National Sports

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks have tasked Shawn Burke with turning around their struggling franchise. The CFL team named Burke its new general manager on Sunday, a month after finishing a disappointing 3-11 season.

ALTENBERG, Germany — Justin Kripps bounced back from a crash in training to pilot Canada to silver in a World Cup four-man bobsled race Sunday. The 34-year-old from Summerland, B.C., teamed up with Cam Stones of Whitby, Ont.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Canada's Summer McIntosh and Joshua Liendo captured their first medals at a major international swimming event on Sunday.

SAINT MORITZ, Switzerland — Canada's Mollie Jepsen raced to victory in the giant slalom at a Para-Alpine World Cup on Sunday, for a perfect six-for-six in podium finishes to end the calendar year.

INNICHEN, Italy — Britt Phelan and Reece Howden each captured bronze for Canada at a ski-cross World Cup on Sunday. Phelan, a 30-year-old from Mont-Tremblant, Que.

VICTORIA — Sasha Mutala scored twice as the Tri-City Americans edged the Victoria Royals 6-5 on Saturday in Western Hockey League action. Tyson Greenway's power-play goal at the 10:34 mark of the third period was the winner for Tri-City (8-13-4).

SEATTLE (AP) — Warren Foegele scored twice, including the go-ahead goal in the third period, and the Edmonton Oilers beat the Seattle Kraken 5-3 on Saturday night.

SAINT PAUL, Minn. — Elaine Chuli stopped all 28 shots she faced as the Toronto Six blanked the Minnesota Whitecaps 4-0 on Saturday in the Premier Hockey Federation.

TORONTO — Sarah Potomak scored 2:47 into overtime to lead Calgary's Team Scotiabank past Minnesota's Team Adidas 4-3 on Saturday in the PWHPA's Dream Gap Tour. Team Scotiabank will face Toronto's Team Sonnet on Sunday in the Kipling Showcase's final.

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet and the Toronto Raptors are doing their best to deal with the rapidly changing COVID-19 world these days.