National Sports

WINNIPEG — Zach Collaros offered to take some snaps during the Blue Bombers’ pre-season games, but the veteran quarterback was told it wasn’t necessary.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Redblacks believe significant moves made by first-year general manager Shawn Burke, and the integration of new players into the team atmosphere, will help the team improve on its ugly 3-11 record from last year.

KENT, Wash. — Logan Dowhaniuk scored with just four seconds left on the game clock, gifting the Edmonton Oil Kings a pivotal 3-2 victory and a 3-1 series lead over the Seattle Thunderbirds in the Western Hockey League championships on Wednesday.

TIJUANA, Mexico — Vasean Allette put up 18 points and 10 rebounds, leading Canada to a tight 70-68 victory over Brazil Wednesday at the FIBA U18 men's Americas basketball championship tournament.

LAVAL, Que. — Will Bitten erupted with a four-goal performance and the Springfield Thunderbirds trounced the Laval Rocket 6-3 Wednesday to take a 2-1 series lead in the American Hockey League's Eastern Conference final.

The Canadian women's soccer team will head Down Under for a pair of friendlies in September. Canada, ranked sixth in the world, will take on the Australia and New Zealand, co-hosts of the 2023 Women's World Cup, in Australia on Sept. 3 and 6.

VANCOUVER — Refusing to play a friendly game against Panama on Sunday was a decision the Canadian men's soccer team didn't take lightly, says Atiba Hutchinson.

VANCOUVER — A woman says a former coach of the Vancouver Whitecaps and Canadian national youth teams stole the sense of purpose she got from the game when he sexually assaulted her.

Canadian Laurent Duvernay-Tardif is putting his NFL career on hold once again.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Matheny spent about 20 minutes in the dugout before his Kansas City Royals took the field against the Toronto Blue Jays on Wednesday and tried to put what has been a miserable 20-game stretch into perspective.