National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps are looking to turn the tide of recent history as the club gets set to face off against Canadian Premier League side Valour FC on Wednesday in a Canadian Championship match.

NHL veteran Patrick Marleau announced his retirement Tuesday, ending a career that saw him suit up for a record 1,779 career regular-season games over his 23-season career. The 42-year-old from Aneroid, Sask.

Manchester City has agreed to sign Erling Haaland from Borussia Dortmund, bringing in one of the world’s most exciting young players as a belated replacement for club great Sergio Aguero.

REGINA — Charleston Hughes is back with the Saskatchewan Roughriders. The veteran American defensive lineman re-signed with Saskatchewan on Tuesday after spending the 2021 campaign with the Toronto Argonauts.

TORONTO — Sheldon Keefe is going back to the well.

LONDON (AP) — A trial involving two soccer spouses, one of whom publicly called out the other for allegedly leaking her private social media posts to a British tabloid newspaper, opened Tuesday in London.

NEW YORK — Calgary Flames goalie Jacob Markstrom was among three Vezina Trophy finalists named Tuesday.

TORONTO — The Edmonton Elks will be the lone CFL team to have veteran quarterbacks participating in their rookie camp Wednesday.

DALLAS — After bungling a breakaway in a previous game, Johnny Gaudreau made no mistake on his penalty shot.

RED DEER, Alta. — Jake Neighbours scored the winner in overtime and the Edmonton Oil Kings beat the Red Deer Rebels 5-4 to take a 3-0 lead in their best-of-seven Western Hockey League playoff series.