National Sports

CALGARY — Men's World Cup downhill ski races are tentatively scheduled to return to Lake Louise, Alta., this year and continue over 30 years of racing there. The international governing body of skiing's calendar has the men competing Nov.

PARIS — Canadian tennis star Felix Auger-Aliassime withdrew from the quarterfinals of the Lyon Open on Thursday, casting some doubt on his participation in the upcoming French Open.

MONTREAL — Canadian figure skating great Patrick Chan still remembers the feeling of competing at a world championships on home soil. “It's the closest thing to competing at the Olympic Games in Vancouver,” Chan said.

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic — Canada's weather-delayed opener against Jamaica at the CONCACAF Women’s U-20 Championship has been rescheduled for Friday.

A capsule look at the four teams competing in the Memorial Cup in Kamloops, B.C. Teams are listed by conference, along with their respective regular season records. The tournament runs from Friday to June 4.

Lifting the Memorial Cup in front of his hometown fans would be a dream come true for Kamloops Blazers star Logan Stankoven. The 20-year-old centre leads his Blazers into the four-team Canadian major junior championship on Friday.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal will play in their third Canadian Championship final in five years after beating Forge FC 2-0 at Stade Saputo on Wednesday evening.

SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Matthew Tkachuk delivered for Florida, again. Sergei Bobrovsky denied Carolina, again. The wait is over: After 27 years, the Florida Panthers — a hockey punchline no more — are again going to play for the game’s grandest prize.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Vancouver Whitecaps player Ali Ahmed left the Canadian Championship semifinal against Pacific FC on a stretcher in the first half.

CALGARY — Gabriel Mastromatteo persevered in the pool after illness and Sarah Gates applied her on-court leadership off the court in Canadian university sports.