National Sports

MOOSE JAW — The host team is standing tall at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship. It's the 12 teams below Canada in the round-robin standings that have been somewhat unpredictable.

Hannah Miller chose to reflect more on her selection to Canada's roster for the women's world hockey championship than the International Ice Hockey Federation rule that knocked her off it. The 29-year-old forward from North Vancouver, B.C.

SAN ANTONIO (AP) — Sam Ryder wasn't sure his neck would feel good enough for him to play Thursday in the Valero Texas Open.

MOOSE JAW — Three fights in nine seconds? Now that would be a story. Elbows up? Only if you count the arm motion from heavy sweeping.

VANCOUVER — Returning to B.C. Place is a bit surreal for Casey Stoney. Ten years ago, she played there as part of the England squad that finished third in the 2015 World Cup.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have signed head coach Bob Dyce to a contract extension through the 2026 CFL season, the team announced Thursday. Dyce, 59, of Winnipeg, begins his third full season on Ottawa's sideline.

TORONTO — Scottie Barnes is back in the lineup for the Toronto Raptors tonight. Barnes had been listed as questionable on Toronto's personnel report ahead of the Raptors game with the Portland Trail Blazers.

Alex Russell will captain Canada in the final round of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Challenger Series in Krakow, Poland, where the Canadian men will look to take a step closer to regaining their spot in the elite HSBC SVNS circuit.

Former Toronto Argonauts president Brian Cooper has no doubt the Canadian Football League got it right hiring longtime television executive Stewart Johnston as its new commissioner. The CFL announced Johnston's appointment Wednesday.

The Canadian Premier League kicks off its seventh season Saturday with Atletico Ottawa's Sergei Kozlovskiy and J.D. Ulanowski serving as prime examples of the platform the domestic soccer league offers. Both have a bright future.