National Sports

OTTAWA — Former Olympic skier Allison Forsyth told a parliamentary committee that Canada's safe sport crisis will continue "unless we do something big.

PUNTA CANA, Dominican Republic (AP) — Brice Garnett returned to the course of his lone PGA Tour victory and played a clean round in a steady wind for a 6-under 66 and a share of the lead Thursday with Ben Martin in the Corales Puntacana Championship.

MIAMI — Vancouver's Rebecca Marino and Toronto's Katherine Sebov were eliminated from the Miami Open tennis tournament on Thursday after each lost a second-round match to a seeded American opponent.

Track and field banned transgender athletes from international competition Thursday, while adopting new regulations that could keep Caster Semenya and other athletes with differences in sex development from competing.

Anthony Bennett can't wait to hit the practice field at the CFL combine. The gregarious Regina Rams defensive lineman has no issues going through individual drills and testing.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed defenceman Christian Wolanin to a two-year, two-way contract extension.

FORT MYERS, Fla. — Toronto starter Yusei Kikuchi turned in another impressive spring training start as the Blue Jays downed the Minnesota Twins 3-0 on Thursday.

At six foot five and 262 pounds, Lake Korte-Moore definitely stands out in a crowd. So it's no surprise the University of British Columbia defensive lineman is the centre of attention at the CFL combine in Edmonton.

TORONTO — The Canadian Premier League has named Marni Dicker its executive vice-president, infrastructure, and chief legal officer. More recently, Dicker served as executive vice-president and general counsel for Live Work Learn Play Inc.

Facing a fight to avoid relegation, the Canadian men need to deliver on the pitch in the next three events on the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series, starting next week in Hong Kong.