National Sports

MIES, Switzerland — Canada's women's basketball team dropped one spot to fifth in the FIBA world rankings, despite a fourth-place finish at the recent World Cup in Australia. China leapfrogged Canada, climbing five spots to No.

CALGARY — The Calgary Stampeders shored up their offensive line by adding Leon Johnson and Brandon Murphy to the practice roster on Monday.

Nathan MacKinnon and the Colorado Avalanche were the hunters.

Fans and players always circle games to look forward to when the NHL schedule comes out every off-season.

Canada's minister of sport says Hockey Canada must continue to transition to a new leadership team. Pascale St-Onge issued the statement on Sunday, a day after Andrea Skinner resigned as the interim chair of Hockey Canada's board of directors.

SASKATOON — Conner Roulette scored a natural hat trick and the Saskatoon Blades outshot the visiting Moose Jaw Warriors 50-17 to post a 4-1 Western Hockey League victory on Sunday.

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Tom Kim still didn't have PGA Tour status two months ago. Now he's a two-time winner being mentioned in the same space as Tiger Woods and is the highest-ranked Asian player in the world.

CAMARILLO, Calif. (AP) — Jodi Ewart Shadoff is finally an LPGA Tour winner in her 246th start, closing with a 1-under 71 in a nervy final round Sunday for a one-shot victory in the LPGA Mediheal Championship.

TORONTO — A busy and competitive summer has Canadian Dalano Banton more confident and comfortable in his second Toronto Raptors training camp.

NEW YORK (AP) — San Diego Padres pitcher Joe Musgrove had his ears searched by an umpire for illegal sticky substances at the behest of Mets manager Buck Showalter in the middle of the sixth inning of Game 3 of their NL wild-card series on Sunday nig