National Sports

OTTAWA — Everyone was talking about Brady Tkachuk in Ottawa on Thursday night, but Anton Forsberg was the man of the hour. Forsberg made 46 saves as the Ottawa Senators beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 3-2 in their season opener.

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — Victor Olofsson and Anders Bjork scored 2:01 apart in the second period, and the Buffalo Sabres followed a tumultuous summer with a stunning season-opening 5-1 win over the injury-depleted Montreal Canadiens on Thursday night.

Olympic champion Ted-Jan Bloemen and rising Canadian star Isabelle Weidemann raced to records and more national titles at the Canadian long-track speedskating championships on Thursday.

OTTAWA — Brady Tkachuk would have loved nothing more than to be playing with his teammates Thursday night, but knowing he would be joining them soon enough felt great.

Calling it a mutual decision, award-winning sportscaster Rod Black announced his departure from TSN on Thursday to end a decades-long run with the Canadian sports network.

DÉCINES-CHARPIEU, France — Canadian defender Kadeisha Buchanan scored twice in Lyon's 5-0 win over Portugal's Benfica in UEFA Women's Champions League Group D play on Thursday. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont.

One day after the Canadian men turned heads with an impressive 4-1 World Cup qualifying win over Panama, Canada women's coach Bev Priestman talked of turning her Olympic champion team into a perennial contender.

When Canada's Keijo Taivassalo was about 100 metres from the Boston Marathon finish line earlier this week, he noticed a runner with grey hair ahead of him.

TORONTO — The melee after the final whistle of Canada's 4-1 win over Panama on Wednesday was apparently triggered by a spitting incident.

Edmonton Elks head coach Jaime Elizondo wants to ignite a spark for his reeling team, but his plan has burned franchise quarterback Trevor Harris. A healthy Harris won’t dress for Friday’s rematch at home against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers.