National Sports

LAVAL, Que. — The National Lacrosse League will host a regular-season game between the Toronto Rock and New York Riptide at Place Bell on Feb. 16, the Montreal Canadiens announced Thursday.

Cary Kaplan knows Matt Petgrave — the person and the player. The defenceman's parents used to come to his games when he was still chasing a dream with the Brampton Beast in the third-tier ECHL for parts of four seasons.

ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Oakland Athletics’ move to Las Vegas was unanimously approved Thursday by Major League Baseball team owners, cementing the sport’s first relocation since 2005.

HAMILTON — Having waited his turn this season, Alouettes kick returner James Letcher Jr. is making the most of his close-up.

HAMILTON — They were teammates for just one full season, but it was more than long enough for Andrew Harris to positively impact Brady Oliveira's CFL career.

KOLKATA, India (AP) — Australia will play Virat Kohli and India for the Cricket World Cup trophy after beating South Africa by three wickets in a semifinal thriller on Thursday.

HAMILTON — Montreal Alouettes quarterback Cody Fajardo's pre-game meal is a constant. "I am so simple. I get Subway," he said. "Every game day." Simple yet quite complicated, in reality.

SURABAYA, Indonesia — Canada exited the FIFA U-17 World Cup on Thursday, beaten 5-1 by Mali for its third straight loss. The defeat dropped the Canadian men's all-time record to 0-20-4 in eight trips to the tournament.

A breakout season has made Italy's Joel Retornaz the favourite entering the upcoming European Curling Championships in Scotland. Retornaz has guided his squad to back-to-back Grand Slam titles and the No.

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Evander Kane scored the tying goals in the third period and then completed his seventh career hat trick 2:57 into overtime, rallying the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-3 win over the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday night.