National Sports

DUNEDIN, Fla. — Hyun-Jin Ryu is now the clear ace of a major league rotation — with all the pressure and responsibility that comes with that. “We win games by having all the players put in their efforts,” Ryu said through a translator Thursday.

After some very low points in their tumultuous history, the Flint Firebirds are being taken seriously. And it was no easy task making it happen.

OTTAWA — Two-time Canadian champion Nam Nguyen was among the athletes named to Canada's world championship figure skating team on Thursday.

WINNIPEG — Now that his NFL dream is all but over, Willie Jefferson has decided to stay in his comfort zone.

Canada Soccer has called a news conference for Friday in Langford, B.C., with the expectation that is to announce a men's international in March. Men's coach John Herdman is due to address the media at Westhills Stadium, home of the CPL's Pacific FC.

While Canada's track and field community was rocked by allegations against former national distance coach Dave Scott-Thomas, athletes say shining a light on alleged abuses in the sport is a solid step forward.

TORONTO — Nick Nurse remembers Nate Bjorkgren as a good-looking kid with a "full head of hair, and not a bad player" when Bjorkgren walked onto the University of South Dakota's basketball team. It was 1994. Nurse was 27 and an assistant coach.

TORONTO — Racing legend Johnny Rutherford believes it was only a matter of time before McLaren Racing would be honoured by the Canadian Motorsport Hall of Fame.

MUNICH — Canadian international Alphonso Davies returned to training Thursday, one day after leaving practice early with what Bayern Munich called "slight ankle problems.

World Rugby and local organizers have rescheduled the Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The HSBC Singapore Sevens will now take place Oct.