National Sports

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Canada's Milos Raonic beat American qualifier J.J. Wolf 7-6 (5), 6-1 in first-round play at the St. Petersburg Open on Tuesday. The sixth-seeded Raonic, from Thornhill, Ont.

Colin Hodgson is planning to use an old-school approach for his return to curling. The Team Mike McEwen lead is going to play in a local curling league this season for the first time in years.

Alaric Jackson was more than a little surprised last week to find himself atop the CFL's Scouting Bureau's fall list of the top-20 prospects for next year's draft.

MANNHEIM, Germany — Ottawa Senators prospect Tim Stuetzle is set to undergo surgery after suffering a broken arm while training with his German club.

Curling's free-agent frenzy wasn't kind to Chelsea Carey. All three members of her rink moved on last March, leaving the two-time Scotties champion without a team entering the most critical season of the quadrennial.

Despite the global pandemic and all that comes with it, league-leading Toronto FC is somehow ahead of its 2017 championship year pace.

SAN DIEGO — Back in the ballpark where he started his big league career, Manuel Margot of the Tampa Bay Rays had a breakout game in the AL Championship Series with a three-run home run and a spectacular catch while tumbling over a wall in right field

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have acquired defenceman Nate Schmidt from the Vegas Golden Knights for a third-round pick in the 2022 NHL draft.

CINCINNATI — At 5-foot-7, he was the smallest cog in the Big Red Machine. And to his star-powered teammates, Joe Morgan was a driving force, too.

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Taylor Hall refused to buy into the negativity surrounding the Buffalo Sabres, and instead focused on the positives. The opportunity to alongside captain Jack Eichel was a factor. Playing for a familiar coach in Ralph Krueger another.