National Sports

TORONTO — Brandon Ingram won't make his Toronto Raptors debut this season. Head coach Darko Rajakovic says it "isn't realistic" for Ingram to fully recover from a sprained ankle before Toronto's season ends.

MOOSE JAW — Canada's Brad Jacobs defeated Austria's Mathias Genner 8-2 to secure a semifinal berth at the BKT World Men's Curling Championship.

NEW YORK (AP) — Pete Alonso hit an early two-run homer, Juan Soto added an RBI double in his home debut at Citi Field and the New York Mets beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-0 on Friday.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have been on a roll to start the Major League Soccer season.

Back in Victoria after touring England and France and criss-crossing Canada to watch his players in action with their club teams, Canada rugby coach Kevin Rouet is ready for the next step on an important year for the Canadian women.

LOS ANGELES — Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch says there is no timetable for Oilers forward Leon Draisaitl to return from his latest injury, but he expects to have his leading scorer back before the playoffs.

TORONTO — Global punter John Haggerty re-signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Friday. Contract details weren't divulged. Haggerty became a free agent Feb. 11.

TORONTO — One week after holding the Western Conference-leading Vancouver Whitecaps to a scoreless draw at BMO Field, winless Toronto FC hits the road to take on league-leading Inter Miami on Sunday.

TORONTO — Toronto FC says fullback/wingback Richie Laryea will be out four to six weeks with his latest hamstring injury.

MOOSE JAW — Four-time world champion Glenn Howard is as busy as ever since moving to the coach's bench after his retirement as a curler. "To say it's been a roller-coaster ride would be an understatement," Howard said with a laugh.