National Sports

HAMILTON — Sarah Mitton shattered the Canadian record in the women's shot put at the Golden Horseshoe Prep Meet on Saturday. The 25-year-old from Brooklyn, N.S., threw 19.

Two teams needing to right the ship face off Sunday when the Vancouver Whitecaps host Toronto FC. Vancouver (1-6-1) has lost three straight and languishes in the league basement with the fewest points it has ever had at this stage of an MLS season.

DALLAS — Add suiting up for NHL playoff games in his home state for the first time in his career to an eventful few years for Calgary Flames forward Blake Coleman.

TORONTO — Canada Soccer has appointed former MLSE executive Breagha Carr-Harris to its new post of head of women’s professional soccer.

NAIROBI, Kenya — Canada's Aaron Brown pulled away down the stretch to win the 200 metres at the Kip Keino Classic on Saturday. The 29-year-old from Toronto won in a slightly wind-aided -- 2.1 metres per second -- time of 20.05 seconds.

MADRID — Canada's Gabriela Dabrowski captured her first doubles title of the season, winning the Madrid Open with Mexican partner Giuliana Olmos on Saturday. The No.

Friday night in the Stanley Cup playoffs saw the Leafs abuse Vasilevskiy again, the Oilers drown the Kings in a deluge of goals once again and a modern NHL legend add to his legacy.

LOS ANGELES — Evander Kane wanted to honour his ailing uncle on the ice on Friday. The Oilers winger stepped up, scoring a hat trick that powered Edmonton to a lopsided 8-2 win over the L.A. Kings in Game 3 of their first-round playoff series.

LONDON (AP) — Chelsea is being sold to a consortium fronted by American sports investor Todd Boehly, ending 19 years of ownership and lavish investment by Roman Abramovich until the Russian oligarch was sanctioned and forced to offload the Premier Le

Friday's Scoreboard NHL Playoffs First Round (Best of seven) Boston 4, Carolina 2 (Carolina leads series 2-1) Toronto 5, Tampa Bay 2 (Toronto leads series 2-1) Minnesota 5, St.