National Sports

DOHA, Qatar — The Canadian men leave the World Cup with "our heads up," according to coach John Herdman. They also exit the world stage without a win, at the bottom of Group F and the second team to be eliminated.

DOHA, Qatar — Canada made history in Qatar with its first-ever goal at the men's World Cup. And it turns out its only other goal was also a milestone, albeit one scored by an opponent.

Vancouver Canucks coach Bruce Boudreau is heading back to the drawing board after another head-scratching loss.

CALGARY — Sean Monahan's feel-good return to Calgary on Thursday felt even better afterwards.

VANCOUVER — Cheers of "Luuuuu!" once again rang out at Vancouver's Rogers Arena on Thursday as the Canucks honoured a trio of former players.

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Kirill Kaprizov had a goal and two assists to extend his career-best point streak to 10 games, and Joel Eriksson Ek added a goal and assist, leading the Minnesota Wild to a 5-3 win over the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night.

VANCOUVER — Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko left Vancouver's game against the Florida Panthers on Thursday with an apparent lower-body injury.

GREENSBORO, N.C. — Canada's Summer McIntosh and Josh Liendo earned second-place finishes Thursday at the U.S. Open swimming competition. American Katie Ledecky set a meet record in the women's 400-metre freestyle with a time of three minutes 59.

PARK CITY, Utah — Canada's Mirela Rahneva won gold in the women's skeleton event Thursday at the Park City World Cup. The two-time Olympian from Ottawa had a two-run time of one minute 38.42 seconds. It was her fourth career World Cup victory.

Soccer player Ciara McCormack says she struggled with depression and suicidal ideation in the decade after she and others reported the abusive behaviour of coach Bob Birarda. "It was heavy, dark and everything felt hard.