National Sports

The CFL and CFLPA say an independent third-party organization will test air quality and provide measurements for future games after an investigation was launched over the conditions in Monday's Edmonton Elks-Calgary Stampeders game.

While Canada sits out the men's Rugby World Cup for the first time, former captain Gareth Rees maintains his perfect attendance record at the tournament.

Federal sports minister Carla Qualtrough says she knows what's required to solve Canada's safe-sport crisis. The how is still a work in progress.

Montreal’s Professional Women's Hockey League team unveiled their first three signings in forwards Marie-Philip Poulin and Laura Stacey and goaltender Ann-Renée Desbiens.

TORONTO — Shai Gilgeous-Alexander's former coaches in his hometown of Hamilton say his star performance for team Canada at the FIBA Basketball World Cup is a source of pride for the city and its basketball community.

While Canada is not part of the 20-country field at the Rugby World Cup, there are still some Canadian connections on offer in France.

ISTANBUL (AP) — Rescuers from across Europe rushed to a cave in Turkey on Thursday, launching an operation to save an American researcher who became trapped almost 1,000 meters (3,000 feet) below the cave's entrance after suffering stomach bleeding.

Canada has gone head up with some of FIBA's best at the World Cup but faces its biggest test yet in sixth-ranked Serbia on Friday.

MANILA, Philippines (AP) — Latvia will play Lithuania for fifth place at the Basketball World Cup. And Slovenia and Italy couldn't recover one day after seeing their hopes of making the tournament semifinals fall short.

BOSTON — Forward Hilary Knight, goaltender Aerin Frankel and defender Megan Keller have signed three-year contracts with the Boston franchise of the Professional Women's Hockey League.