National Sports

Eriq Zavaleta hit the trifecta in donning El Salvador colours for the first time during the recent international break.

WINNIPEG — Darrell Patterson is back with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. The Bombers hired Patterson as their defensive line coach.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders have signed wide receiver Terrell Jana, their second-round selection at the 2021 CFL draft. The Vancouver native was selected 17th overall by Saskatchewan after four years with the University of Virginia.

Canadian decathlete Pierce LePage estimates there were perhaps 100 or 150 fans at the recent Hypo-Meeting multi-events competition in Gotzis, Austria, where he finished runner-up to teammate Damian Warner.

GLASGOW, Scotland (AP) — A coronavirus infection created disruption for two teams at the European Championship on Monday after a positive test for Scotland midfielder Billy Gilmour also led to two England players having to self-isolate.

AMSTERDAM — Memphis Depay scored one, he set up Georginio Wijnaldum for the next two, and the Netherlands made it three out of three.

Former NHL defenceman Tom Kurvers, who won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens and also played for Toronto and Vancouver, has died. He was 58.

BUCHAREST, Romania — Christoph Baumgartner put Austria into the knockout stage at the European Championship for the first time by scoring the only goal in his team’s 1-0 victory over Ukraine on Monday.

MONTREAL — Corey Perry has seen plenty throughout his 16 NHL seasons and 160 playoff games. Exhilarating victories. Crushing defeats. Contests his team should have won and didn't. And vice-versa.

Denis Shapovalov says he won't compete for Canada at the Tokyo Olympics. The 22-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont., says in a Twitter post he made the decision for safety reasons "due to the current situation.