National Sports

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks say Jim Rutherford, the team's president of hockey operations, has tested positive for COVID-19. He has entered the NHL's protocol and is working from home during his quarantine period.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators have signed forward Philippe Daoust to a three-year, entry-level contract, which will kick in next season. The 20-year-old Daoust was taken in the sixth round, 158th overall, by Ottawa in the 2020 NHL Draft.

VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Whitecaps have signed defender Tristan Blackmon to a contract extension through 2023, with club options for 2024 and 2025, the team announced on Thursday.

BROSSARD, Que. — Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes made two major trades in the last few weeks but dimmed expectations for any blockbuster deals ahead of Monday’s trade deadline.

BOURNEMOUTH, England (AP) — Argentine soccer player Emiliano Sala was “deeply unconscious” after being poisoned by exhaust fumes before dying from severe head and chest injuries in a plane crash in 2019, a jury concluded Thursday.

Canadian bobsled and skeleton athletes have received public support from their American counterparts. In a statement released Thursday by the Athletes' Advisory Council of U.S.

Kerri Einarson and Prince George, B.C., are about to get a women's world curling championship do-over.

REGINA — The Saskatchewan Roughriders signed Canadian offensive lineman Jamal Campbell on Thursday. The six-foot-five, 292-pound Campbell was released earlier this week by the Toronto Argonauts. Campbell, 28, played six seasons with Toronto.

Damian Warner scaled the heights of athletic excellence last summer, capturing an Olympic title in the decathlon — the event that unofficially crowns the "world's greatest athlete." But the 32-year-old from London, Ont.

A capsule look at the field for the women's world curling championship March 19-27 at the CN Centre in Prince George, B.C. (teams listed from skip to lead). CANADA Kerri Einarson, Val Sweeting, Shannon Birchard, Briane Meilleur.