National Sports

TORONTO — Kevin Lowe waited 19 years for the call. Doug Wilson's phone sat silent longer still — 24 consecutive springs of eligibility before it finally rang.

TORONTO — Count Mike Morreale among supporters of a women's basketball league in Canada.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes are facing the team with the best record in the CFL on Saturday — but it won't quite be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that have dominated all year.

REGINA — When it comes to playing football in cold weather, CFL head coaches Craig Dickenson and Jaime Elizondo agree that it’s a case of mind over matter.

TOMASZÓW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Canadian speedskaters picked up two silver and one bronze medal Friday on the opening day of a World Cup event in Poland.

NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tucker Poolman for two games for high-sticking Colorado Avalanche forward Kiefer Sherwood.

A meeting at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan set Australian-born forward Corey Thomas on the path to representing Canada. Thomas was playing club rugby in Kamaishi where Canada was due to play Namibia until Typhoon Hagibis struck.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a three-week partial lockdown Friday amid surging COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, saying his government wants to “deliver a hard blow to the virus.

After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 Canada steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London.

TOKYO — Canada's Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are within striking distance of the medal podium after Friday's rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy figure skating Grand Prix.