National Sports

Canada's women's junior field hockey team is scheduled to arrive home on Thursday after being stranded in South Africa due to the new COVID-19 variant. The team took off from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and was on a flight through Frankfurt, Germany.

HAMILTON — The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts executive John Murphy indefinitely Wednesday for an altercation with fans after the East Division final. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated Toronto 27-19 at BMO Field on Sunday to advance to the Grey Cup.

The Beijing Olympics open in less than 60 days. And the NHL has just over a month to decide if it will be there.

HAMILTON — He's been gone since 2000 but it seems some Hamilton football fans still haven't forgiven Mike O'Shea for leaving the Tiger-Cats. O'Shea had two separate stints as a linebacker with Hamilton (1993-95, 2000) during his Hall of Fame career.

REFORM, Ala. (AP) — Arrested for driving twice the speed limit through a rural Alabama community, former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. wound up in a jail where he allegedly beat up another prisoner while trying to steal socks, authorities said.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year, citing extensive human rights abuses by the Communist regime in the host country.

HAMILTON — Time has given Andrew Harris a deeper appreciation about what it takes to win the Grey Cup.

HAMILTON — Ticats linebacker Simoni Lawrence knew quarterback Dane Evans was ready when he saw him just prior to last Sunday's CFL East final.

TORONTO — Decathlete Damian Warner was named the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Athlete of the Year on Wednesday, capping a triumphant season highlighted by his Olympic title at the Tokyo Games.

HAMILTON — Wins and losses are important, but Mike O'Shea and Orlondo Steinauer believe -- as CFL head coaches -- they're in the people business.