearthed plans for a national training centre going back to the 1980s.

NEW YORK (AP) — Television viewers are ready for some football. Three college matchups scored among the Nielsen company's four most-watched television programs last week. Only an episode of NBC's “America's Got Talent” broke through.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames are beefing up their roster ahead of training camp, signing a pair of players to new contracts.

MONTREAL — The undisputed queen of the Tokyo Paralympic Games, Aurélie Rivard mentions it right off the top: she is still floating on a cloud two weeks removed from her experience in Japan. Rivard, 25, of Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Que.

TORONTO — It's been a painful, difficult season for Toronto FC, mired in the MLS basement as it resumes play this weekend after an international break.

LONDON (AP) — A man from northwestern England was spared jail time Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to posting racist abuse on social media after three Black players on the England soccer team missed penalty shots during the final of the European Ch

CALGARY — The Western Hockey League is juggling its early-season schedule to deal with ongoing border restrictions. The league said teams in the B.C. Division will compete exclusively against other B.C.-based teams during October. Teams in the U.S.