National Sports

POTCHEFSTROOM, South Africa — Benjamin Calitz hit 63 in a losing cause Wednesday as Canada lost to South Africa by 150 runs at the ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup.

Toronto FC has signed 15-year-old midfielder Jahkeele Marshall-Rutty as a homegrown player, making him the youngest player ever to sign with the first team. The native of Brampton, Ont., who turns 16 in June, is no stranger to setting records.

The CFL is returning to Halifax. A CFL source says the league will announce Thursday it will stage a regular-season game between the Toronto Argonauts and Saskatchewan Roughriders in the Nova Scotia capital.

TORONTO — Masai Ujiri paused during his keynote speech in a posh Toronto hotel ballroom on Tuesday evening to ask all the female employees of the Toronto Raptors to stand.

Forge FC has sold star midfielder Tristan Borges, the leading scorer and MVP of the Canadian Premier League, to Belgian club Oud-Heverlee Leuven.

A month ago, Jared du Toit wasn't even sure he'd be playing in the Latinoamerica Qualifying Tournament in Mexico.

VANCOUVER — Larry Walker's father says he is overwhelmed with emotion about his son being voted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame on his final try. "I don't know if this is ever going to sink in," Larry Walker Sr.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Milos Raonic is heading to the third round at the Australian Open, keeping Canada's hopes alive in singles at the season's first Grand Slam. The No. 32 seed from Thornhill, Ont.

Tuesday's Games NHL Boston 3 Vegas 2 Carolina 4 Winnipeg 1 N.Y. Islanders 4 N.Y. Rangers 2 Philadelphia 3 Pittsburgh 0 Florida 4 Chicago 3 --- AHL Milwaukee 2 Belleville 1 WB/Scranton 3 San Antonio 2 (OT) Tucson 3 San Diego 1 --- NBA L.A.

When Larry Walker packed up his car for his first spring training in 1985, he didn't expect to be embarking on a path that would lead him to the National Baseball Hall of Fame 35 years later. The Maple Ridge, B.C.