National Sports

TORONTO — A look at Toronto FC as it prepares to kick off the 2024 MLS season Sunday at FC Cincinnati: LAST YEAR: Finished 4-20-10, last in the league. ROAD WOES: TFC failed to win on the road in league play last season at 0-13-4.

Toronto FC continued its rebuild Friday by reacquiring one of its own. Canadian international fullback Richie Laryea returned to the fold in a transfer from England's Nottingham Forest, the club he left TFC for in January 2022.

PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad And Tobago — Myles Morgan scored three goals and Santiago Lopez and 15-year-old Sergei Kozlovskiy had two apiece as Canada thumped Dominica 8-0 at the CONCACAF Under-20 Championship Qualifiers on Friday.

TORONTO — A former strength and conditioning coach with the Toronto Argonauts is suing the CFL club for wrongful dismissal and star quarterback Chad Kelly for alleged violations of the Ontario Human Rights Code.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — The Toronto Blue Jays made off-season adjustments to their coaching staff in the wake of a middling offensive season last year.

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — Jen Pawol will take a big step toward breaking the gender barrier for Major League Baseball umpires on Saturday when she becomes the first woman to work a big league spring training game in 17 years.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have signed Sergio Castillo to a one-year contract as the veteran kicker looks to build on an outstanding 2023 CFL campaign.

MONTREAL — Jean-Guy Talbot, one of 12 Montreal Canadiens players to win five consecutive Stanley Cups between 1956 and 1960, has died. He was 91 years old.

Canada Cricket looks to make some noise this year, or at least some headlines. For the first time, Canada is headed to the ICC Men's T20 World Cup in June in the West Indies and U.S.

CF Montreal is heading into the Major League Soccer season with plenty of intrigue.