National Sports

NEW YORK — Toronto Maple Leafs forwards Wayne Simmonds and Kyle Clifford have been fined for their actions during the third period of Thursday's 8-1 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning.

If Jarvis Landry is done with the Cleveland Browns, NFL draft guru Daniel Jeremiah suggests Canadian John Metchie III could be a nice fit with the club. Cleveland released Landry, a five-time Pro Bowl receiver, last month after four seasons.

Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse is unruffled by the fact no team in NBA history has come back from a 3-0 deficit to win a playoff series. "I think it's a heckuva challenge, and somebody's got to do it," Nurse said.

BARCELONA, Spain — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime fell to Argentina's Diego Schwartzman 3-6, 6-2, 6-3 in the quarterfinals of the Barcelona Open.

Guy Lafleur had been passed the torch as the Montreal Canadiens' next great Quebec-born player.

TORONTO — Canada's women's basketball coach Victor Lapeña is joining the national program fulltime. Canada Basketball signed Lapeña earlier this year to a multi-year deal that will see him coach the team through the 2024 Paris Olympics.

CALGARY — The University of Calgary named former CFL player Jon Cornish as its 15th chancellor-elect Friday. The 37-year-old native of New Westminster, B.C., will begin his four-year term July 1.

Canada Soccer has announced its 13-player roster for the upcoming 2022 International Federation of Cerebral Palsy Football (IFCPF) Men's World Cup in Salou Spain.

TORONTO — Back in early 2013, a 20-year-old Jonathan Osorio approached his first training camp with Toronto FC with plenty of self-imposed pressure. "I looked at it as my last chance, really.

Montreal Canadiens legend and Hockey Hall of Famer Guy Lafleur died at age 70.