National Sports

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Felix Auger-Aliassime became the second highly seeded Canadian to make an early exit from the Sofia Open after falling to Italy's Salvatore Caruso in second-round action Wednesday.

It’s official: The NBA is coming back Dec. 22. The NBA's board of governors unanimously approved Tuesday the financial terms and other parameters that were negotiated between the league and its players.

QUEBEC — The commissioner of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League says players and staff always knew that getting — and staying — on the ice would be difficult this year.

No. 1 Alabama at LSU and No. 5 Texas A&M at Tennessee will not be played Saturday because of COVID-19 issues, raising the number of Southeastern Conference games postponed this week to three.

The US$1-million Hambletonian still beckons, but Canadian harness driver Trevor Henry still has a pretty neat career milestone to relish. The 49-year-old resident of Arthur, Ont.

CALGARY — The University of Michigan will not release defenceman Owen Power to participate in the Canadian junior men's hockey team selection camp.

TORONTO — Shane Talbot, who oversaw Raptors Uprising GC's perfect NBA 2K League regular season this year, has been named manager of Canada’s NBA 2K team ahead of the FIBA Esports Open.

SOFIA, Bulgaria — Vancouver's Vasek Pospisil advanced to the third round of the Sofia Open ATP 250 indoor hardcourt tournament on Tuesday, while fellow Canadian Denis Shapovalov was defeated in his debut as a tournament top seed.

Tony Waiters, who coached Canada in its only appearance at the World Cup and led the Vancouver Whitecaps to the North American Soccer League championship, has died. He was 83.

TORONTO — Peter Mansbridge was at the Toronto Raptors' NBA Championship celebration in Nathan Phillips Square in June 2019 when gunfire broke out near the crowd of about one million people.