National Sports

MIAMI — Canadian tennis player Bianca Andreescu provided an injury update of sorts on Tuesday, saying she's still waiting on official test results after injuring her lower left leg at the Miami Open. Andreescu, from Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — The name might be different, but the goal remains the same for jockey Luis Contreras. Since 1952, the opening leg of Canada's Triple Crown was known as the Queen's Plate, in honour of Queen Elizabeth II.

TORONTO — The University of Connecticut Huskies have reached the Final Four for the first time since 2014, and some bettors like their chances to go all the way.

TORONTO — Paralympian Nicolas-Guy Turbide has had to go against conventional wisdom as he prepares for the Canadian swimming trials.

TEMPE, Ariz. (AP) — Ryan Nugent-Hopkins scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 remaining and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Arizona Coyotes 5-4 on Monday night.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Brendan Gallagher and the Montreal Canadiens rallied back to avoid playoff elimination with less than three weeks left in their season.

OTTAWA — The battle of the Tkachuk brothers went to the younger Brady in every sense Monday night. A goal and an assist by Brady Tkachuk helped the Ottawa Senators get past the visiting Florida Panthers and Matthew Tkachuk 5-2 on Monday.

TORONTO — After qualifying first in CONCACAF for the World Cup in Qatar, Canada coach John Herdman says his team's ambition is simple this year. "Kings of CONCACAF is the overarching theme," Herdman said Monday.

OTTAWA — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman had planned to be at the Canadian Tire Centre on Monday night for the game between the host Senators and the visiting Florida Panthers.

OTTAWA — Hockey Canada says players from the 2018 world junior hockey team will not be considered for international competition until an investigation into an alleged sexual assault involving members of the team is complete.