National Sports

TORONTO — Catherine Day Phillips is returning to the $1-million Queen's Plate. The veteran trainer plans to run Woodbine Oaks winner Dixie Moon in the first jewel of the OLG Canadian Triple Crown on June 30 at Woodbine Racetrack.

NEW YORK — Forget the toss. Ballpersons will roll balls on court at the U.S. Open, opting for the technique used at the other three Grand Slam events. The U.S.

MONTREAL — Alouettes starting quarterback Drew Willy wants to prove the Blue Bombers made a big mistake when they traded him away two years ago.

NEW YORK — Serena Williams says the conversation about stopping domestic abuse shouldn't just centre around women, but men as well. The tennis superstar says education about domestic abuse should start when men are young boys.

LANSING, Mich. — Michigan State University's interim president apologized Thursday for emails in which he said a victim of former campus sports doctor Larry Nassar probably received a "kickback" from her plaintiff's lawyer.

YEKATERINBURG, Russia — Fast, exciting and now the youngest scorer in France's World Cup history. Kylian Mbappe is the one. At 19 years and 183 days, Mbappe became the youngest player to score for France's national team on soccer's biggest stage.

MOSCOW — The International Skating Union says competitions at February's Olympics were marred by biased judging in favour of China, the next Winter Olympic host nation.

TORONTO — Ricky Ray has won more Grey Cups than any starting quarterback, but he still feels the sting from the one that got away. Ray led the Edmonton Eskimos to a Grey Cup appearance in 2002, his rookie season.

EDMONTON — The Edmonton Oilers have placed defenceman Eric Gryba on unconditional waivers for the purpose of buying out his contract. Gryba is entering the final year of a two-year, US$1.

CALGARY — Dave Proctor will soon dip his white cowboy hat into the Pacific Ocean and start his quest to run to the Atlantic in record time.