National Sports

VANCOUVER — Sitting on the sidelines as his Vancouver Whitecaps struggled through the start of the season wasn't easy for Brian White. First it was a foot contusion that kept the American striker out of the lineup, then calf tightness.

BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — The rape trial involving Celta Vigo forward Santi Mina and another Spanish soccer player closed Friday with both men maintaining their innocence.

MUNICH — Bayern Munich manager Julian Nagelsmann says Canadian star Alphonso Davies should be back within two weeks.

CALGARY — The Los Angeles Kings continue to persevere in their quest for a Western Conference playoff spot despite missing eight players to injury.

TORONTO — Auston Matthews looked skyward after one missed chance. He leaned over on his stick following another close call. The Toronto Maple Leafs sniper had plenty of good looks Thursday.

KINGSTON, Ont. — Rachel Farwell drained seven three-pointers to lead the No. 1 ranked Ryerson Rams to a dominating 80-49 win over the UPEI Panthers in the opening game of the U Sports women’s basketball championship at Queen's University on Thursday.

Wyatt Johnston had a goal and two assists as the Windsor Spitfires defeated the Sarnia Sting 5-1 in OHL action Thursday night. Matthew Maggio scored twice for the Spitfires (39-16-3-3).

Alexandre Doucet scored three goals to lead the Val-d'Or Foreurs to a 4-3 win over the Blainville-Bosbriand Armada on Thursday in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

WOLFVILLE, N.S. — Goaltender Joseph Raaymakers turned aside 35 shots as the St. Francis Xavier X-Men blanked the Brock Badgers 3-0 on Thursday in the opening game of the U Sports men's hockey championships at Acadia University.

Once again, Canada's Corey Conners is rounding into midseason form in March. Conners shot up nine spots to No. 32 on the world golf rankings, matching his personal best, after beating former world No.