National Sports

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Kayla Alexander had a game-high 14 points and nine rebounds as Canada remained unbeaten at the FIBA AmeriCup women's basketball tournament with a 74-40 win over Colombia on Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Quebec will increase the number of people allowed to attend sporting events and festivals to 3,500 on Thursday, one day before the Montreal Canadiens next home game.

MUNICH — Mats Hummels’ return to the national team went better for France than it did for Germany.

MUNICH — Several spectators were treated in the hospital for injuries caused by a protestor who parachuted into the stadium before France played Germany at the European Championship, UEFA said Tuesday.

CFL teams will have one less Global player in 2021 but access to five-player taxi squads when they resume play later this summer. The CFL's board of governors voted in favour Monday of kicking off a 14-game schedule starting Aug.

A British research company may have discovered a magic number for American media consumers — and it's seven.

LAS VEGAS — Joe Fruchter is smiling — and sweating.

It's been a long time coming, but Willie Jefferson and the Winnipeg Blue Bombers are finally getting the chance to defend their Grey Cup title. Winnipeg defeated the Hamilton Tiger-Cats 33-12 in 2019 for its first CFL title since 1990.

BIRMINGHAM, United Kingdom — Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez is heading to the second round of the Viking Classic Birmingham. Fernandez, from Laval, Que., beat China's Wang Yafan in the first round of the WTA Tour 250 grass-court event on Tuesday.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Cristiano Ronaldo set the record for most goals at the European Championship with two of them Tuesday in Portugal’s 3-0 victory over Hungary at a packed Puskas Arena.