National Sports

LOUISVILLE, Ky. — Favourite Omaha Beach was scratched from the Kentucky Derby because of a breathing problem Wednesday night.

It's not that Michael Gligic doesn't care about his results anymore. He's just learned to keep golf in its proper perspective, helping him relax on the course. That laid-back approach has helped the Canadian stay near the top of the Web.

Canada's sport and science minister was critical of an international decision that will force female athletes with unusually high levels of testosterone to medicate themselves to compete.

TORONTO — Pascal Siakam walked into Paul Weir's coaching office at New Mexico State one day and asked to borrow a book on basketball. It was a moment that spoke volumes about just how raw the scrawny rookie from Cameroon was.

Montreal Canadiens winger Jonathan Drouin has undergone surgery for a "previously fractured nose," the club announced Wednesday.

Ian Millar promised his wife Lynn on several occasions that he would retire when show jumping was no longer fun.

Zach Wilkinson's life is going to change immensely this week. On Thursday, the towering Northern Colorado offensive lineman is expected to be a first-round selection in the CFL Canadian college draft.

GENEVA — The sports world's highest court ruled Wednesday that Olympic champion Caster Semenya and other female runners like her with unusually high testosterone must take medication to reduce their levels of the male sex hormone if they want to comp

Guelph Storm captain Isaac Ratcliffe had almost nothing to play for in his first three years in the Ontario Hockey League.

TORONTO — It's a career first that Jim Popp would rather not have. On Thursday night, the Toronto Argonauts general manager will make the opening selection of the CFL draft for the first time in his 20-plus-year tenure in the league.