National Sports

BARRIE, Ont. — Skate Canada is paying tribute to a former Canadian Olympic figure skater who died in a collision involving seven vehicles in Melancthon Township, north of Shelburne, Ont., earlier this week.

CLAYTON, N.Y. — Canadian Chris Johnston remains in the hunt for his second Elite Series event on the St. Lawrence River. Johnston, of Peterborough, Ont., remained second Friday in the season-ending event.

SANTA CLARA, Calif. (AP) — The San Francisco 49ers have traded quarterback Trey Lance to the Dallas Cowboys less than three years after trading three first-round picks to draft him.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — Less than a week after winning the Women’s World Cup, Spain’s national team players announced Friday that they will not play any more games unless the president of the country's soccer federation steps down for kissing player

NEW YORK — Vasek Pospisil's hopes of playing in the U.S. Open were dashed Friday. The Vernon, B.C., tennis star lost 6-3, 4-6, 2-6 to Zachary Svajda of La Jolla, Calif.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews will be well paid to lead the Toronto Maple Leafs to a Stanley Cup championship.

BUDAPEST, Hungary — Andre De Grasse is keeping his head high despite leaving this year's World Athletics Championships without any hardware.

MONTREAL — With 10 games left in its regular season, and all focus on landing a Major League Soccer playoff berth, CF Montreal is preparing for the New England Revolution's visit to Stade Saputo on Saturday night.

JAKARTA, Indonesia — Canada has never won a medal at the FIBA Basketball World Cup. France was favoured to collect another one this year. One game in and the conversation for both teams has changed.

TORONTO — Gina Izumi was in her first corporate job out of university and told a male colleague her boyfriend enjoyed hitting the links.