National Sports

CALGARY — Kerri Einarson picked up where she left off at the Canadian women's curling championship.

Rafael Harvey-Pinard struck twice as the Laval Rocket beat the Belleville Senators 5-2 on Friday in American Hockey League play.

WINNIPEG — Bobby Lynch scored the go-ahead goal 4:54 into the third period, and the Manitoba Moose rode another strong performance from goaltender Mikhail Berdin for a 2-1 win over the Toronto Marlies on Friday in American Hockey League play.

In the wake of Canada's 1-0 loss to the U.S. in the SheBelieves Cup on Thursday night, an American commentator suggested the Canadian post-game locker-room would be all smiles.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed American quarterback Luke Falk on Friday. The six-foot-four, 215-pound Falk spent two seasons in the NFL. He appeared in three games, two as a starter, for the New York Jets in 2019.

ROTTERDAM, Netherlands — The Canadian men's water polo team will not qualify for the Tokyo Olympics. Canada lost 17-9 to Russia in quarterfinal action at an Olympic qualifying tournament on Friday.

Brendan Gallagher said earlier this month he "really couldn't care less" what the Maple Leafs are doing. And that could very well be true.

One of the main carrots for the winning team at the Canadian women's curling championship is not guaranteed this year. Normally the Scotties Tournament of Hearts champion represents Canada on the world stage later in the season.

Not long after playing 33 minutes in the Raptors 905 victory over Salt Lake City on Thursday in Florida, Malachi Flynn was the only passenger on a private luxury jet headed to Milwaukee.

DUNEDIN, Fla. — General manager Ross Atkins can't wait to see slugger Vladimir Guerrero Jr.'s busy off-season translate on the baseball field this year for the Toronto Blue Jays.