National Sports

NEW YORK — Montreal Canadiens forward Max Domi has been suspended for the remainder of the NHL pre-season after punching Florida defenceman Aaron Ekblad during an exhibition game.

TORONTO — Sitting in the home dugout at Rogers Centre, Justin Smoak had a front-row seat as his Toronto Blue Jays teammates staged one of the biggest comebacks in team history. And then suddenly it was the veteran slugger's turn at the plate.

OTTAWA — Brooke Henderson earned another accolade on Thursday night, taking the female summer athlete of the year honour at the Canadian Sports Awards, while short-track speedskating star Kim Boutin earned the winter distinction.

QUEBEC — The Montreal Canadiens were seeking chemistry as they faced Alexander Ovechkin and the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals at the Videotron Centre in Quebec Thursday night.

OAKVILLE, Ont. — Canadians Kirsten Moore-Towers and Michael Marinaro delivered a solid performance in their pairs short program Thursday to sit in second place at the Autumn Classic International figure skating competition.

LOS ANGELES — Billie Jean King and partner Ilana Kloss have joined the Los Angeles Dodgers ownership group. The Dodgers made the announcement Thursday.

Ondrej Pavelec, who was a workhorse in the Jets' goal after the NHL franchise moved from Atlanta to Winnipeg, announced his retirement Thursday.

Athletes, investigators, anti-doping officials and national sport committees all knew that the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's reinstatement from a doping scandal suspension was likely coming.

WINNIPEG — Quarterbacks Matt Nichols and Johnny Manziel have a lot of prove on Friday.

The World Anti-Doping Agency declared Russia's scandal-ridden drug-fighting operation back in business Thursday, a decision designed to bring a close to one of sports' most notorious doping scandals but one bitterly disputed by hundreds of athletes a