National Sports

It didn't take Rob Hitchcock long to endear himself to Don Sutherin. Hitchcock was a rookie safety in 1995 attending his first Hamilton Tiger-Cats training camp after being selected in the second round of the CFL draft.

HAMILTON — Ryan Winterton put up five points, leading the Hamilton Bulldogs to a 6-2 drubbing of the Niagra IceDogs in Ontario Hockey League action on Tuesday. Winterton scored 3:05 into the game and added four assists.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has cancelled a Maritimes-based prospects event, citing concerns over COVID-19. The second leg of the QMJHL Cup was scheduled to be held Feb. 3-6 in Dartmouth, N.S., but will not take place.

TORONTO — Canada Soccer has put Andrew Olivieri in charge of the Canadian men's youth teams. The move allows coach John Herdman to focus on the senior side and World Cup qualification.

Canadians Tani Oluwaseyi, O'Vonte Mullings and Mo Omar went in the first round of the MLS SuperDraft on Tuesday. Oluwaseyi, a forward from St.

CALGARY — Marie-Philip Poulin and Rebecca Johnston will represent Canada in Olympic women's hockey for a fourth time in their careers after winning gold in both 2010 and 2014, and silver in 2018.

CALGARY — Canada's Olympic women's hockey team roster for the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing from Feb. 4 to Feb. 20, with hometown and club team. Goaltenders Kristin Campbell, Brandon, Man., (PWHPA); Ann-Renée Desbiens, La Malbaie, Que.

Ken Holland isn't closing the door on Evander Kane. In fact, he might end up rolling out the red carpet.

TORONTO — It's still early in the process, but trainer Mark Casse once again has some solid Kentucky Derby prospects in his stable.

MELBOURNE, Australia (AP) — Novak Djokovic held a practice session on Tuesday, a day after he left immigration detention, focusing on defending his Australian Open title even while he still faces the prospect of deportation because he’s not vaccinate