National Sports

TORONTO — The Canada Co-Operative Championship Rugby League, which is hoping to help grow rugby league in the country, has named former Leeds Rhinos star Stevie Ward its director of welfare and safety.

HAMILTON — Kyriakos (Kyt) Selaidopoulos has joined Forge FC's coaching staff as an assistant to head coach and technical director Bobby Smyrniotis. The 43-year-old Selaidopoulos has served as head coach of the Canadian futsal team since 2016.

Montreal Canadiens defenceman Ben Chiarot could be out for the rest of the regular season after undergoing surgery on his fractured hand.

NEW YORK — YouTube will broadcast a Major League Baseball package of games for a third season, The series of 21 telecasts start on Wednesday, April 7 at 1:10 p.m.

CALGARY — Brendan Bottcher knew it would require a near-flawless performance to deny Kevin Koe a fifth career title at the Canadian men's curling championship.

RED DEER, Alta. — Josh Tarzwell scored twice as the Red Deer Rebels defeated the Lethbridge Hurricanes 5-1 Sunday night in Red Deer. Both teams combined for four goals as the Rebels took a 3-1 lead into the third period.

CHICAGO — Rookie Patrick Williams had a career-best 23 points to lead the Chicago Bulls past the Toronto Raptors, 118-95 Sunday night. Zach LaVine scored 15 to help the Bulls end a two-game slide. Coby White had 13 points and Wendell Carter Jr.

MONTREAL — Alex Belzile scored the lone goal in a shootout to give the Laval Rocket a 5-4 victory over the Toronto Marlies Sunday night at the Bell Centre in Montreal.

OTTAWA — Joey Daccord hopes his parents watched him play Sunday night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. But he wouldn't blame them if they didn't. Even he didn't know he was going to play.

HALIFAX — The Charlottetown Islanders scored six unanswered goals in a 6-4 win over the Halifax Mooseheads Sunday. Cedric Desruisseaux scored a pair of goals for Charlottetown as he helped his team come back from a 4-0 deficit.