Toronto Raptors guard DeMar DeRozan celebrates a late bucket against the New Orleans Pelicans on Nov. 9. Photograph by: Nathan Denette Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Team Canada continued its tentative push toward the men’s Olympic hockey tournament with a 4-2 win over South Korea in the opening game at the Channel One…

PARIS — Chris Froome failed a doping test during the Spanish Vuelta in September and is facing a suspension from cycling ahead of his attempt to win a record-equaling fifth Tour de France title next year. Froome won his fourth Tour title this year and followed it with a victory at the Vuelta. But Team…

MOSCOW — The president of the Kontinental Hockey League said Wednesday he is waiting to find out how many Russians will be banned from the Pyeongchang Olympics before deciding if he will allow his players to compete in South Korea. Dmitry Chernyshenko, the head of the organizing committee for the 2014 Sochi Olympics but now…

GREEN BAY, Wis. — Aaron Rodgers has been “medically cleared to return” to action after missing seven games with a broken right collarbone, the Green Bay Packers quarterback announced on Instagram Tuesday night. Rodgers was hurt during a loss to Minnesota on Oct. 15 and had surgery four days later. He returned to practice on…

Dominique Ducharme would not say exactly how many jobs are up for grabs at this week’s selection camp, but with 33 players invited — and only 22 roster spots available — the Team Canada head coach is expecting to see a healthy competition. “It’s going to be interesting to see the battles, because we feel…

ST. CATHARINES, ONT. — Pressure? Ha, that’s a good one, thought Victor Mete. No question, the larger-than-life expectations heaped on the teenagers Team Canada will pick this week to represent the country at the world junior hockey championship are immense. It’s gold or bust, regardless of the year or the team. But for Mete, who…