National Sports

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed head coach Jay Woodcroft to a three-year contract extension, rewarding him for leading the team to the NHL Western Conference final. The Oilers named Woodcroft as the team's interim head coach on Feb.

TORONTO — It's not a matter of if All Elite Wrestling is coming to Canada, it's a question of when.

BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Hungary’s Kristóf Milák set a world record in the men’s 200 butterfly at the swimming world championships on Tuesday. The 22-year-old Milák clocked 1 minute, 50.34 seconds to shave 0.

Alysha Newman was a few weeks removed from a devastating Tokyo Olympic performance when the severity of her concussion hit home. The specialist she'd visited at a California hospital was showing her pictures of animals.

BAD HOMBURG, Germany — Canada's Bianca Andreescu cruised to a 6-3, 6-1 win over seventh seed Martina Trevisan in first-round action Tuesday at the Bad Homburg Open grass-court tennis tournament.

TORONTO — Calgary defensive back Titus Wall, Stampeders kicker Rene Paredes and Saskatchewan running back Jamal Morrow are the CFL's top players for Week 2 of the season.

Canadian sprint star Andre De Grasse has been knocked out of the national track and field championships by COVID-19 just a month before the worlds.

TORONTO — The semifinals of the Canadian Championship have once again pitted the two biggest soccer clubs in the country against one another in what is affectionately known as the Canadian Classique.

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning's bid for a three-peat is alive and well.

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.