National Sports

Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has signed with the Carolina Panthers and will join the NFL team's practice squad. The 29-year-old resident of Oakville, Ont.

TORONTO — Fourteen former Canadian Hockey League players have submitted affidavits detailing alleged abuse and hazing in a class-action lawsuit filed by two other ex-players.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have issued affiliation invitations to four minor-league clubs as part of Major League Baseball's player development overhaul.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Forge FC's long-distance Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign ended Tuesday in an ill-tempered 1-0 loss to Honduras's CD Marathon that saw both captain Kyle Bekker and coach Bobby Smyrniotis shown red cards in the final minutes

PARIS — The Champions League game between Paris Saint-Germain and Basaksehir was postponed when players walked off the field on Tuesday after alleging that fourth official Sebastian Coltescu of Romania used a racial term when identifying a Black assi

Canada's junior hockey team was minus a few players following a two-week quarantine. Five players were released Tuesday before Canada could get back on the ice to prepare for the upcoming world junior men's hockey championship in Edmonton.

NHL players have balked at changing the collective bargaining agreement and the league is preparing to open the season Jan.

ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Citing a rising number of COVID-19 cases in its program, Michigan cancelled its annual showdown with Ohio State on Tuesday as college football lurches toward the end of the season without one of its cornerstone rivalry games.

TORONTO — Kansas City Chiefs offensive lineman Laurent Duvernay-Tardif and Bayern Munich left back Alphonso Davies are co-winners of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's athlete of the year.

A quick signing at the start of baseball's free-agency period has been followed by a month-long period of relative inactivity for the Toronto Blue Jays.