National Sports

LAS VEGAS — Illness forced Canadian flyweight Gillian (The Savage) Robertson off the UFC 258 undercard Saturday night. The UFC did not specify the illness other than to say it was not COVID-19 related.

MONTREAL — Yannick Veilleux scored twice to lead the Laval Rocket to a 5-1 victory over the Belleville Senators on Saturday afternoon at the Bell Centre. Laurent Dauphin, Lukas Vejdemo and Rafael Harvey-Pinard had the other goals for Laval (2-0-0-0).

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Canadian men's water polo team finalized its roster Saturday for the upcoming Olympic qualification tournament at the Zwemcentrum Rotterdam. Head Coach Giuseppe Porzio will guide the 13-player team at the Feb.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada's Ivanie Blondin won silver and Laurent Dubreuil took bronze Saturday at the ISU world speedskating championships. Blondin, an Ottawa native, was second in the women's mass start in eight minutes 43.260 seconds.

Edmonton forward Jesse Puljujarvi has been deemed eligible to resume all team activities, the Oilers said Saturday in a release.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators acquired forward Ryan Dzingel from the Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday in exchange for forwards Alex Galchenyuk and Cedric Paquette.

Kaillie Humphries is headed into the final day of the major international sliding season with a chance at another world championship.

NEW YORK — Tim Tebow has been invited to big league spring training by the New York Mets, taking one of 75 spots after Major League Baseball limited spring roster sizes as a coronavirus precaution.

Toronto FC has been given permission to open training camp on Wednesday to allow the team time to prepare for the Canadian Championship final against Hamilton's Forge FC.

Canada's roster for the SheBelieves Cup has been ravaged by injuries and pandemic-related travel issues, with captain Christine Sinclair one of seven players to miss the four-country soccer tournament that starts next week in Florida.