National Sports

MÉRIDA — Canada's Marina Stakusic dropped her second-round match 6-3, 6-3 to Serbia's Nina Stojanovic on Thursday at the Merida Open tennis tournament. Stakusic of Mississauga, Ont.

EDMONTON — Alberta has introduced a trio of bills focusing on transgender people and students using preferred pronouns.

EDMONTON — Chris Morris played each and every snap of his 14-year CFL career wearing Edmonton’s green and gold. He won three Grey Cups, and described the team as a family.

QUINCY — The MLR champion New England Free Jacks have added to their Canadian content, signing Brock Webster and Josiah Morra for the 2025 season.

TORONTO — Another year, another dual nomination for Brady Oliveira. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back is the West Division's nominee for the CFL's outstanding player and top Canadian.

Cavalry FC's Ali Musse, last year's winner, and Forge FC captain Kyle Bekker, runner-up in 2023, are among the 10 finalists for the Canadian Premier League's Players’ Player of the Year award, the lone CPL award decided by the players.

Players who have worn the colours of both Liverpool and Everton form a select club. But Canadian Rylee Foster's journey from one Merseyside rival to the other is painfully unique. The 26-year-old goalkeeper from Cambridge, Ont.

Kerri Einarson has come to terms with flux in her curling team's lineup.

Bridget Carleton was in Minneapolis this summer when a WNBA fan stopped her on the street. The fan rolled up a sleeve to reveal a tattoo of Carleton's name and her Minnesota Lynx jersey number on their arm.

HONG KONG — Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the quarterfinals of the Hong Kong Open, defeating Australia's Kimberly Birrell 6-1, 6-2 on Thursday. Fernandez, the tournament's third seed, needed just 80 minutes to dispatch the world No.