National Sports

CALGARY — The Professional Women's Hockey Player's Association has signed a sponsor for its Calgary team. Team Scotiabank joins Toronto's Team Sonnet as PWHPA teams with a name sponsor.

The ripple effect of the Toronto Wolfpack's demise spread to Newcastle on Thursday with the Thunder granted promotion from Betfred League 1 to the second-tier Championship.

COLUMBUS, Ohio — The Big Ten Conference dropped its six-game minimum requirement for the league championship game Wednesday, clearing the way for No. 3 Ohio State to take on No.

MUNICH — Canadian Alphonso Davies looked dangerous in his return from injury Wednesday as defending champion Bayern Munich blanked Lokomotiv Moscow 2-0 in Champions League Group A play.

Canadian Dwayne De Rosario, who won MLS championships and awards in bunches, is once again in select footballing company.

Time is suddenly tight for the Canadian junior men's hockey team.

Canadian kicker Lirim Hajrullahu has signed with the Carolina Panthers and will join the NFL team's practice squad. The 29-year-old resident of Oakville, Ont.

TORONTO — Fourteen former Canadian Hockey League players have submitted affidavits detailing alleged abuse and hazing in a class-action lawsuit filed by two other ex-players.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have issued affiliation invitations to four minor-league clubs as part of Major League Baseball's player development overhaul.

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Forge FC's long-distance Scotiabank CONCACAF League campaign ended Tuesday in an ill-tempered 1-0 loss to Honduras's CD Marathon that saw both captain Kyle Bekker and coach Bobby Smyrniotis shown red cards in the final minutes