National Sports

When Les Lazaruk looked up at the broadcast booth at Elgar Petersen Arena during Tyler Bieber's funeral service, he thought of an idea to honour the memory of the Humboldt Broncos play-by-play announcer.

TORONTO — Kia Nurse was just 15 when her uncle Donovan McNabb took her to a Minnesota Lynx game.

The North American bid for the 2026 World Cup has gained the support of the 10 South American soccer nations.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact are a different team under new coach Remi Garde but they hope it isn't the same old result when they visit the New York Red Bulls on Saturday. The Impact have played eight times at Red Bull Arena in Harrison, N.J.

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Brody Hinz went to church every Sunday. The 18-year-old competed in bowling and floor hockey with the Special Olympics. And, with a knack for math and an exceptional memory, he compiled statistics for his beloved Humboldt Broncos.

GOLD COAST, Australia — Canadian Ryan Bester was denied lawn bowls gold for the second time in four years Friday at the Commonwealth Games, this time by a flamboyant Australian.

NYON, Switzerland — A Champions League semifinal draw steeped in the competition's rich history paired Real Madrid and Bayern Munich on Friday, and then matched Liverpool with Roma.

MUNICH — Niko Kovac is returning to Bayern Munich as coach next season after impressing at Eintracht Frankfurt.

GOLD COAST, Australia — Two Indian athletes were banned from the Commonwealth Games on Friday and ordered to leave Australia "on the first flight available" after needles were discovered in their room at the athletes village.

HUMBOLDT, Sask. — Family and friends are to gather today for the funerals of three people who died as a result of the Humboldt Broncos hockey team bus crash. Forward Jacob Leicht, who was 19, is to be laid to rest in his home city of Humboldt.