National Sports

WINNIPEG — American quarterback Shea Patterson was among seven players released Wednesday by the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Patterson, 28, signed with Winnipeg following two seasons with the Saskatchewan Roughriders.

HERNING, Denmark (AP) — Tage Thompson completed his hat trick with a power-play goal in overtime to give the United States a 6-5 win over Norway after the Americans squandered a four-goal lead at the ice hockey world championship on Wednesday.

ROME — Ottawa's Gabriela Dabrowski and partner Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are out of the Italian Open women's doubles tournament after a 6-2, 4-6, 11-9 quarterfinal loss to Russians Mirra Andreeva and Diana Shnaider on Wednesday.

TORONTO — Mykhailo Ivanov never thought he'd become a diehard hockey fan. The 42-year-old had immigrated to Winnipeg a little over two years ago to escape the war in Ukraine.

Fresh off a dominant weekend win in Montreal at UFC 315, Quebec middleweight Marc Andrew (Power Bar) Barriault will face Russia's Shara Magomedov on a July 26 UFC Fight Night card in Abu Dhabi.

HAMILTON — A premature end to a stellar rookie campaign is fuelling Shemar Bridges' preparation for the 2025 CFL season.

Tristain Hoath is a busy man. And a big one.

TORONTO — Renata Fast of the Toronto Sceptres and Minnesota Frost teammates Sophie Jaques and Claire Thompson are the finalists for the Professional Women's Hockey League's defender of the year award.

DALLAS — As the final minutes of regulation time ticked down Tuesday night, Winnipeg Jets executive chairman Mark Chipman paced outside his team's dressing room.

SPOKANE — Cayden Lindstrom and Hunter St.