National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — Top Canadian Denis Shapovalov will begin play at the Australian Open against an unfamiliar opponent. The No. 13 seed from Richmond Hill, Ont., will square off with world No.

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YORKTON, Sask. — Brad Jacobs of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., is one of four skips looking to advance at the Canadian Open.

AUCKLAND, New Zealand — Canadian Denis Shapovalov is out at the ASB Classic. The second-seeded Shapovalov was ousted 7-5, 6-4 in the quarterfinals on Thursday by Ugo Humbert of France.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Norman Powell doesn't need to work his way back into form. The Toronto guard missed 11 games with a left shoulder injury before returning to action this week.

MONTREAL — An unneeded penalty by Max Domi really hurt Montreal's chances of winning, and it's not the first time this season.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez toppled Romania's Patricia Maria Tig 6-2, 6-3 on Thursday in a first-round qualifier at the Australian Open that originally began a day earlier. Fernandez, from Laval, Que.

IRVINE, Calif. — Iceland rode a first-half set-piece goal to defeat Canada 1-0 Wednesday in an international soccer friendly. Holmar Eyjolfsson scored for 39th-ranked Iceland, which took a few valuable FIFA ranking points off No.

It's been a dizzying ride of late for Jayden Nelson. Last year, the young forward from Brampton, Ont.

A handful of Canadians are eligible for Thursday's NWSL draft but Canadian international Jessie Fleming is not one of them. A UCLA spokeswoman said the 21-year-old senior from London, Ont.