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TORONTO — Kevin Lowe waited 19 years for the call. Doug Wilson's phone sat silent longer still — 24 consecutive springs of eligibility before it finally rang.

TORONTO — Count Mike Morreale among supporters of a women's basketball league in sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes are facing the team with the best record in the CFL on Saturday — but it won't quite be the Winnipeg Blue Bombers that have dominated all year.

REGINA — When it comes to playing football in cold weather, CFL head coaches Craig Dickenson and Jaime Elizondo agree that it’s a case of mind over matter.

TOMASZÓW MAZOWIECKI, Poland — Canadian speedskaters picked up two silver and one bronze medal Friday on the opening day of a World Cup event in Poland.

NEW YORK — The NHL has suspended Vancouver Canucks defenceman Tucker Poolman for two games for high-sticking Colorado Avalanche forward Kiefer Sherwood.

A meeting at the 2019 Rugby World Cup in Japan set Australian-born forward Corey Thomas on the path to representing sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½. Thomas was playing club rugby in Kamaishi where sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ was due to play Namibia until Typhoon Hagibis struck.

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — Caretaker Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte announced a three-week partial lockdown Friday amid surging COVID-19 cases in the Netherlands, saying his government wants to “deliver a hard blow to the virus.

After winning a pair of matches against the sixth-ranked U.S., No. 3 sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ steps up in class Sunday when it meets top-ranked England in a women's rugby test match in London.

TOKYO — sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s Marjorie Lajoie and Zachary Lagha are within striking distance of the medal podium after Friday's rhythm dance at the NHK Trophy figure skating Grand Prix.