National Sports

The Montreal Alouettes incorporated men into their cheer team for the first time last season. Longtime director Annie Larouche hopes the program can achieve another first in 2019.

SAN DIEGO — With their city's long-suffering fans desperate for a winner, the rebuilding San Diego Padres delivered their splashiest free agent signing ever by agreeing with All-Star infielder Manny Machado on a $300 million, 10-year deal.

MONTREAL — The Toronto Defiant's Overwatch academy team will be known as the Montreal Rebellion. The Montreal feeder team will play in the Overwatch Contenders League.

Don Cherry doesn't think the Carolina Hurricanes are very funny. But he admits their shirts are.

RIO DE JANEIRO — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime cruised to a 6-2, 6-3 upset of second-seed Fabio Fognini on Tuesday at the Rio Open tennis tournament. Fognini, ranked No.

With a few hours to kill during a recent layover in Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris, Kyle Wiltjer was wondering aloud.

CALGARY — Canada's skeleton and bobsled teams will race a World Cup on their home track under a cloud of uncertainty. Calgary's 33-year-old sliding track, built for the 1988 Winter Olympics, is facing closure.

DELRAY BEACH, Fla. — Canadians Brayden Schnur and Peter Polansky suffered first-round eliminations Tuesday at the Delray Beach Open. Polansky, from Thornhill, Ont.

Feeling on top of your game? A new product from a Canadian company can help aspiring fighters train like a super-hero.

LIVERPOOL, England — Canadian teenager Alphonso Davies was on the Bayern Munich bench to start Tuesday's Champions League round-of-16 game at Liverpool.