National Sports

MONTREAL — Hockey Hall of Famer Caroline Ouellette will be a full-time assistant coach for the Montreal Victoire in the upcoming Professional Women’s Hockey League season, the team announced Thursday.

CALGARY — Hannah Miller's international hockey status continues in limbo as Hockey Canada awaits an International Ice Hockey Federation decision.

NEW YORK (AP) — Venus Wiliams won a women’s doubles match at the U.S.

Keegan Messing’s return to competitive skating comes as little surprise to those who've followed him closely since his retirement.

ZURICH — Edmonton's Marco Arop raced to a third-place finish in the men's 800 metres Thursday at the Diamond League final. Arop finished in one minute 42.57 seconds. Emmanuel Wanyonyi of Kenya won the Diamond League title in 1:42.

In July and August, online rumours suggested organizers of the 2026 FIFA World Cup planned to relocate games from the United States to Canada amid U.S. President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown.

Canada coach Kevin Rouet has made six changes to his starting lineup for Saturday's game against Wales at the Women’s Rugby World Cup in England. Five of the changes are in the forward pack with wing Asia Hogan-Rochester slotting into the backline.

Kordell Jackson and the Edmonton Elks are playing winning football just in time for their Labour Day clash with the Calgary Stampeders. Edmonton (4-6) rides a three-game win streak into its road contest Monday versus Calgary (7-3).

MONACO (AP) — Paris Saint-Germain was handed a tough start to the defence of its Champions League title with games against Bayern Munich and Barcelona, and Thursday's draw also served up opponents from England and Spain from the pot of lowest-ranked

Canada will send four defending champions to the world athletics championships for the first time in the competition's history.