National Sports

JAKARTA, Indonesia — The Olympic Council of Asia says North and South Korea will field combined teams in three sports — canoeing, rowing and women's basketball — at the Asian Games in the latest sign of co-operation between the countries.

PHILADELPHIA — Ryan Straschnitzki hasn't given up his dream of playing hockey.

BEIJING — A Chinese court sentenced former American football player Wendell Brown to four years in prison Thursday for being involved in a bar fight, a punishment his lawyer and an activist called excessive.

INUVIK, N.W.T. — Officials from the Edmonton Eskimos Canadian Football League club are on a tour of northern communities to discuss the team's name.

Wednesday's Games World Cup At Ekaterinburg, Russia Sweden 3 Mexico 0 At Kazan, Russia South Korea 2 Germany 0 At Novgorod, Russia Costa Rica 2 Switzerland 2 At Moscow Brazil 2 Serbia 0 --- MLB American League Houston 7 Toronto 6 Seattle 8 Baltimore

PHILADELPHIA — The steady footsteps heard coming from the physiotherapy room at Philadelphia's Shriners hospital belong to paralyzed Humboldt Broncos hockey player Ryan Straschnitzki.

Ottawa Fury FC has earned itself a meeting with Toronto FC. Carl Haworth scored in the 21st minute as Ottawa beat AS Blainville 1-0 on Wednesday to advance to the Canadian Championship semifinal where it will face the reigning MLS champions.

TORONTO — Ricky Ray's season is done.

CALGARY — With both quarterbacks throwing a lot of passes to a lot of receivers just days ago, Thursday's game between the Ottawa Redblacks and host Calgary Stampeders will be a stiff test of each team's defence.

HOUSTON — It isn't very often that Alex Bregman whiffs on two straight fastballs, so when he did so in the ninth inning on Wednesday it left Houston's third baseman a bit upset.