National Sports

TORONTO — Stilts, Superman, Sir Richard. Just some of the nicknames Richard Whiting has collected along his long rugby league road.

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EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have signed defenceman Kris Russell to a four-year contract extension. Terms of the deal were not released, but it's reportedly worth a total of US$16 million.

Jake Nerwinski didn't want his chance to come about this way.

Three months after his college career was cut short by a torn ACL, Canada's Chris Boucher appears to be headed to the Golden State Warriors.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact will have to improvise at the left back position with Ambroise Oyongo and Daniel Lovitz both out with knee injuries.

CHICAGO — The Arizona Coyotes acquired Niklas Hjalmarsson in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks on Friday, adding a dependable defenceman during a time of turmoil for the franchise.

VANCOUVER — T.J. Lee was always the one to encourage a teammate felled by injury. When the B.C. Lions defensive back went down early last season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, he learned just how hollow those words can sound.

TORONTO — Coach John Herdman is a step closer to his goal of taking the Canadian women's soccer team to the top. Canada has moved up one spot to No. 4 in the new FIFA women's world rankings, matching its all-time high first achieved last year. The U.

PARIS — High-divers plunged into the River Seine, trampoline athletes somersaulted inside the Petit Palais art museum and runners raced on a floating track as Paris turned some of its world-famous landmarks over to sports on Friday in hopes of wowing