National Sports

Born in 1999, winger Tajon Buchanan arrived 15 years after the Canadian men last qualified for the Olympic soccer tournament. Seoul, Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London and Rio de Janeiro have come and gone since.

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — An aggressive second run lifted teenager Alice Robinson ahead of Mikaela Shiffrin to win a giant slalom that ended the women’s World Cup ski season on Sunday.

TIRANA, Albania — Albania’s national team soccer coach on Sunday called on the government to let a limited number of spectators to attend its World Cup qualifier against England later this month to help motivate the team.

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — Rising from sixth place after the first run in a World Cup slalom, Manuel Feller won the season-ending race on Sunday.

TORONTO — Jack Campbell has watched a lot of hockey the last few months. The Maple Leafs' backup goalie missed 14 games after hurting his leg in January before aggravating the injury as soon as he returned to the lineup.

TOKYO — The Tokyo Olympics and the International Olympic Committee have banned fans from abroad with the games opening in four months. It's part of the fallout from holding the Olympics in the middle of a pandemic.

TOKYO — Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga pledged Sunday to do his utmost to prevent a resurgence of the coronavirus ahead of the Olympic torch relay and his upcoming visit to Washington.

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RED DEER, Alta. — The Edmonton Oil Kings remain undefeated after a 3-1 victory over the Red Deer Rebels Saturday night in Red Deer. Scott Atkinson, Matthew Robertson, and Jalen Luypen each scored a goal for the Oil Kings (5-0-0-0).

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Chicoutimi Sagueneens forward Dawson Mercer scored a natural hat-trick in a 4-2 win over the Sherbrooke Phoenix Saturday night. The Sagueneens were down 2-1 until Mercer scored the first of his three goals in the second period.