National Sports

TORONTO — It's a sporting conundrum. The captain of Canada's national rugby league team is out of a job with his Canadian club because he is considered an overseas player.

Toronto forward Auston Matthews will miss his first NHL game on Wednesday night when the Maple Leafs host the Minnesota Wild. Matthews is listed day-to-day with an upper-body injury after appearing to play in some discomfort earlier in the week.

MILAN — Canada's Denis Shapovalov picked up his first win at the inaugural Next Gen ATP Finals, defeating Italian qualifier Gianluigi Quinzi 4-1, 4-1, 3-4 (5), 4-3 (5) on Wednesday.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Hockey League is taking the game outdoors. The OHL's Ottawa 67's will host the QMJHL's Gatineau Olympiques in an outdoor game at The Stadium at TD Place on Dec. 17, the 67's and the CHL announced Wednesday.

Toronto quarterback Ricky Ray picked up his fourth division all-star honour while Edmonton pivot Mike Reilly earned his second as the CFL unveiled its East and West all-star teams on Wednesday.

SUMMERSIDE, P.E.I. — Kerri Einarson and her rink stole three in both the first and third ends and sailed to a 9-4 victory over Winnipeg's Darcy Robertson on Tuesday night at the Road to the Roar Pre-Trials. The win left Einarson, of East St.

VANCOUVER — The feelings might not be as heated, the dislike not as intense, but there hasn't been a total thaw in the rivalry between the Canadian and U.S. women's national soccer teams.

BEIJING — UCLA basketball coach Steve Alford will sit the three players reportedly involved in a shoplifting incident in China for Saturday's game against Georgia Tech in Shanghai. Alford, however, declined to address the issue further.

LOS ANGELES — The tiny sport plane Roy Halladay was flying Tuesday when he fatally crashed into the Gulf of Mexico was made for entry-level pilots like him, though the plane's chief designer and test pilot died while flying one earlier this year, off

TORONTO — The National Hockey League has partnered with Fanatics to launch a Canadian-based e-commerce platform. The league says the new online shop, NHLShop.