National Sports

OTTAWA — Osvaldo Jeanty is returning to Ottawa basketball. The expansion Ottawa BlackJacks hired Jeanty as the team's head coach on Friday, reuniting the former Carleton Ravens point guard with his mentor and former coach Dave Smart.

TORONTO — Canadian international winger Fraser Aird, released by Scotland's Cove Rangers last month after an incident in the stands, has joined Winnipeg's Valour FC.

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Canada's match against Afghanistan at the ICC U-19 Cricket World Cup was abandoned Friday without a ball played because of rain.

MONTREAL — Nigerian youth international midfielder Orji Okwonkwo has rejoined the Montreal Impact on loan from Italian club Bologna FC 1909. Montreal will have the option to make the deal permanent at the end of the 2020 season.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.

ST. LOUIS — Maple Leafs centre Auston Matthews has been playing with a bum wrist. Judging by his offensive output, it's hard to tell.

Canadian strawweight Randa (Quiet Storm) Markos is stepping in for the injured Paige Van Zant against Brazil's Amanda Ribas on a televised UFC Fight Night card March 14 in Brasilia. Van Zant (8-4-0) said on social media that she has a fractured arm.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes re-signed Canadian offensive linemen Kristian Matte and Sean Jamieson to two-year deals Friday. The six-foot-four, 296-pound Matte is entering his 11th season with Montreal. The 34-year-old native of St-Hubert, Que.

ST. LOUIS PARK, Minn. — A former Minnesota high school hockey player paralyzed during a game in 2011 says he has achieved a dream of working in the NHL.

MILTON, Ont. — Canada's Kelsey Mitchell returns this weekend to where it all started for her in the sport of track cycling.