National Sports

OTTAWA — Jeff Hunt is leaving the Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group, which owns the Ontario Hockey League's 67's and CFL's Redblacks, to focus on the city's new Canadian Premier League soccer franchise.

Referees and their assistants are confident the game will be safe when soccer resumes in North America, says former top referee Howard Webb. But there inevitably will be some changes in behaviour in the COVID-19 world.

WINNIPEG — The Winnipeg Blue Bombers have reported an overall operating profit of $3.5 million for the 2019 season, but their bottom line for 2020 is looking far darker.

The head of the Professional Women's Hockey Players' Association says its hub-city concept isn't a counter to the NWHL's expansion into Toronto. Three weeks after the U.S.

ROSEMONT, Ill. — Canada's Maggie MacNeil of the University of Michigan has been named the Big Ten Conference's women's swimmer of the year. The native of London, Ont.

TORONTO — While Major League Soccer has been on hiatus since March 12 because of the global pandemic, Robert Heggie has been hard at work.

DETROIT — A judge dismissed criminal charges Wednesday against former Michigan State University President Lou Anna Simon, who was accused of lying to investigators in 2018 as they tried to learn what she knew years earlier about sexual assault compla

Vinny Papale comes by his drive and perseverance honestly. Last month, the rookie receiver signed a two-year deal with the Montreal Alouettes.

LONDON — The sound of crisply struck golf balls could be heard in England for the first time in nearly two months as courses reopened Wednesday, part of a modest easing of coronavirus lockdown restrictions.

TORONTO — York 9 FC has signed 17-year-old Canadian youth international Julian Altobelli, making the midfielder the Canadian Premier League club's youngest-ever player.