National Sports

MIAMI — Canada has been drawn in a group with Costa Rica, Haiti and Saint Kitts and Nevis or the Dominican Republic at the 2020 CONCACAF Futsal Championship.

TORONTO — The Grand Slam of Curling will make its first international stop next season with a visit to Las Vegas. It could be the first step in the series eventually going global. The Meridian Open will be held Jan.

TORONTO — Star forward Christine Sinclair leads a list of nine Canadian internationals allocated to the NWSL in 2020.

TORONTO — The Oshawa Generals and Soo Greyhounds will make formal bid presentations to host the 2021 Memorial Cup.

TORONTO — Malibu Mambo is the early 4-1 favourite for the 161st running of the Queen's Plate.

The Wolfpack return to the scene of the crime Friday as they visit Warrington Wolves in Super League play. Toronto suffered its worst-ever loss in May 2018 at Halliwell Jones Stadium, thrashed 66-10 by Warringon in a sixth-round Challenge Cup clash.

EL PASO, Texas — The Montreal Alouettes say they are in the process of gathering information after the arrest of wide receiver Quan Bray. U.S. federal agents say they found 71.

TORONTO — Brian Noble, who helped build the Toronto Wolfpack from the ground up, is stepping down as director of rugby of the transatlantic rugby league team.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens and Pittsburgh Penguins have completed a trade of minor-league forwards. The Habs acquired Joseph Blandisi and Jacob Lucchini from the Penguins in exchange for Riley Barber and Phil Varone.

While Vancouver celebrates the 10th anniversary of the 2010 Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games, the man who co-led the bid and headed the organizing committee wants the city to do it again in 2030.