National Sports

ZURICH (AP) — The International Ice Hockey Federation said Wednesday that Israel will be able to play in an upcoming tournament after previously barring its national team from the event over security concerns.

Qwan'Tez Stiggers will be playing pro football in 2024. He just doesn't know where yet. The six-foot, 197-pound cornerback was the CFL's top rookie last season with the Toronto Argonauts and remains under contract with the club.

TORONTO — UFC middleweight champion Sean (Tarzan) Strickland came as advertised Wednesday — R-rated with absolutely no self-edit.

Toronto's weather, a frigid -10 C feeling like -21 Wednesday, was a shock to some fighters in town for Saturday's UFC 297 card.

The Schmidt siblings are hitting their ski cross stride at the same time. Hannah Schmidt, 29, and Jared Schmidt, 26, have posted career-best results this season.

TORONTO — Star sprinter Andre De Grasse has bought into AFC Toronto City, the local entry in the proposed Canadian women's professional soccer league.

He's entering his 14th CFL season and will be 38 years old when training camp begins but Stanley Bryant isn't ready to retire just yet.

RED DEER, Alta. — South Korea's Eunjung Kim stole a single point in the eighth end for a 6-5 victory over Ottawa's Rachel Homan on Wednesday at the Co-op Canadian Open. The result left both teams with 1-1 records in round-robin play.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have transferred forward Simon Becher to Danish side AC Horsens, the Major League Soccer club announced Wednesday. The Whitecaps will retain a percentage of future transfer fees as part of the move.

MANNHEIM, Germany — Tyler Ennis has called time on his hockey career. The former NHL winger made the announcement Wednesday via his German club after suffering a neck injury in November.