National Sports

TORONTO — The CFL has drawn the ire of the CFL Players' Association by directing its teams to stop paying players off-season bonuses until a new collective bargaining agreement is reached next year, a tactic the union says has driven a wedge between

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack's home debut has been pushed back to May after the decision to schedule an April 28 game against Halifax RLFC in a neutral site in north London at the home of the London Skolars.

MELBOURNE, Australia — It took just over an hour for Roger Federer to fix one anomalous statistic in his extraordinary career.

LENZERHEIDE, Switzerland — Wendy Holdener won a World Cup combined race by a big margin on Friday and set herself up as the favourite for the Olympic gold medal next month. First-run leader Lindsey Vonn led Holdener by 0.

TOKYO — The 2019 Rugby World Cup has its mascots: Two mythical, lion-like creatures that were believed in ancient Japan to chase away evil and bring happiness.

GARMISCH-PARTENKIRCHEN, Germany — Christof Innerhofer was again fastest in training Friday for the last World Cup downhill race before the Olympics. The Italian, who was also fastest in Thursday's practice, sped down the 3.

MELBOURNE, Australia — A Canadian will play in a final at the Australian Open this weekend. Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Mate Pavic of Croatia won their mixed doubles semifinal early Friday.

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Adam Henrique has fit right in with the Anaheim Ducks, finding his scoring touch while helping his new team to wins.

SYDNEY, Australia — The Canadian women's sevens team is on the right path to defending their Sydney Sevens title.

VANCOUVER — The explosive offence that the Vancouver Canucks displayed just two nights prior was nowhere to be found against Buffalo.