National Sports

Blue Jays third baseman Matt Chapman was scratched from the starting lineup for Thursday's game against the Detroit Tigers due to a viral illness. Santiago Espinal replaced him at third base and batted eighth in the lineup.

VANCOUVER — Stepping on to the tennis court in Vancouver's Pacific Coliseum last year, Rebecca Marino was "awestruck a little bit.

Five Simon Fraser University football players filed for an injunction against the school Thursday to reinstate its football program.

TORONTO — Italian star winger Lorenzo Insigne, who has played just 34 minutes for Toronto FC this season because of a groin injury, has been upgraded to questionable for Saturday's game against visiting Atlanta.

TORONTO — Fred VanVleet thinks it's time for the Toronto Raptors to move on from their 2019 NBA championship. Not necessarily a wholesale personnel change, but come to grips with the fact that they're a different team now.

VANCOUVER — Canada's Leylah Fernandez will take on Yanina Wickmayer of Belgium to kick off a Billie Jean King Cup qualifier in Vancouver on Friday. The 20-year-old Fernandez of Laval, Que.

TORONTO — Nick Nurse has made it clear: he wants to stay in Toronto.

DENVER — Winnipeg Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers will miss Thursday's regular-season finale against the Colorado Avalanche with an upper-body injury, head coach Rick Bowness told reporters.

Veteran defender Mason Trafford started planning for life after soccer long before retiring as Cavalry FC captain in February.

PORTLAND, Ore. — Canadian international forward Adriana Leon has joined the NWSL''s Portland Thorns on a short-term loan from Manchester United.