National Sports

VANCOUVER — A trial date has been set for a former Vancouver Canucks forward charged with sexual assault. Jake Virtanen's case is set to be heard by a judge and jury in B.C. Supreme Court starting on July 18.

Brooke Henderson has lost count of all the tweaks and adjustments that have been made to her driver heading into The Chevron Championship. Henderson, from Smiths Falls, Ont.

Winnipeg Jets forward Kyle Connor and defenceman Nate Schmidt have been added to the NHL's COVID-19 protocol. The move was made just hours ahead of tonight's road game against the Buffalo Sabres.

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard said Wednesday that the Quebec government, the Ottawa Senators and Quebecor are exploring the possibility of Ottawa and Quebec City entering a joint bid to host the 2023 world junior men's hockey championship.

The Carleton University men’s basketball team is on a mission to, once again, prove itself as the best hoops program in the country — regardless of the road it must take.

Three-time national champion Lisa Weagle plans to step back from women's team curling next season to focus on the mixed doubles discipline.

Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving missed the one-on-one conversations. New Jersey Devils counterpart Tom Fitzgerald didn't have a chance to learn from his experienced colleagues up close.

SECAUCUS, N.J. (AP) — Retired pitcher Jake Peavy and outfielder Hunter Pence have joined the MLB Network as analysts. The 40-year-old Peavy last played in 2016. A three-time All-Star, he won the 2007 NL Cy Young Award.

NEW YORK — Nashville Predators forward Tanner Jeannot has been fined $2,000 for kneeing Ottawa Senators captain Brady Tkachuk during Nashville's 4-1 win over Ottawa on Tuesday.

WORCESTER, England (AP) — A teenager was sentenced to six weeks in prison on Wednesday for racially abusing England soccer player Marcus Rashford on social media last year after the European Championship final.