National Sports

While Toronto FC coach Bob Bradley says there is positive news when it comes to the club's lengthy injury list, squad rotation remains a luxury as TFC prepares for Saturday's game at Minnesota United.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal had a difficult start on the road last year before embarking on a trip that defined its season.

PARIS — Canadians Gabriela Dabrowski and Leylah Fernandez are headed for a third-round showdown in the women's doubles draw at the French Open.

TORONTO — Bo Levi Mitchell tops the changing quarterback landscape in the CFL this season. The veteran quarterback enters his ninth season as a league starter but first with Hamilton.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed winger Michael Pezzetta to a two-year, $1.625-million contract extension, the club announced Friday.

Giant heavyweight Ricardo (Big 12) Brown, a former Jamaican Olympian now fighting out of Toronto, looks to add to his 7-0-0 pro record Saturday when he takes on Mexican boxer Miguel Angel Flores Gomez in Victoria.

DENVER (AP) — The highlight of Game 1 for Jamal Murray came when he dribbled into the paint, put all his weight on his surgically repaired left knee, made a full clockwise turn, then faded away and swished a mid-range jumper. The Kitchener, Ont.

Canadian rider Riley Pickrell is turning pro with the Israel-Premier Tech team next year, making the move from the Premier Tech Academy.

TORONTO — As the Toronto Blue Jays prepared for a three-game interleague series in New York against the Mets this weekend their starting rotation did some additional research: looking for the best restaurants.

KAMLOOPS, B.C. — Rob Wilson's message to his Peterborough Petes squad in the second period was clear. "When it went 4-1 I said, 'If you don't allow another goal, we can win this.