National Sports

In her first media availability since being named coach of the Canadian women's soccer team, Casey Stoney offered a pithy summary of her approach to coaching. "I'm here to make people better," said the 42-year-old former England captain.

TORONTO — Toronto Raptors guard Immanuel Quickley was ruled out of Monday's game against the Golden State Warriors due to left hip soreness. Head coach Darko Rajakovic said Quickley's hip "flared up" on Monday morning.

LLOYDMINSTER, Alta. — Mounties in Lloydminster have laid charges in the case of an Alberta minor hockey association that was defrauded of hundreds of thousands of dollars.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed offensive lineman Dariusz Bladek to a one-year contract extension, the CFL team announced Monday.

TORONTO — Montréal Victoire forward Marie-Philip Poulin has been named the Professional Women's Hockey League's first star of the week.

Mark Kilam is having no trouble getting used to his new duds. Edmonton hired Kilam last month as its head coach.

TORONTO — Toronto FC has sold Thiago Andrade, completing a paper trek that has seen the Brazilian winger traded from New York City FC to San Diego FC, TFC and now Japan's Cerezo Osaka in less than five weeks.

VANCOUVER — Question marks loom for the Vancouver Whitecaps as players filter back into the city ahead of training camp. During the off-season, the athletes heard from afar that head coach Vanni Sartini had been fired in mid-November.

CF Montreal added to its options in attack Monday while Toronto FC collected up to US$250,000 in general allocation money (GAM) for an asset it had already decided it could do without.

HONOLULU (AP) — Nick Taylor in a playoff is tough to beat. Getting there was hardest part for the Canadian, who delivered another highlight reel of clutch moments Sunday in the Sony Open.