National Sports

OTTAWA — The United States sits one win from history. Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist each as the Americans beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship.

TORONTO — Stopping the Orlando Magic's three-point shooting should have been easy. Orlando was making a league-worst 30.6 per cent of its three-point attempts heading into Friday night's game against the Toronto Raptors.

Family Channel is hitting the rinks for a new live-action teen drama set in the high-stakes world of competitive figure skating.

NEW YORK — Minnesota centre Marco Rossi, Anaheim right-wing Troy Terry and Los Angeles goaltender Darcy Kuemper have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

MONTREAL — CF Montréal has acquired American defender Jalen Neal from the Los Angeles Galaxy, the Major League Soccer club announced Monday.

It's a women's pro hockey homecoming for Jennifer Gardiner and Rylind MacKinnon. The pair of B.C.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks hired William Fields as their defensive co-ordinator and secondary coach Monday. Fields served as co-defensive co-ordinator with Kevin Eiben last season with the Grey Cup-champion Toronto Argonauts.

OTTAWA — Atletico Ottawa has sold defender Matteo de Brienne, the Canadian Premier League's Best Canadian U-21 player in 2023, to Sweden's GAIS for an undisclosed fee.

Denis Shapovalov headlined Canada's five-man roster for its first-round Davis Cup qualifier against Hungary, a lineup that did not include singles star Felix Auger-Aliassime. Shapovalov, the world No. 58 from Richmond Hill, Ont.

OTTAWA — Teddy Stiga started his journey as a healthy scratch. He ended it bathed in glory with a gold medal hanging from his neck.