National Sports

VANCOUVER — Big saves have been eliciting big reactions from the Ottawa Senators bench lately.

CALGARY — No women's teams are unbeaten at the Grand Slam of Curling Players' Championship after the last two squads with unblemished records suffered losses on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — Maple Leafs goaltender Jack Campbell admitted that Toronto's five-game winless skid was starting to weigh on the team. The arrival of Nick Foligno put a charge into the lineup Thursday as the club got back in the win column.

LOS ANGELES — Canada's Brooke Henderson was tied for fourth after her second round of the LPGA Tour's HUGEL Air Premia LA Open on Thursday. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont., shot a 6-under 65 and is now 8 under for the tournament.

OTTAWA — Lawmakers passed a bill to legalize single-event sports betting Thursday, sending the legislation to the Senate and bringing the country a step closer to looser gaming laws.

TORONTO — Blue Jays outfielder George Springer will play in an intrasquad game Friday, the next step on his return from two strained muscles that have delayed his Toronto debut.

EJ Floreal avoided track for much of his life. His dad Edrick Floreal is the greatest long and triple jumper Canada has ever produced and is now an accomplished NCAA coach.

Shock and disbelief gave way to a swirl of emotions as players on the Canadian women's hockey team packed their bags in Halifax and headed home Thursday.

PORTLAND — The Portland Thorns, with Canada captain Christine Sinclair restored to health, have made it to the NSWL's pre-season Challenge Cup final.

TORONTO — The PGA Tour Canada is being split into two circuits for the 2021 season due to COVID-19-related restrictions at the United States-Canada border. The PGA Tour said Thursday in a release that U.S.