National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have inked prospect Carson Focht to a three-year, entry-level contract. The 20-year-old centre played 61 games for the Western Hockey League's Calgary Hitmen last season, amassing 56 points (32 goals, 24 assists).

Teased by a trainer after Russia was eliminated from the world junior hockey championship, Ottawa Senators forward Alex Galchenyuk ended up getting the last laugh.

CORAL GABLES, Fla. — Canadian golfer Emily Zhu has captured the prestigious Junior Orange Bowl Invitational. The 16-year-old Zhu, from Richmond Hill, Ont.

WINNIPEG — Manitoba's acting deputy chief provincial public health officer says he's confident the Winnipeg Jets can play home games this season, while Ontario hasn't made a final decision on games in the province one week ahead of the NHL's opening

Canadian forward Cyle Larin was near unstoppable Wednesday, scoring four goals for Turkey's Besiktas in a 6-0 victory over visiting Caykur Rizespor in Istanbul. The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont.

ZAGREB, Croatia — Right after becoming the first German skier in more than three years to win a men's World Cup slalom, Linus Strasser looked up in the air and fought back tears.

ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates — Canada's Leylah Annie Fernandez won her opening match of the year as the women's tennis season began on Wednesday at the Abu Dhabi Open. The 88th-ranked Fernandez, from Laval, Que., beat No.

LeBron James called a prosecutor's decision not to file charges against a white police officer who shot a Black man in Wisconsin this summer a “blow to the heart and to the gut.

EDMONTON — Team Canada was the steamrolling, bullyboy juggernaut of the world junior hockey championship until they ran into a pugnacious U.S. team Tuesday that knocked them off 2-0 to win gold. The U.S.

The 2021 world junior men's hockey championship had a shaky start, but Hockey Canada, the International Ice Hockey Federation and Edmonton's organizing committee pulled it off in a global pandemic.