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INDIANAPOLIS - Colts safety LaRon Landry has been suspended four games without pay for violating the NFLs performance-enhancing substance policy. Landry has started all four games for the Colts (2-2) and had 18 tackles. He cannot return to the team until after Indys Oct. 26 game against Pittsburgh. The news came Monday on the same day reigning NFL sacks champ Robert Mathis was reinstated and then placed on the reserve/non-football injury list. Mathis also was suspended for violating the performance-enhancing substance policy. He will miss the rest of the season after tearing his Achilles tendon during private workouts in Atlanta. . Less than 24 hours later, in the same arena, he tried to recreate the magic of his all-time favourite player. Hilliard scored a career-high 26 points and No. . Wheeler said Kane was just making a joke that was misunderstood and misinterpreted by "Winnipeg folks" and the media once again. Wheeler repeated that he believes Kane is a player who has the ability to help the Jets get to the next level as they try once again to reach the playoffs in 2014. He made the comments initially in an interview, when asked how the Jets could compete in the Central Division with teams that have made some high-profile off-season signings. . Viewers in the Canadiens region can watch the game on TSN Canadiens at 7:30pm et/4:30pm pt. The game can also be heard on TSN Radio Montreal 690. The Calgary Flames will see if they can take their recent hot streak on the road when they shoot for a sixth consecutive win Monday night in Montreal. . PETERSBURG, Fla. . 1-9 on TSN. With more than 65 hours of exclusive live coverage, TSN delivers all the action beginning with Draw 1 on Saturday, Feb. 1 at 2 p.COLWYN BAY, Wales - Nanyak Dala scored a try in the 56th minute and Canada held on to defeat Namibia 17-13 in an international rugby test match Friday.Canada led 9-6 at the half and added some early insurance in the second half with Dalas try.But Namibia star Jacques Burger, who plays for Saracens in England, rumbled over the line for a converted try with five minutes remaining to make things interesting at Parc Eirias in north Wales.Its a win in a test match and we finally got over the line in one which is good, said Canadian coach Kieran Crowley. Heart in the mouth a little bit towards the end but Namibia put a lot of pressure at the breakdown We had a lot of opportunities. Therell be a lot of good learning from the video footage of that game, I would think ... Now we have something to build on going towards (the game against) Samoa.Gordon McRorie kicked four penalties for Canada. Theuns Kotze booted two penalties for Namibia.Jordan Wilson-Ross came off the bench to earn his first Canadian cap.We gutted it out, he saiid.dddddddddddd It was kind of sloppy at times but we pulled it together, did what we had to do ... and got the win.Canada is ranked 17th in the world, compared to No. 22 for Namibia. The win ended a string of four straight losses this year for the Canadians, whose last victory was a 52-8 decision over Portugal in Lisbon last November.Both Canada and Namibia are headed to the World Cup next year, albeit in different pools. Namibia is the only one of the 20 teams at the 2015 tournament that has yet to win a game at the rugby showcase.In the only previous meeting between the two, Canada thumped Namibia 72-11 at the 1999 World Cup.The Canadians head to France next to take on No. 9 Samoa in Vannes on Nov. 14 before wrapping up the tour Nov. 22 in Bucharest against No. 16 Romania.Canada and Romania are both in Pool D at the World Cup, along with No. 5 Ireland, No. 7 France and No. 14 Italy.The Canadian men opened their tour with a 28-23 loss last Saturday to an RFU Championship XV side in Worcester, England. ' ' '
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