National Sports

TORONTO — Daryl Watts scored twice in leading the Toronto Sceptres to a 2-1 win over the New York Sirens on Wednesday in Professional Women's Hockey League action.

EDMONTON — With a series of trades, the return of an important player and some moves on the blue line, the Edmonton Oilers might have fixed their back end.

MONTREAL — Quebec is taking some halting steps toward scrapping interprovincial trade barriers with measures that will reduce red tape for funeral directors, real estate brokers and racehorse owners.

The Future of Sport in Canada Commission can delay its final recommendations on how to make sport safer after it was granted an extension.

TURIN — Canadian cyclist Michael Woods, who won the race in 2019, crashed out of the Milano-Torino one-day race Wednesday.

Josee Doyon's second round at the IOA Golf Classic was off to a rough start. She began the day at Alaqua Country Club in Longwood, Fla., near the top of the leaderboard but a triple bogey on the second hole endangered her position.

MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — The smashing success of the 4 Nations Face-Off replacing All-Star festivities with a compelling, competitive international tournament has the NHL rethinking what to do next February before players go to the Milan Olympics.

MANALAPAN, Fla. (AP) — NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said Wednesday the league and the Players’ Association will sit down to begin negotiations on a new collective bargaining agreement the week of April 1.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration has suspended approximately $175 million in federal funding for the University of Pennsylvania over the participation of a transgender athlete in its swimming program, the White House said Wednesday.

MIAMI — Canadian teen Victoria Mboko continued her impressive start to the 2025 tennis season Wednesday with her first main-draw win at the WTA level. Mboko advanced to the second round of the Miami Open with a 7-5, 5-7, 6-3 victory over world No.