National Sports

CALGARY — Damien Alford says before his nickname was "Moose", it was "Bambi". "My freshman year, I was all skinny and didn't have that much weight on me," recalled the Calgary Stampeders wide receiver Wednesday.

MONTREAL — Carson Branstine remembers collecting cans and bottles with her mother and two sisters to help pay for gas and groceries after her family “lost everything” about a decade ago.

ZURICH (AP) — Aitana Bonmatí scored in extra time to send Spain to its first-ever Women’s European Championship final with a 1-0 win over Germany on Wednesday, setting up a repeat of the 2023 World Cup title match.

TORONTO — Kerrin Hands calls walking soccer "the biggest sport no one's heard of." Hands, who runs the Toronto Walking Soccer Club, was initially skeptical about the appeal of a no-running version of the world’s most popular game.

VANCOUVER — Canadian Premier League club Vancouver FC has fired its first-ever head coach, Afshin Ghotbi. The team announced the move Wednesday, saying Martin Nash will take over as interim head coach and head of Vancouver's academy.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal has started its rebuild quickly.

WELLESLEY, Mass. (AP) — The Boston Fleet have hired Kris Sparre as the second head coach in the PWHL franchise’s history.

VALENCE, France (AP) — Sprint specialist Jonathan Milan pounced at the finish to win the 17th stage of the Tour de France after a crash in the last kilometer derailed rivals’ hopes on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Rogers Communications Inc. hopes to find "revenue and cost synergies" in its expanded portfolio of sports assets after becoming the majority owner of Maple Leaf Sports & Entertainment.

TORONTO — The CFL will hold its 2026 national combine in Edmonton. The event, where general managers, coaches and scouts evaluate incoming talent, will be held March 27-29, the CFL announced Wednesday.