National Sports

SPA-FRANCORCHAMPS, Belgium (AP) — Red Bull driver Max Verstappen led the second practice for the Belgian Grand Prix on Friday. He was .041 seconds ahead of Valtteri Bottas and .

MANCHESTER, England (AP) — Manchester City left back Benjamin Mendy appeared in court Friday to face charges of rape and sexual assault.

LANGFORD, B.C. — Pacific FC coach Pa-Modou Kah believes his team gained a few new fans with a massive 4-3 upset of the Vancouver Whitecaps in Canadian Championship action on Thursday. "B.C.

CALGARY — Given the opportunity, Canada's Jamie Lee Rattray made the most of it with two goals in Thursday's 5-1 win over the United States in the women's world hockey championship.

TORONTO — Time is starting to run out on the Toronto Blue Jays, who saw their fading playoff chances take another hit Thursday as they dropped a 10-7 decision to the Chicago White Sox.

EDMONTON — Two more Edmonton Elks players have tested positive for COVID-19, bringing the total to 14 since the team returned from a game last week against the B.C. Lions.

CALGARY — The Calgary Flames have signed forward Dillon Dube to a three-year contract worth $6.9 million. The 23-year-old from Golden, B.C., has 18 goals and 25 assists in 121 career games the past two seasons with the Flames.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Pop star JoJo Siwa will compete as part of the first same-sex pairing on “Dancing With the Stars” for the show’s upcoming 30th season.

The Hamilton Tiger-Cats look to Dane Evans to put an end to their losing ways. Evans will make his first start of the season Friday night when Hamilton (0-2) visits the Montreal Alouttes (2-1).

MONTREAL — For the first time in almost two years, the Montreal Alouettes will finally be snapping a ball in front of their own fans at Percival Molson Stadium when they host the Hamilton Tiger Cats on Friday night.