National Sports

Calgary is wrestling with how to get public input, and what question to ask in a plebiscite, as timelines tighten on bidding for the 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

Gabriela Dabrowski's breakout season was very much a learning process for the Canadian tennis player.

PARIS — Denis Shapovalov plopped himself down for his news conference Tuesday after winning his French Open debut, leaned into the microphone and said, "'Sup?'" Then he smiled broadly as can be.

TORONTO — Zach Hyman is living his dream. But the Toronto Maple Leafs winger wants to ensure others get to live theirs. Away from the ice, Hyman writes children's books. And his message is simple: "Believe and you can achieve.

MONTREAL — F1 star Kimi Raikkonen has filed a complaint with Montreal police alleging extortion and harassment by a woman who claims he grabbed her breast at a bar during Grand Prix weekend in 2016.

TORONTO — Quarterback Dakota Prukop took the path less travelled last season to get playing time as a rookie with the Toronto Argonauts.

Michael (The Count) Bisping, who went from the furniture assembly line to UFC champion, has retired after a record-tying 29 fights in the Octagon.

MOSCOW — Fencing champion Stanislav Pozdnyakov was elected president of the Russian Olympic Committee on Tuesday after its previous leader stepped down following years of doping scandals.

KIGALI, Rwanda — Rwanda's government on Tuesday defended its $39 million sponsorship deal with the Arsenal football club as some aid donors and rights activists raised an outcry.

BERLIN — Former German tennis star Boris Becker and his wife Lilly have separated.