National Sports

COOPERSTOWN, N.Y. — Bob Costas, Al Michaels and Joe Buck are among the finalists for the Hall of Fame's 2018 Ford Frick Award for excellence in baseball broadcasting.

LONDON — Cristiano Ronaldo has caught up with Lionel Messi to become a five-time winner of FIFA's best player award.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Impact are looking for a top level coach that they hope can take them to new heights in Major League Soccer.

Vancouver-born Angela Lee will defend her One Championship atomweight title on Nov. 24 in Singapore in a rematch with Japanese veteran Mei (V.V) Yamaguchi.

CALGARY — First delay and now interruption has grounded Jaromir Jagr's launch as a Calgary Flame. A lower-body injury sustained in Saturday's 4-2 loss to the Minnesota Wild put the 45-year-old right-winger on injured reserve.

The B.C. Lions, Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Montreal Alouettes are out of playoff contention but can still impact the CFL post-season. B.C.

BASEL, Switzerland — Canada's Denis Shapovalov advanced to the second round of the Swiss Indoors tennis tournament with a 4-6, 6-2, 7-6 (3) win over Japan's Yuichi Sugita on Monday. The 18-year-old from Richmond Hill, Ont.

CALGARY — British-Canadian professional wrestler Davey Boy Smith Jr. says he drew on his years of grappling and self-defence to help save the life of a woman dangling from a Calgary bridge. In a post on his Facebook page, Smith Jr.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed veteran offensive lineman Brendon LaBatte to a four-year contract extension Monday. The six-foot-four, 304-pound LaBatte is under contract to the Riders through the 2021 season.

TORONTO — Ken Dryden never met Steve Montador. But after hearing of the death of the NHL veteran defenceman at just 35, he wanted to know how and why. "Game Change" is the result.