National Sports

OWEN SOUND, Ont. — The Sarnia Sting are getting hot at the right time of the Ontario Hockey League season.

Keon Edwards will head to the CFL's national combine somewhat under the radar. The Western Ontario running back certainly earned his chance to audition before CFL coaches, general managers and scouts this week in Edmonton.

MIAMI — Vancouver's Rebecca Marino and Toronto's Katherine Sebov have advanced to the second round of the Miami Open. Marino moved on with a 7-6 (4), 6-2 win over Yulia Putintseva of Kazakhstan on Tuesday.

TORONTO — Insurance company Sun Life has entered into a multi-year jersey sponsorship agreement with Canada Basketball.

NEW YORK — The NBA has suspended Memphis Grizzlies forward Dillon Brooks for one game without pay for his 18th technical foul this season.

SANDVIKEN, Sweden — It was mixed results for Canada on Tuesday at the world women's curling championship with a narrow loss to undefeated Switzerland and a comfortable victory over winless New Zealand. Kerri Einarson's squad from Gimli, Man.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps say newly acquired striker Sergio Cordova will miss the next six to eight weeks with a hamstring strain. The team says Cordova suffered the injury in the first half of Vancouver's 1-1 road draw with the L.A.

TORONTO — Woodbine Entertainment has hired longtime trainer Dan Vella as its Horse People Liaison. Vella will assume his new position April 1.

Centre back Kyle Hiebert, who has helped expansion St. Louis City SC to a record 4-0-0 start in Major League Soccer, has been called up by Canada coach John Herdman for upcoming CONCACAF Nations League matches. The 25-year-old from La Salle, Man.

TORONTO — The Toronto Six, who were one overtime goal away on Saturday from elimination in the Premier Hockey Federation playoffs, are heading to Arizona this weekend to play for the Isobel Cup.