National Sports

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Nick Olesen scored with 49 seconds left and Denmark stunned Canada 2-1 at the ice hockey world championship Thursday to advance to the semifinals.

TORONTO — Nathan Lukes' RBI single in the bottom of the 11th gave the Toronto Blue Jays a 7-6 win over the San Diego Padres on Thursday afternoon to complete the three-game sweep.

TORONTO — Brendan Shanahan needs a new plan. The same goes for the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Curling made some strides over the 2024-25 campaign yet also remained behind the times in other areas, leaving the Roaring Game in a peculiar spot entering the all-important Olympic season.

A former member of Canada’s world junior hockey team briefly broke down in tears Thursday at the sexual assault trial of five of his ex-teammates as he faced questions over texts he sent a week after the encounter at the heart of the case.

DALLAS — More of the front 40 and less of the back 20 was the Edmonton Oilers' theme Thursday.

TORONTO — Canadian Soccer Business and the Canadian Premier League have a new boss and leadership structure with English-born Australian James (JJ) Johnson in the role of group chief executive officer.

PARIS — Victoria Mboko advanced to the third round of French Open qualifying with a 6-3, 6-2 win over Kathinka von Deichmann on Thursday. The 18-year-old Canadian won 82 per cent of her first serves and converted six of seven break-point chances.

Nearly a month ago, Hall of Fame basketball player Steve Nash reached out to Oklahoma City Thunder star Shai Gilgeous-Alexander simply to tell him how much he admires his game. Now, they are the only two Canadians to ever win the NBA MVP award.

Gavin McKenna is ready to step into the Memorial Cup spotlight — and he doesn’t plan to blink. After all, the 17-year-old phenom is no stranger to wall-to-wall media coverage and sky-high expectations.