National Sports

TORONTO — It's an exciting time for Toronto sitting on the doorstep of advancing into the Professional Women's Hockey League championship final.

TORONTO — Yusei Kikuchi wanted to start an important six-game stretch against American League rivals with some of his best pitching.

TORONTO — The WNBA's widely reported arrival in Toronto isn't just a good thing for women's basketball in Canada, but for women's sports in general, says one expert.

VANCOUVER — Amid a busy month of May, the Vancouver Whitecaps (5-2-3) will put their unbeaten road record on the line when they visit a familiar foe on Saturday in LAFC (4-4-3).

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Andrew Nembhard made a 31-foot, tiebreaking 3-pointer with 16 seconds left, Tyrese Haliburton scored 35 points and the Indiana Pacers rallied in the fourth quarter to beat the banged-up and short-handed New York Knicks 111-106 on

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Ethan Gauthier scored 5:23 into overtime as the visiting Drummondville Voltigeurs edged the Baie-Comeau Drakkar 1-0 in the second game of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League Championship final on Friday night.

The CFL Players Association launched an appeal Friday night against the CFL for denying it access to the full independent report that resulted in the league suspending quarterback Chad Kelly for violating its gender-based violence policy.

TORONTO — Saad Zafar is ready for cricket to take the next step in Canada, both on the pitch and in the stands.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — Xander Schauffele has been a mainstay near the top of the leaderboard most of the year. Now he’s hoping to close the door.

VANCOUVER — The Canadian Forces Snowbirds will be performing a flyover across downtown Vancouver at the start of tonight's Stanley Cup playoff game between the Canucks and the Edmonton Oilers.