National Sports

World Rugby and local organizers have rescheduled the Hong Kong and Singapore rounds of the HSBC World Rugby Sevens Series due to the outbreak of the new coronavirus. The HSBC Singapore Sevens will now take place Oct.

TORONTO — Former NBA player Andrew Nicholson highlights Canada's men's basketball team roster for the upcoming FIBA AmeriCup 2021 qualifiers.

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Canadian men's volleyball team will open against Rio silver medallist Italy at the Tokyo Olympics. Canada, ranked 10th in the world, will then play No. 9 Japan, No. 8 Iran, No. 32 Venezuela and No. 2 Poland in Pool A play.

CALGARY — Darcy Sharpe says he goes to sleep feeling happy these days. The snowboarder from Comox, B.C., won his first X Games gold medal last month in Aspen, Colo. Sharpe vaulted from last to first on his final run of the men's slopestyle final.

A team-by-team look at the field for the 2020 Canadian women's curling championship including skip, teammates, home club, background information and ranking: ___ Team Canada Skip: Chelsea Carey Teammates: Sarah Wilkes (third), Dana Ferguson (second),

Kerri Einarson is enjoying the prospect of a direct entry into the Canadian women's curling championship.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks needed a big performance from their goaltender on a night the team honoured two of the best players in franchise history.

Wednesday's Games NHL Boston 4 Montreal 1 Los Angeles 5 Calgary 3 Vancouver 3 Chicago 0 --- AHL Charlotte 5 Rochester 2 Utica 3 Laval 2 WB/Scranton 2 Hartford 1 Syracuse 1 Binghamton 0 Milwaukee 2 Texas 1 Rockford 2 Manitoba 1 Tucson 5 Colorado 2 Ont

VANCOUVER — They hold every significant scoring record in Vancouver Canucks franchise history. Now, after 17 seasons in Canucks uniforms, Daniel and Henrik Sedin have their numbers hanging in the rafters at Rogers Arena.

UNIONDALE, N.Y. — No. 2 seed Milos Raonic was upset in his opening match at the New York Open, falling 7-6 (4), 6-7 (4) 6-4 on Wednesday night to Soonwoo Kwon.