National Sports

SAN CRISTOBAL DE LA LAGUNA, Spain — Kia Nurse had 17 points and Canada's offence erupted for 24 points in the fourth quarter to edge Nigeria 73-72 on Sunday in the seventh-place game at the FIBA Women's Basketball World Cup.

John Tavares spent the first nine seasons of his NHL career in relative anonymity. The quiet, keeps-to-himself star centre was the face of the New York Islanders — a team with rich history, but not much to show for the last three decades.

CALGARY — Affordable housing advocates are hopeful a potential Calgary 2026 Olympic bid could help put a dent in the city's shortfall.

Saturday's Games (All times Eastern) CFL Hamilton 40, B.C.

Saturday's Games (All times Eastern) CFL Hamilton 40, B.C.

CARSON, Calif. — New coach, same result for the Vancouver Whitecaps.

KELOWNA, B.C. — Goals were hard to come by for the Vancouver Canucks during the pre-season, but Bo Horvat is glad the team's scoring woes are happening now, rather than later.

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gegard (The Dreamcatcher) Mousasi stopped Canadian Rory (The Red King) MacDonald in the second round in a battle of champions Saturday night at Bellator 206.

DETROIT — Jonathan Bernier made 25 saves against his former club to lead the Detroit Red Wings to a 5-1 win over the Toronto Maple Leafs in pre-season action on Saturday Dominic Turgeon, Vili Saarijarvi, Martin Frk, Libor Sulak and Matt Puempel score

OTTAWA — It's mission accomplished for two of the top picks in the 2018 NHL draft.