National Sports

ABU DHABI — Canada's Leylah Fernandez cruised into the quarterfinals of the Abu Dhabi Open tennis tournament with a convincing 6-0, 6-3 win over New Zealand's Lulu Sun on Wednesday. Fernandez, seeded eighth at the tournament, won 70.

Canada's under-20 women's rugby team will face its Irish counterpart in Dublin in May, The May 10 and 17 games at the Irish Rugby Football Union (IRFU) High Performance Centre will mark the first time that the two countries have met in under-20 women

TORONTO — CFL teams will have more money to spend on bolstering their rosters in 2025. The league announced Wednesday that its salary cap this season has been set at just over $6.06 million. That's up significantly from last year's limit of $5.

Sidney Crosby knows the formula. The Canadian hockey icon has suited up for his country at all levels throughout his decorated career.

ROTTERDAM — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime retired from his first-round match against Italian qualifier Andrea Vavassori at the ABN Amro Open on Wednesday.

CALGARY — Eight years to the day of his first career NHL hat trick, William Nylander notched his second on Tuesday and it came in the same building in which his dad used to play.

VANCOUVER — Thatcher Demko reminded onlookers why he's considered one of the NHL's top goalies on Tuesday.

The winner of a complete set of medals and Canada's Olympic flag-bearer in Beijing's closing ceremonies is in debt. Isabelle Weidemann wasn't comfortable stating how far she's in the red.

BOSTON (AP) — Charlie McAvoy got his 299th career point with a goal in the second period and Jeremy Swayman stopped 35 shots for his third shutout of the NHL season as the Boston Bruins beat the Minnesota Wild 3-0 on Tuesday night.

SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — Joel Armia scored a short-handed tiebreaking goal late in the third period and the Montreal Canadiens beat the San Jose Sharks 4-3 on Tuesday night to snap a five-game NHL losing streak.