National Sports

HAMILTON — Canadian defenders Kwame Awuah and Dominic Samuel will be back with Canadian Premier League champion Forge FC for the 2021 season. The Hamilton-based team picked up contract options on both players.

GOLDEN VALLEY, Minn. — Canadian defender Callum Montgomery has signed a new contract with Minnesota United FC. The Loons acquired the 23-year-old from Lantzville, B.C., in a December trade that sent FC Dallas a fourth-round draft pick in 2022.

MIES, Switzerland — The Canadian women's basketball team will have a chance to exact revenge on Spain at the 2021 Tokyo Olympics. Canada was placed into Group A with Spain, Serbia and South Korea in the draw on Tuesday.

WINNIPEG — Johnny Gaudreau put in a little extra work to keep his hot start going.

MELBOURNE, Australia — World No. 1 Novak Djokovic and Serbian teammate Filip Krajinovic came back to beat Canadians Milos Raonic and Denis Shapovalov in a deciding doubles match at the ATP Cup on Tuesday.

MONTREAL — He may be sitting among the NHL's top scoring defencemen, but Jeff Petry is keeping his focus simple — just do what it takes to win.

NEW YORK — Major League Baseball will proceed with an on-time start to spring training and the season after players rejected a plan Monday night to delay reporting by a more than a month.

Canadian Bianca Andreescu will skip this week's Grampians Trophy and instead return to action at the Australian Open.

SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — The American Hockey League's Canadian Division will have to wait a little bit longer to start their 2020-21 season.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he keeps a signed hockey stick from "living legend" Willie O'Ree as a constant reminder of the work that remains to combat racism.