National Sports

DENVER — Playing for Canada's men's basketball team at the Olympics next year would be a wonderful opportunity for Jamal Murray, but the Denver Nuggets star has no idea how realistic that is at this stage.

Five trophies with Bayern Munich. And now a second Canadian Men's Player of the Year award in three years. Alphonso Davies, at 20 already Canada's most famous soccer export, has been on a roll in 2020.

Durability is a key ingredient in Mikael Kingsbury's domination of men's moguls. The Canadian freestyle ski star hasn't missed races due to injury until now.

Pascal Siakam wants to rediscover his love for the game. The Toronto Raptors forward struggled mightily in the NBA bubble near Orlando, Fla., when teams reconvened after the league's three-month COVID-19 suspension earlier this year.

TORONTO — Jeff (The Silencer) Smith will face Keane Barry while fellow Canadian Matt (Ginga Ninja) Campbell takes on Scott Waites in the first round of the William Hill World Darts Championship. The 2.5-million-pound ($4.

Ottawa has been named host city for the 2026 world men's and women's wheelchair basketball championships.

Golf helped make Kevin Blue who he is today, so it's only fitting that he returned to the sport that was so influential for him. Blue was named the new chief sport officer for Golf Canada on Thursday.

TORONTO — Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment's giant kitchen is open again.

HOUSTON — Russell Westbrook is headed to the Washington Wizards and John Wall is moving to the Houston Rockets in a significant swap of point guards — one an MVP, the other a No. 1 overall draft pick — just weeks before the season starts.

TORONTO — When Toronto-raised actor Stephan James got the inaugural Radius Award at last year's Canadian Screen Awards, he felt incredibly honoured but also a bittersweetness.