National Sports

Expansion San Diego FC took UC Santa Barbara midfielder Manu Duah with the first pick in Friday's MLS SuperDraft. The six-foot-four freshman from Ghana started 14 games for the Gauchos.

GENEVA (AP) — Netflix has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031 as the streaming giant continues its push into live sports.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders have signed Canadian receiver Jalen Philpot to a two-year contract, the CFL club announced Friday. Philpot had been scheduled to become a free agent in February. The 24-year-old from Delta, B.C.

They're celebrating the University of Vermont's men's NCAA soccer championship on both sides of the border. Vermont coach Rob Dow hails from Cole Harbour, N.S.

Australian Steve Meehan has been named coach of the Canadian men's rugby team, succeeding Kingsley Jones.

OTTAWA — A look at the new faces in Justin Trudeau's cabinet: Rachel Bendayan , official languages minister and associate minister of public safety: A Montreal MP first elected in 2019.

BATHURST, N.B. — The Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League's Acadie-Bathurst Titan are relocating to St. John's, N.L., starting next season, the league announced Friday. The QMJHL said the sale of the team to investors, John Harvey Patten, John R.

Jonathan David and Vanessa Gilles, two of the first names on the Canadian team sheet, have been named Canada Soccer Players of the Year. David, who plays his club football in France with Lille, also won the award in 2019.

Dave Cameron had just hung up his skates. It was 1985 and he needed a new job after 168 NHL games, plus plenty more in the minors. He found his place working at a young offenders' facility and as a high-school guidance counsellor.

BAKURIANI — Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury's streak of World Cup mogul victories ended at five on Friday. France's Benjamin Cavet, whose last victory was in Idre Fjäll, Sweden, in December 2020, scored 84.