National Sports

It was the perfect season opener for Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif.

SUZHOU, China — Canada is in excellent shape at the inaugural World Cup of Curling.

VANCOUVER — The only quarterback in the CFL's fall scouting report doesn't want to talk about the possibility of getting drafted to play professional football.

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — The Humboldt Broncos lost, but the score didn't matter.

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — The Humboldt Broncos tried to emerge from the grip of tragedy Wednesday night by playing some hockey and raising banners to honour all the people who were on their team bus when it crashed in April.

RED DEER, Alta.

BOSTON — The scoreboards at Fenway Park were all flashing "100 WINS" to celebrate the Red Sox reaching the milestone for the first time since Ted Williams returned from World War II. David Price was already thinking about No. 101.

CALGARY — The Canadian government supports a Calgary bid for the 2026 Winter Games should the city go ahead. It has said so via the federal sports minister and social media. The government of Alberta's tone is a more reserved wait-and-see.

MONTREAL — Another day, another missed practice for Johnny Manziel. The former Heisman Trophy winner missed a third straight workout with the Montreal Alouettes on Wednesday. The team has said Manziel is out with the stomach flu.

A Rugby Canada deadline for disgruntled sevens players to sign contracts and report to training has come and gone with no apparent movement.