National Sports

TORONTO — The pre-season opener for the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Toronto Argonauts will be anything but just another game.

VANCOUVER — Penny Oleksiak still finds it hard to believe that she gets asked for autographs.

TORONTO — How bad are Toronto FC's injury problems? Defender Chris Mavinga missed practice Thursday after having a tooth removed the day before, a problem that apparently was related to his ongoing hamstring issue. "There is some correlation there.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have scored an average of 2.2 goals over their last four games, enough to win most Major League Soccer matches. Problem is, over the same span the Whitecaps have also allowed an average 2.

LAS VEGAS — Lars Eller says the more he plays, the better he plays.

TORONTO — Andre De Grasse spent many of his Friday nights and weekends while in high school at the Yonge Street Mission in rough-and-tumble Regent Park. Like every Ontario high schooler, De Grasse was required to do 40 hours of community service.

STONY PLAIN, Alta. — Police are asking for help to identify a man caught on video wearing what looks like a Stanley Cup ring that was stolen from a former Edmonton Oilers player.

A trip to London and Paris is a walk in the park for the Canadian rugby sevens men after an April marathon that took them to Hong Kong, Australia and Singapore.

PARIS — Denis Shapovalov's first career Grand Slam as a seeded player didn't last long. The No. 24 seed, from Richmond Hill, Ont., lost 5-7, 7-6 (4), 7-5, 6-4 to world No.

MADRID — At least as a coach, Zinedine Zidane is going out on top.