National Sports

It's first against worst Saturday as league-leading Toronto FC travels to D.C. United. But Greg Vanney's team will be mindful of having dropping two points in a 1-1 tie with lowly Colorado recently as it prepares to face a slumping D.C.

MONTREAL — If the Montreal Impact are going to turn their season around, now is the time.

TORONTO — Having canned its men's national team coach, Rugby Canada is now embarking on a makeover midway through a World Cup qualification campaign.

TORONTO — He's leading the CFL in rushing and helped the Calgary Stampeders get on a nice roll but the bye week comes at a great time for Jerome Messam.

PARIS — Neymar opened a new extravagant chapter in soccer history Friday as the game's costliest player by fending off questions about his financial motivations as deftly as he repels opponents on the pitch.

TORONTO — The Toronto Argonauts continued assessing quarterback Ricky Ray's right shoulder injury Friday and expect to know his status when they reconvene Sunday.

NEW YORK — Former New York Knicks star Charles Oakley has reached a deal with prosecutors who charged him with striking a security guard at Madison Square Garden. The Daily News (http://nydn.

CALGARY — A December 2018 trial date has been set for a man charged in the shooting death of a Canadian Football League player last year.

TORONTO — Canadian rockers Bryan Adams and Bachman & Turner will perform at the closing ceremonies of the Invictus Games in Toronto this fall.

HALIFAX — As he turns 30 on Monday, Sidney Crosby will celebrate his third Stanley Cup win parading the cherished mug through the streets of the city where he's been a star since he was five years old.