National Sports

CALGARY — The final contest of a four-game exhibition series between the Canadian women's hockey team and the Alberta Junior Hockey League has been cancelled due to COVID-19 concerns. The women's team was scheduled to face the Calgary Canucks on Jan.

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Ralf Rangnick fell to his first loss as Manchester United manager after Joao Moutinho’s 82nd-minute strike earned Wolverhampton a 1-0 win in the English Premier League on Monday and a first victory at Old Trafford since 198

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Elks have signed Canadian lineman David Foucault, defensive back Mike Dubuisson and kicker Greg Hutchins. Foucault appeared in 13 games with the Montreal Alouettes in 2021 before being released on Dec. 20.

STAMFORD, Conn. (AP) — Sky Sports News has been dropped from U.S. television following the shutdown of the NBC Sports Network. SSN, the leading outlet of British and European soccer news on U.S.

Canada's Mark McMorris is doing all he can to stay safe ahead of the Beijing Olympics — which he expects will start as scheduled. McMorris will be competing at a snowboarding World Cup event in Mammoth Mountain, Calif.

OTTAWA — The NHL has postponed Ottawa's game Thursday night in Seattle after three more Senators players and a coach entered the league's COVID-19 protocol.

Toronto Maple Leafs star centre Auston Matthews was held out of Monday's practice after testing positive for COVID-19.

NEW YORK — St. Louis Blues centre Jordan Kyrou, New Jersey Devils centre Jack Hughes and Florida Panthers left-wing Jonathan Huberdeau have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

Roy Rana, who coached Canada to a gold medal at the 2017 FIBA under-19 World Cup in Cairo, has been named head coach of Egypt's men's basketball team. The Egyptian Basketball Federation announced Rana's hiring Monday on Twitter.

ADELAIDE, Australia — Canadian tennis star Leylah Fernandez kicked off her 2022 season with a win on Monday, defeating Russia's Ekaterina Alexandrova 6-3, 6-4 in first-round action at the Adelaide International.