National Sports

MELBOURNE, Australia — A day after making headlines for lack of media access at the FIFA Women's World Cup, Canada Soccer scheduled a player availability for Saturday.

BRIDGEND, Wales (AP) — Miguel Angel Jimenez shot a 5-under 66 to take the first-round lead at the Senior British Open on Thursday, five years after he became the first Spaniard to win the tournament.

EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France (AP) — Paula Reto had eight birdies as she carded a 7-under 64 to take a surprise first-round lead at the Évian Championship on Thursday.

BLAINE, Minn. (AP) — Lee Hodges got off to a good start in his bid to make the FedEx Cup playoffs, shooting an 8-under 63 on Thursday for a one-stroke lead in the first round of the 3M Open.

TORONTO — For months Cory Gosselin was looking forward to seeing Shohei Ohtani, a generational baseball talent, pitch in person.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators signed winger Vladimir Tarasenko to a one-year contract worth US$5 million on Thursday. Tarasenko, 31, is a six-time 30-goal scorer in the NHL.

Ja'Gared Davis is still a Hamilton Tiger-Cat. Hamilton dealt the veteran defensive lineman to the Calgary Stampeders on Tuesday. But the deal was voided Thursday after Davis failed his physical.

LANGLEY, B.C. — Damian Warner is a fan of blue tracks. The colour, he said, reminds him of the early stages of his career. "I always enjoy blue tracks," he said. "My first-ever big competition was at a blue track in 2009.

Chris Jones wears multiple hats with the Edmonton Elks, and before that made the football-related decisions for the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

OTTAWA — Thanks to some late heroics behind quarterback Dustin Crum, the Ottawa Redblacks will be looking for their first three-game winning streak in five years when they host the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday night.