National Sports

Vancouver Canucks coach Rick Tocchet knows the Nashville Predators are looking for ways to shut down his star defenceman. He and his staff are doing the same to the Predators The work isn't easy, though.

Manchester City’s European rule is over — its domestic dominance is not. Bernardo Silva’s late goal secured a 1-0 win against Chelsea in their FA Cup semifinal Saturday.

ÖSTERSUND, Sweden — Kadriana Lott and Colton Lott kicked off their first world mixed doubles curling championship with a 7-2 win over New Zealand on Saturday. The husband-and-wife pair from Gimli, Man.

The Canadian men have been drawn in Pool B with Britain, China and Uganda at the World Rugby Sevens Repechage in June in Monaco.

XIAMEN, China — Canadian runner Marco Arop won Saturday's men's 800 metres in the season-opening Diamond League meet. The 25-year-old from Edmonton posted a time of one minute 43.

MUNICH — Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime lost 7-5, 6-4 to Germany's Jan-Lennard Struff in a men's quarterfinal Saturday at the Bavarian International Tennis Championships.

SHANGHAI (AP) — Max Verstappen of Red Bull has completed a Formula 1 double, taking the pole Saturday for the Chinese Grand Prix just hours after winning the first F1 sprint of the season.

SYDNEY (AP) — The world's top anti-doping regulator says 23 Chinese swimmers were cleared to compete at the Tokyo Olympics despite testing positive for a banned heart medication because it agreed with Chinese authorities and ruled that their samples

Canadian bantamweight Brad (Superman) Katona, looking to bounce back from a loss at UFC 297 in January, takes on American Jesse Butler on a UFC fight card June 8 in Louisville, Ky.

OSAKA, Japan — The Canadian women's wheelchair basketball team has secured its place at the 2024 Paralympic Games with a win at a qualifying tournament in Japan. The team beat Algeria 88-30 at the tournament in Osaka.