National Sports

OTTAWA — Canadian defensive back Justin Howell has signed a one-year contract extension with the Ottawa Redblacks. The native of Bradford, Ont., has 21 defensive tackles and 16 special-teams tackles over the past two years with the Redblacks.

Toronto FC will play five pre-season friendlies with training camp stops in both Florida and California. Players report Saturday for medicals at the team's north Toronto training facility, with the first training session set for Jan. 20.

MONTREAL — Thierry Henry is fully aware the Montreal Impact are lacking depth on defence after just one practice.

TORONTO — Pascal Siakam knows how tough it is to grab 20 rebounds in a game.

EDMONTON — It doesn't appear Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian is ready to drop his feud with Calgary Flames forward Matthew Tkachuk.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Canadian mixed curling team will carry a perfect record into the quarterfinals at the Youth Olympics. Canada defeated Estonia 10-2 on Tuesday to improve to 5-0. Skip Nathan Young of Torbay, N.L.

HALIFAX — A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a small P.E.I. town that lost its rink to a fire a few days after Christmas.

HALIFAX — A minor hockey organization in Nova Scotia has withdrawn its entry from a national competition for funding, saying it is throwing its support behind a small P.E.I. town that lost its rink to a fire a few days after Christmas.

TORONTO — The Toronto Wolfpack have renewed their sponsorship agreement with Air Transat.

Toronto Raptors guard Kyle Lowry will see his Villanova jersey raised to the Finneran Pavilion rafters next month.