National Sports

HALIFAX — Alexandre Doucet had a hat trick and one assist, powering the Halifax Mooseheads to a 5-2 victory over the Saint John Sea Dogs on Thursday.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyle Kuzma scored the game's first 10 points and finished with 30, Kristaps Porzingis added 25 points, and the Washington Wizards beat the Toronto Raptors 119-108 on Thursday night in the opener of a two-game set between Eastern Con

NEW YORK (AP) — Claude Giroux broke a tie early in the third period, former Ranger Derick Brassard scored twice and the Ottawa Senators beat New York 5-3 on Thursday night to spoil Patrick Kane’s Rangers debut.

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Canada's Summer McIntosh had another record-breaking performance Thursday. McIntosh, 16, broke her national senior and world junior record in the women’s 200-metre butterfly at the 2023 Pro Swim Series competition.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Jon Rahm started his round strong and ended it even better Thursday, closing eagle-birdie-birdie for a 7-under 65 and a two-shot lead in the Arnold Palmer Invitational.

FÜSSEN, Germany — Canada is not guaranteed to have a team at next year's world junior curling championships after the men's and women's teams were officially relegated to the junior-B championship on the final day of round-robin competition.

Canada Soccer has struck an agreement in principle with the Canadian women's team on compensation for 2022.

HEERENVEEN, Netherlands — Canada opened the world speedskating championship with a pair of gold medals. The men and women won the team sprints to kick off the four-day championship in Heerenveen, Netherlands.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks appointed Nadia Doucoure as an offensive qualify control coach Thursday. Doucoure served as a scout with Ottawa last year after participating in the franchise's Women in Football internship program during training camp.

TORONTO — The injury news on Toronto FC star Lorenzo Insigne is positive. The Italian star winger, who hobbled off the pitch in last weekend's season-opening 3-2 loss at D.C.