National Sports

TORONTO — Veteran linebacker Henoc Muamba, the CFL's top Canadian in 2019, signed with the Toronto Argonauts on Tuesday. Muamba, a 32-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., became a free agent last month.

Ratings for the Canadian men's curling final tumbled significantly compared to the championship game in the 2020 season.

MOSCOW — A 19-year-old Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday. Defenceman Timur Faizutdinov was playing for Dynamo St.

NEW YORK — A former point guard sentenced to prison in 2019 for his role in a college basketball bribery scheme has a book coming out next year. Hanover Square Press announced Tuesday that Merl Code's “Black Market” will be published in March 2022.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames won a third straight game under new head coach Darryl Sutter with a 4-3 victory Monday over the visiting Edmonton Oilers.

WINNIPEG — It was vintage Carey Price in the Montreal net on Monday night as the Canadiens closed out the first half of the shortened 56-game season in style.

ACAPULCO, Mexico — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is moving on at the Mexican Open. The No. 7 seed from Montreal downed American Tennys Sandgren in straight sets on Monday in the first round of the ATP-500 level tournament in Acapulco.

OTTAWA — The Canucks had their way with the Senators in a three-game sweep in late January, outscoring Ottawa by a combined 16-3 score in Vancouver.

Ryan Poehling scored the winner at 17:05 of the third period, and the Laval Rocket held on to beat the Belleville Senators 3-2 on Monday in American Hockey League action.

Raptors 905 general manager Chad Sanders has been named the 2020-21 NBA G League executive of the year. The NBA G League made the announcement on Monday.