National Sports

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Canada will join a diplomatic boycott of the Winter Olympics in Beijing next year, citing extensive human rights abuses by the Communist regime in the host country.

Canadian Karen Paquin has been named to World Rugby's Women’s 15s Dream Team of 2021. The 34-year-old flanker from Quebec City joins players from England, France, Italy, New Zealand and Wales on the all-star squad.

Canada's women's junior field hockey team is scheduled to arrive home on Thursday after being stranded in South Africa due to the new COVID-19 variant. The team took off from Johannesburg on Wednesday, and was on a flight through Frankfurt, Germany.

HAMILTON — The CFL suspended Toronto Argonauts executive John Murphy indefinitely Wednesday for an altercation with fans after the East Division final. The Hamilton Tiger-Cats defeated Toronto 27-19 at BMO Field on Sunday to advance to the Grey Cup.

The Beijing Olympics open in less than 60 days. And the NHL has just over a month to decide if it will be there.

HAMILTON — He's been gone since 2000 but it seems some Hamilton football fans still haven't forgiven Mike O'Shea for leaving the Tiger-Cats. O'Shea had two separate stints as a linebacker with Hamilton (1993-95, 2000) during his Hall of Fame career.

REFORM, Ala. (AP) — Arrested for driving twice the speed limit through a rural Alabama community, former NFL player Glenn Foster Jr. wound up in a jail where he allegedly beat up another prisoner while trying to steal socks, authorities said.

HAMILTON — Time has given Andrew Harris a deeper appreciation about what it takes to win the Grey Cup.

HAMILTON — Ticats linebacker Simoni Lawrence knew quarterback Dane Evans was ready when he saw him just prior to last Sunday's CFL East final.

TORONTO — Decathlete Damian Warner was named the winner of the Lou Marsh Trophy as Canada's Athlete of the Year on Wednesday, capping a triumphant season highlighted by his Olympic title at the Tokyo Games.