National Sports

LONDON (AP) — Kurt Zouma started a Premier League game for West Ham on Tuesday, hours after apologizing for kicking and slapping a cat in abuse caught on video. Zouma is seen hitting the cat while laughter can be heard in the background.

REGINA — Linebacker Darnell Sankey is on the move. Sankey, who had a league-leading 97 tackles last season with the Calgary Stampeders, signed with the Saskatchewan Roughriders on Tuesday, the first day of CFL free agency.

BEIJING — Sarah Nurse was lamenting the lack of an available Tim Hortons in Beijing. It wasn't that the forward on Canada's Olympic women's hockey team was craving a cup of joe.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Snoop Dogg says he won’t let the big Super Bowl stage rattle his nerves. The ultra-smooth rapper said he will worry about his upcoming halftime performance after the fact.

TORONTO — Even after his linemate Auston Matthews left the game with a suspected head injury, Mitch Marner stayed hot to score in overtime and push the Toronto Maple Leafs to their 30th win and a season-high sixth in a row on Monday.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators know they weren’t at their best Monday night, but thankfully Matt Murray was.

TORONTO — The revolving door at Toronto FC keeps turning with Spanish forward Jesus Jimenez coming in and Sebastian Giovinco and Brazil's Auro Jr. leaving.

Shawn Burke and the Ottawa Redblacks jumped-started CFL agency. Ottawa signed veteran American quarterback Jeremiah Masoli to a two-year contract Monday evening.

HAMILTON — The Hamilton Tiger-Cats re-signed Canadian running backs Sean Thomas Erlington and Maleek Irons on Monday. Thomas Erlington, 29, started eight of the 12 regular-season games he played last season.

VANCOUVER — The B.C. Lions signed Canadian offensive lineman Peter Godber to a contract extension Monday. The 27-year-old Godber was slated to become a free agent Tuesday. Godber, of Toronto, is entering his fourth season with B.C.