National Sports

MONTREAL — Ferrari has renewed hope going into the Canadian Grand Prix following a successful second practice run on Friday.

TORONTO — Alex Brown says he's been wearing his Toronto Raptors jersey ever since the team began their historic playoff run.

He's helped make volleyball a sport of choice in Nunavut. Now Scott Schutz is trying to make football a part of the territory's athletic landscape. Last weekend, the native of Yorkton, Sask., who now calls Kelowna, B.C.

Canada faces some familiar foes in Group E play at the Women's World Cup. The Canadian women were also drawn in a group with New Zealand and the Netherlands at the 2015 World Cup in Canada. The new face this year is Cameroon.

CALGARY — The Canadian Premier League is investigating accusations of racism in a match between Hamilton's Forge FC and Calgary's Cavalry FC.

PARIS — For Gabriela Dabrowski, it's all about Grand Slam titles. The Ottawa tennis player has been to the late stages of major tournaments often enough that there's no longer reward in just reaching a final.

Undefeated Canadian boxer Steve Rolls is ready for the biggest fight of his life. The USBA middleweight champion (19-0) will battle Gennady Golovkin of Kazkahstan (38-1-1) on Saturday in the headline bout at Madison Square Garden in New York.

OAKLAND, Calif.

Most everyone agrees that the Canadian women's field hockey team has blossomed under coach Giles Bonnet.

TORONTO — With one swing of the bat in a mid-October game in 1992, Roberto Alomar helped change the perception of the Toronto Blue Jays.