National Sports

As a veteran who played in the Netherlands, Germany and Major League Soccer, Marcel de Jong had more bargaining power than most when he came to the Canadian Premier League.

ALMATY, Kazakhstan — Mikael Kingsbury didn't let an injury early this season stop him from regaining his dominant form for the most important event of the moguls campaign.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors will have women in every on-air role on a televised game later this month. The NBA team made the announcement on International Women's Day.

TORONTO — The Canadian women will face Wales in an April 9 soccer friendly, four days ahead of a previously scheduled match against England. Venues for both games have yet to be announced. Canada Soccer has only said the two are away matches.

The Toronto Six will get another chance to hoist the Isobel Cup. The National Women's Hockey League plans to complete its playoffs March 26-27 in Brighton, Mass., after its COVID-19 bubble burst in Lake Placid, N.Y., last month.

CALGARY — The Ottawa Senators emerged victorious in their fifth battle of the season with the Calgary Flames Sunday night.

ATLANTA — In the midst of a pandemic, this was assured of being an NBA All-Star Game like no other. The stands were mostly empty. The crowd noise was largely piped in. There were no A-list celebrities sitting courtside.

CALGARY — Two of the favourites in the Canadian men's curling championship field showed Sunday night why they're expected to be in the playoff mix again this year.

RIMOUSKI, Que. — Val d'Or Foreurs goalie Jonathan Lemieux made 38 saves on 39 shots in a 4-1 win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada in Rimouski Sunday.

OCALA, Fla. — Austin Ernst won the Drive On Championship on Sunday for her third LPGA Tour title, pulling away to beat fellow former NCAA champion Jennifer Kupcho by five strokes at Golden Ocala.