National Sports

BERLIN (AP) — Bayern Munich soccer star Joshua Kimmich has found himself at the center of a debate in Germany over the merits of vaccination against the coronavirus.

Brian McDermott, who led the Toronto Wolfpack to the top tier of English rugby league as head coach, has been hired to do the same thing with Featherstone Rovers.

OTTAWA — The struggling Ottawa Redblacks have already started preparing for the 2022 season, and their first order of business was firing general manager Marcel Desjardins.

TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have re-signed Uruguayan wing/fullback Gaston Mieres, the club's leading try-scorer. The 32-year-old Uruguayan, back for a fourth season in Major League Rugby, has 13 tries to his credit.

ASTLE, N.B. — Police in New Brunswick say a 32-year-old woman was the driver of a car who died Sunday in a collision with a bus transporting the Miramichi Timberwolves Junior A hockey team.

Mark Messier calls "No One Wins Alone" his memoir. But it's really the hockey icon's recipe for success, on and off the ice. And given Messier's resume, it's no surprise he wrote the book on winning.

University athletics in Ontario are overwhelmingly white, from student athletes to coaches to administrators, according to a new report that found rampant systemic racism in varsity sports.

NEW YORK — Winnipeg Jets left-wing Kyle Connor, Edmonton Oilers centre Connor McDavid and New York Islanders goaltender Ilya Sorokin have been named the NHL’s three stars of the week.

MONTREAL — Félix Auger-Aliassime and Denis Shapovalov will lead Canada at the upcoming Davis Cup Finals international tennis tournament. Montreal's Auger-Aliassime, ranked 12th in the world, and Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.

Fresh from a 5-1 win over New Zealand on Saturday in Ottawa, Canadian women's soccer coach Bev Priestman is clear on what she expects from Tuesday's rematch with the Football Ferns in Montreal. "More of the same," Priestman said.