National Sports

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment hired Michael Copeland as its chief commercial officer on Tuesday. Copeland joins Woodbine Entertainment after having founded his own sports consulting business.

MADRID — Canada's Denis Shapovalov and Felix Auger-Aliassime are out of the singles draw at the Madrid Open after suffering losses on Tuesday. The 11th-seeded Shapovalov, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

OTTAWA — Calgary has been chosen to host the 2023 ISU world junior figure skating championships. The event will run Feb. 27-March 5 at WinSport Arena at Canada Olympic Park.

VANCOUVER — Connor McDavid and the Edmonton Oilers have accomplished their first goal of the season — making the playoffs.

MONTREAL — Cole Caufield doesn't cut an imposing figure on the ice. He just comes up big when it matters most.

CALGARY — Canada's Kerri Einarson faces a herculean climb to the playoffs at the women's world curling championship. The host country halted a four-game losing skid with an 8-4 win Monday over South Korea.

OTTAWA — Filip Gustavsson and the Ottawa Senators penalty kill added to the Winnipeg Jets' woes Monday night. Nikita Zaitsev scored with 1:13 left in the third period to earn Ottawa a 2-1 win over Winnipeg.

He's on the lookout for a new school but Deshawn Stevens isn't closing the door on playing in the CFL this year. The six-foot-two, 255-pound linebacker is currently in the NCAA transfer portal following five years at Maine.

FRISCO, Texas — Connor Bedard had two goals and three assists and Dylan Guenther also scored twice as Canada hammered the Czech Republic 10-3 in quarterfinal action Monday at the under-18 men's hockey championship.

Delayed by a year due to the pandemic, Canada finally gets its chance Tuesday to kick off qualifying for the FIFA Futsal World Cup.