National Sports

BOSTON — Toronto's Justyn Knight set a new Canadian indoor record in the men's 1,500 metres on Friday at the Boston University Last Chance meet. Knight won gold in three minutes 36.13 seconds, easily bettering Doug Consiglio's record of 3:38.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors have managed to win through a litany of injuries this season. But on Friday night, the key absences caught up with them. Terry Rozier scored 18 points and the go-ahead free throw with 2.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Mike McEwen made the original suggestion to Curling Canada a few years ago to add a wild-card entry to the field at the national championships. The play-in game has agreed with him ever since.

MONTREAL — A year after finishing in second place, Canadian divers Jennifer Abel and Melissa Citrini-Beaulieu upgraded themselves to gold on Friday at the FINA Diving World Series.

TORONTO — David Ayres went out for a casual game of pickup hockey last week. Between work, coaching kids and suiting up as the Toronto Maple Leafs' practice goalie, the 42-year-old Zamboni driver hadn't been on the ice with friends in a few months.

TORONTO — The Toronto Raptors ruled out guard Fred VanVleet and centre Serge Ibaka for their game Friday night against visiting Charlotte. The Raptors had said Ibaka was questionable with a sore right knee prior to ruling him out.

Justin Douglas and Conor Trainor return to action for Canada this weekend at the HSBC Los Angeles Sevens.

HAMAR, Norway — Canada's Laurent Dubreuil raced to a gold medal in the men's 500-metre race Friday at the ISU world sprint/allround speedskating championships. Dubreuil, from Levis, Que., finished the race in 34.

KINGSTON, Ont. — You won't hear Prince Edward Island skip Bryan Cochrane bellowing orders to his teammates at the Tim Hortons Brier. He lets a whistle do the work.

LAKELAND, Fla. — Toronto centre-fielder Teoscar Hernandez drove in three runs as the Blue Jays beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 in pre-season action on Friday.