National Sports

TORONTO — While acknowledging the difficulties of playing soccer in early March in Toronto, TFC captain Michael Bradley politely suggested Friday that the playing surface at BMO Field needs to be better.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed striker Tosaint Ricketts to a new contract through 2022 with an option for 2023. The Edmonton native is entering his 14th year as a professional. “When you start, you just take it one year at a time.

ATLANTA (AP) — Thirty-nine players on the women's national team endorsed Cindy Parlow Cone for a full four-year term as U.S.

CHARLOTTETOWN — Appeals have been launched by five minor hockey players in Prince Edward Island facing 25-game suspensions for allegedly hurling racial slurs toward a Black Nova Scotia goalie.

BEIJING — Canadian skier Frédérique Turgeon has withdrawn from the Beijing Paralympics due to an injury. The three-time world medallist from Candiac, Que.

The Beijing Paralympics opened with an impassioned plea for peace with war raging in Ukraine, and an almost audible sigh of relief two years into the COVID-19 pandemic.

HAMAR, Norway — Canada's Laurent Dubreuil has tested positive for COVID-19 at the world speedskating championships, sinking his chance at claiming the men's sprint title.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Black retired football players who were denied payments for dementia in the NFL's $1 billion concussion settlement can seek to be retested or have their claims rescored to eliminate racial bias in the testing and payout formula, u

MANAGUA, Nicaragua — The Edmonton Stingers made history with a victory in their Basketball Champions League Americas debut in December.

MELBOURNE, Australia — Shane Warne, who was considered to be the greatest bowler in cricket history and helped Australia win the World Cup in 1999, has died. He was 52.