National Sports

TORONTO — Shea Weber's passion still burns bright. Instead of lacing up his skates and trying to help his team make a playoff push, the former defenceman and captain of the Montreal Canadiens has been polishing a speech.

As the Canadian Premier League wraps up its sixth season on Saturday in Calgary, it can thank the world governing body of soccer for help getting there.

TORONTO — Toronto Raptors rookie Ja’Kobe Walter has re-sprained his right acromioclavicular joint. The injury occurred in the third quarter of Toronto’s 122-107 loss to the Sacramento Kings on Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Cody Fajardo knows the roles are reversed. The reigning Grey Cup MVP still likes where his Montreal Alouettes stand compared to the Toronto Argonauts 12 months ago, because they know what it takes to win as the underdog.

More than three months after announcing an independent review into the Paris Olympics drone-spying scandal, Canada Soccer now has the document in hand.

RIYADH — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are through to the doubles final at the WTA Finals after a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Australia's Ellen Perez in semifinal action

TORONTO — Superstar Auston Matthews has been placed on the Toronto Maple Leafs' injured reserve. The move is retroactive to Nov. 3 when the Leafs captain suffered an upper-body injury in a 2-1 overtime loss to the Minnesota Wild.

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Preston Mattingly, a son of former star first baseman and manager Don Mattingly, was promoted to general manager of the Philadelphia Phillies on Friday under president of baseball operations Dave Dombrowski.

TORONTO — The WWE is returning to Toronto's Rogers Centre for the first time in more than two decades. The professional wrestling promoter says it will hold its Elimination Chamber premium live event at the downtown ballpark on March 1.

CALGARY — The CFL’s championship game is coming back to Calgary in 2026 — an announcement that has raised renewed questions over what is to be done with the city’s aging McMahon Stadium.