National Sports

Canadian flanker Michael Smith has been suspended for three weeks in the wake of his red card in Canada's 24-0 rugby win over Belgium on Saturday.

LONDON (AP) — Members of Afghanistan’s women’s youth development soccer team arrived in Britain early Thursday after being flown from Pakistan with the help of a New York rabbi, a U.K. soccer club and Kim Kardashian West.

TORONTO — Vladimir Guerrero Jr. had one of the best offensive seasons in Blue Jays history, earning the Hank Aaron award as the American League's top offensive player.

OKLAHOMA CITY — Montreal's Lu Dort scored 34 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder beat the Houston Rockets 101-89 on Wednesday night.

VANCOUVER — A woeful penalty kill was once again the undoing of the Vancouver Canucks on Wednesday. The team gave up three power-play goals — including two in the third period — en route to a 4-2 loss at home to the Colorado Avalanche.

TORONTO — Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored a pair of goals, including the shootout winner, to propel the Laval Rocket to a 6-5 AHL comeback victory over the Toronto Marlies on Wednesday.

GATINEAU, Que. — Manix Landry's third-period goal held up as the winner as the Gatineau Olympiques defeated the Saint John Sea Dogs 5-3 in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League on Wednesday.

SAGINAW, Mich. — Josh Bloom scored the game-winning goal to lead the Saginaw Spirit to a 4-1 win over the Soo Greyhounds in Ontario Hockey League action on Wednesday.

TORONTO — The Toronto Arrows have traded Canadian international centre Ben LeSage, a first-team Major League Rugby all-star this season, to the Los Angeles Giltinis.

Former Canada coach Stephen Hart startled a few friends recently with his assessment of the current Canadian men's team.