National Sports

VANCOUVER — A streak will end when the Vancouver Whitecaps host the Seattle Sounders in a key playoff battle on Saturday.

TORONTO — Trainer Vito Armata has been here before. On Saturday, Armata will send out Vanish to run in the $800,000 Woodbine Mile as a 20/1 longshot — the longest early pick in the nine-horse field.

TORONTO — Gareth O'Brien is not the biggest member of the Wolfpack but the divot missing from the fullback's forehead is a vivid reminder of his commitment to the Toronto cause.

Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli says he has a Plan B if contract talks remain at a stalemate with defenceman Darnell Nurse.

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Senators are determined to prove they can survive and thrive without Erik Karlsson.

TORONTO — The lawyer for the fiancée of former Ottawa Senators winger Mike Hoffman says she doesn't intend on suing the wife of the team's former captain Erik Karlsson over allegations of cyberbullying.

Canadian Christine Sinclair is two wins away from hoisting the NWSL championship trophy for a second straight year. And the 35-year-old from Burnaby, B.C., won't have to leave her adopted home of Portland to do it.

PLOVDIV, Bulgaria — Canada's Kyle Fredrickson and Andrew Todd captured a gold medal in the PR3 men's pair on Friday at the world rowing championships. Fredrickson, of Duncan, B.C., and Todd, of Thunder Bay, Ont.

Jerry Glanville seems to be getting the hang of this Canadian football thing. The long-time NFL head coach is in his first season as the Hamilton Tiger-Cats defensive co-ordinator.

SUZHOU, China — Canada has secured a spot in the mixed doubles final at the inaugural World Cup of Curling. Laura Walker and Kirk Muyres, an Edmonton-based team, are 4-1 through three days and locked up first place in Pool A.