National Sports

WHITEHORSE — About 1,200 athletes are checking their bicycles and their passports in preparation for a bike race that begins this weekend in Yukon, passes through British Columbia and ends in Alaska.

Canadian soccer star Cyle Larin has posted an apology on Twitter a day after being arrested on a drunk-driving charge in Orlando.

TORONTO — Oak Hill Academy product Lindell Wigginton headlines the Canadian roster for next month's FIBA U19 Basketball World Cup in Cairo. Wigginton, a 19-year-old point guard from Dartmouth, N.S.

BARCELONA, Spain — Their bodies and brains ravaged by the oxygen-scarce heights of the Himalayas, even the hardiest few who scale the treacherous slopes of Mount Everest cut short celebrations for some well-deserved rest. Not Kilian Jornet.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — Russia's famed Hermitage Museum has chosen one of its resident cats to predict the results of an upcoming international football tournament.

Toronto Wolfpack loose forward Jack Bussey went to the doctor to treat what he thought was a simple viral infection. He had a bit of a temperature and felt nauseous and under the weather. He thought he might just miss a week. It all seemed routine.

HAZLETON, Pa. — Chicago Cubs manager Joe Maddon has returned to his Pennsylvania hometown to help open and dedicate a new $250,000 playground.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — In a bid to rid the World Cup of gay slurs, FIFA will get tough with Latin American fans in Russia.

ST. PETERSBURG, Russia — About 25 separate investigations of suspected corruption linked to FIFA and World Cup bidding are being led by federal prosecutors in Switzerland, the country's office for the attorney general said Friday.

ERIN, Wis. — Health officials say E. coli bacteria have been found in a drinking water station at Erin Hills golf course where the U.S. Open is underway, but there have been no reports of illness.