National Sports

Hope Solo told a Portuguese newspaper that former FIFA President Sepp Blatter sexually assaulted her at the Ballon d'Or awards ceremony in 2013.

The fate of a Canadian university football playoff game is scheduled for a court hearing Saturday as lawyers from Saint Mary's University attempt a legal bid to get their team back into the Loney Bowl.

BRAMPTON, Ont. — He's been one of the most sought-after basketball talents his age for years, fielding interest from countless schools. In the end, R.J. Barrett went with what felt most like home. The 17-year-old from Mississauga, Ont.

TORONTO — Danielle Goyette was a steady presence on the Canadian national team in the early 1990s, but knew she needed to take her game to another level after women's hockey was added to the Olympic program for the 1998 Nagano Games.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada's women's team pursuit squad opened the long-track speedskating World Cup season Friday with a bronze medal while Japan took gold in a world record time.

LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canada's Justin Kripps and Alex Kopacz opened the World Cup season with a silver medal Friday in the two-man bobsled event. Competing for first time together, Kripps of Summerland, B.C., and Kopacz of London, Ont.

STOCKHOLM — Before newcomer Matt Duchene can fully fit in, the Ottawa Senators still have others to make the difference.

VANCOUVER — Derek Dorsett spent a recent day off playing with his kids in a gymnastics studio. That physical activity, however light, would have been next to impossible last winter.

NYON, Switzerland — Patrice Evra was fired by Marseille on Friday after being suspended by UEFA for all remaining European games this season for kicking a fan of the French club. The volatile defender was also fined 10,000 euros ($11,650) by UEFA.

Former middleweight champion Anderson (The Spider) Silva has been pulled from a Nov. 25 UFC card in China for a potential doping violation dating back to an Oct. 26 out-of-competition sample.