National Sports

TORONTO — The referee's whistle took Fred VanVleet and his Toronto Raptors out of their defensive rhythm and then out of the game.

PETERBOROUGH, Ont. — Canada's Jessie Eldridge had two goals and an assist to lead Team Harvey's to a 5-2 win over Team Scotiabank on Friday in Professional Women's Hockey Players Association action.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — John Tavares scored twice and Ilya Samsonov stopped 30 shots for his third shutout of the season, leading the Toronto Maple Leafs over the Columbus Blue Jackets 3-0 on Friday night to snap a three-game road losing streak.

TORONTO — The CFL's top-rushing Canadian is returning for another season. Andrew Harris has agreed to a one-year contract extension with the Toronto Argonauts, according to a league source.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — Defending champion Scottie Scheffler took the lead into the weekend in the WM Phoenix Open, with local favorite Jon Rahm right behind at TPC Scottsdale.

The ongoing labour dispute between Canada Soccer and its men's and women's teams boiled over Friday with the women downing tools and the men calling for Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge to step in.

Canadian celebs Sarah McLachlan and Matty Matheson are among the stars appearing in Super Bowl TV ads set to air for U.S. viewers this weekend.

In locking up Bo Bichette to a three-year, $33.6-million contract, Toronto Blue Jays general manager Ross Atkins included escalators that could see the shortstop's new deal rocket to more than $40 million if he rises to MVP status.

TIJUANA, Mexico — Former Vancouver Whitecap striker Lucas Cavallini is back in Mexico, this time with Tijuana. The 30-year-old Canadian international played for Puebla in Liga MX before joining Vancouver as a designated player.

Canada Soccer has named Mathieu Chamberland its new chief operating office. Chamberland has spent the last five years as general director at Soccer Quebec (Federation de soccer du Quebec).