National Sports

UPPLANDS VASBY, Sweden — Canada's under-18 women's hockey team lost 4-3 to Finland in Thursday's exhibition game ahead of the world championship. Canada opens defence of its gold medal Sunday against Finns in Oestersund, Sweden.

TORONTO — Three Canadians have been added to the UFC's Feb. 25 Fight Night card in Las Vegas with an all-Canadian welterweight matchup featuring (Proper) Mike Malott and Yohan (White Lion) Lainesse.

TORONTO — The process of roster building continues for head coach/sporting director Bob Bradley as Toronto FC players report for medicals Friday ahead of Sunday’s departure for training camp in California.

HALIFAX — Luc Tardif watched from afar as Hockey Canada lurched ahead in a scandal-plagued 2022.

TORONTO — The Toronto Blue Jays have claimed right-handed pitcher Junior Fernández off waivers from the New York Yankees. The 25-year-old Fernández had a 2.41 earned-run average last season over 13 games with the St.

Canadian forward Levonte Johnson has won wherever he's gone. As a freshman, he helped Eastern Florida State College reach the first National Junior College Athletic Association championship game.

Veteran centre back Chris Mavinga, who spent the last six seasons with Toronto FC, has joined the Los Angeles Galaxy. Mavinga has signed a two-year contract through the end of the 2024 MLS season.

WINNIPEG — Stanley Bryant is staying put. The CFL's outstanding lineman last season signed a one-year extension with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers on Thursday. The six-foot-five, 313-pound Bryant was slated to become a free agent next month.

A new quadrennial has done little to improve the often perplexing elite curling scene. A sport that still clings to amateur roots despite a growing shift to professional status seems stunted by a lack of unity among the various power brokers.

ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Top-seeded Novak Djokovic has reached the quarterfinals of the Adelaide International where he will face Canadian Denis Shapovalov.